today’s news and information gleanings from here and there!

Quote for today … “The main struggle now — for citizens and news outlets alike — is over the willingness of governments at all levels to provide information about the things they do in our names and with our tax dollars.” – From this LNP – Always Lancaster editorial, “Without transparency, democracy doesn’t work.”

• Lancaster Township’s Website hacked – taken down – Lancaster Online
  

• Economy improving? Kellogg’s will close a plant. Union holds fast. Read the comments (example: “The employees at Kelloggs need to talk to the employees at the CAT plant in York or the foundry in Columbia about concessions. Wait…they can’t do that. Those jobs don’t exist anymore. $28 an hour, and they voted no?? Hope you enjoy your unemployment, cause you deserve it.”) following the article at Lancaster Online

• Oh no, belt-tightening at Marietta insurance company – Lancaster On Line

• “Congress proclaimed March as Irish-American Heritage Month in 1991, and the President issues a proclamation commemorating the occasion each year.”Originally, a religious holiday to honor St. Patrick, who introduced Christianity to Ireland in the fifth century, St. Patrick’s Day has evolved into a celebration for all things Irish. The world’s first St. Patrick’s Day parade occurred on March 17, 1762, in New York City, featuring Irish soldiers serving in the English military. This parade became an annual event, with President Truman attending in 1948.” – US Census Bureau