“‘Susquehanna River will rise again’ | when Tropical Storm Florence rain hits PA” – WITF
“Don’t Cheer the Decline of the Newspaper Industry” – The American Conservative
Bound to happen | “Allentown slaps nonprofits with business tax” – The Morning Call
Columbia’s nonprofits | Here’s the IRS database of Columbia’s nonprofits (NOTE: the search also includes the town of “New Columbia.”)
Lawsuit | Super Bowl fever had Eagles fan/doctor throwing orange slices in woman’s cleavage, making vagina jokes at work – Pennsylvania Record
Look for a ““Presidential Alert” | On your mobile phone on Thursday around 2:18 p.m. – Reuters
To what end? | “Seventeen years after 9/11, America still seems determined to keep fighting.” – The Atlantic
“Highest Median Household Income on Record?” | Is it really? – US Census Bureau
“compensation penalty” | Wages and compensation for public school teachers: eroded – Route Fifty
“For five hundred twenty-five thousand six hundred minutes each year | people have to live somewhere. And it looks like renting is becoming more popular.“ – Federal Reserve Bank of Saint Louis
Home ownership: down | “In 2018, homeownership dropped to a lower rate than it was in 1994, with a rate of 64.2%. Since 1960, the homeownership rate in the United States has remained relatively stable having increased 5.6% since 1960 when 62.1% of American households owned their own home. – The Research Division of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
Consumer Confidence: up | “US Consumer Sentiment Surges in September” – Trading Economics
“remorseful” | Wuerl ready to step down – Penn Live
This week’s inspections at Lancaster Online.
Click here to go to the state’s Website of inspections … and the listing of the violations at each location. The statewide directory lists inspections for all municipalities in York County and Lancaster County.
… except those in Columbia – Columbia persists in having its own inspection system with its own forms and inspection items – rather than the one used statewide.
Columbia news, views & reviews 