Community Corner

Five Things for March 15

What's going on around town today.

  • The Warminster Board of Supervisors meets tonight at 7 p.m. at the .
  • Frank W. Colville, 26, of the 1500 block of West Street Road in Warminster, received a one- to two-year state sentence Tuesday after pleading guilty in Montgomery County Court to robbing the Bottom Dollar Store in the 1900 block of Davisville Road in the Willow Grove section of Abington, phillyburbs.com reports.
  • Still sunny today, with a high near 67 and possibility of evening showers, according to the National Weather Service.
  • According to preliminary data collected by the National Geodetic Survey, the Washington Monument, which is slated for repairs after it was damaged in an earthquake last year, appears to be sinking, CNN reports. NGS surveyors and the National Park Service are investigating whether the August 23, 2011, caused the 555-foot stone obelisk to sink or shift.
  • March 15, 1493, Christopher Columbus returns to Spain after his first trip to the Americas.

 


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