Backyard news, 12.10.08

● I received this Q-Tip today:

Word has it that Kokomo's on Linglestown Road will be no longer as of Friday or sooner. The sports bar will probably close for a short while and reopen as Arooga's. Who didn’t see this coming?

● The Patriot-News reports today that Comcast and Verizon are selling new channel plans. For what it’s worth, the charts for service package offerings make my head spin.


● State Rep. Ron Marsico has turned the staffers at the Greater Philadelphia Film Office into a bunch of nervous Nellies. CLICK HERE to find out why.



● On the frozen pond, Central Dauphin goalie Kevin Consevage posted a shutout Monday in the Ram’s 2–0 win over Hempfield at Twin Ponds. Check out the video from WGAL TV-8. (Rams Ice Hockey website)



● You gotta play to WIN ... Please take a few minutes to enter the latest Gazette contest that is a linked to a video ad for St. Thomas Restaurant in Linglestown. Entry deadline is this Friday, Dec. 12, at noon.