Here’s a nice story ... a spry young man of 86 was arrested for having an unsightly yard. Apparently you can be arrested for that, in western Pennsylvania, anyway.

In Central Pennsylvania you run for office under the platform of: The government should not interfere with our private property rights.

At least that’s what I hear.

Regardless, the guy in Lawrence County got arrested and spent a week in the county jail.

And the guys (and ladies, perhaps) at the prison felt bad for him. So they fixed up his yard. And they plan to mow the lawn, once that is needed.

Enough with the nice stuff, our friends at The New Castle News made the guy sound kind of grouchy. Apparently, before he was arrested other people had tried to help Our Hero but he declined their assistance. And when approached by a reporter he reportedly said: “I don’t want local people in my house ... Ordinarily, I wouldn’t let you through the front door.”

-- On the subject of 80-something men, Happy Birthday, JoePa!

He is 81 today.

-- There is an update to the story of the Grinchly crime in Pottstown.

Walmart workers have come to the rescue.

“The Wal-Mart workers then donated $1,000 in gift cards to help the First Baptist Church replace the missing items,” The AP reports.

You will recall that the church organization had acquired present for 75 local families. But they were stolen. The gifts, not the families.

Also, the Grinch has yet to be apprehended, we are told.