Thursday, September 18, 2025
Wednesday, September 17, 2025
You can vote by mail; here's how
Hello from Jasmine Preston, Ethan Byers, Jeanne Cooper, and Kyle Ricker – your Democratic candidates for mayor and borough council in Columbia. We have an important message about voting in a non-presidental year.
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Voting by mail is easy, secure and gives you the option to vote early from home, especially if there’s a chance you won’t make it to the polls on November 4th.
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Monday, September 15, 2025
Deeds Recorded—Columbia Borough—September 15, 2025
Zartman Matthew, Zartman Rebecca Grace, Ruhl Rebecca conveyed 1141 Cloverton Drive to RGSS LLC for $205,000.
Michelle Wiley conveyed 564 Poplar St. to Rutt Jonah Eugene for $260,000.
Sunday, September 14, 2025
About Town—September 14, 2025
This week's photos of Columbia
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JOE LINTNER | COLUMBIA SPY
Workers raising the flag at Saint Peter Apartments earlier in the week
Seven State Police vehicles (including two marked "Forensic Services") were parked in the 600 block of Avenue H on Wednesday evening, September 10. Police found electronics and a remote firing system/device in a garage there that are believed to be related to explosives found in a house in Newmanstown. A Columbia man, Timothy Shaeffer, has been charged with weapons of mass destruction, risking catastrophe, and recklessly endangering another person.
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Men at work on Locust
Painted piano at Coffee & Cream, with credits
Trolley on Linden
Curious
Items at Tollbooth
New Idea
Dust storm at McGinness!
More progress with the remediation/stabilization
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A couple of guys taking their cones for a walk
Witch in the window
At Columbia Curiosities
More roof problems at Columbia Crossing?
Morning moon
Watch out for that T-rex!
New sign for the smoke shop on Chestnut
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Must've been a heckuva party.
Follow one line.
Diamond in the rough
Out at the Linden Street Build
Little library on North 7th
The bridge inspectors were back.
A bridge inspector chipped away at cracked concrete on the underside of the Veterans Memorial Bridge on September 11. The area under the bridge was taped off about a week ago because of falling concrete.
Several pieces of concrete came loose, including the big chunk shown above.
This was the result.
So was this.
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Missing board at Rotary
Signs, nicely textured
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Steps at the Lloyd Mifflin House on Walnut
Looks as though moisture has seeped into the clock at 5th & Chestnut.
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Saturday, September 13, 2025
Council approves Jack Brommer as interim borough manager, and full-time borough manager next year
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Columbia Borough Police Chief Jack Brommer
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JOE LINTNER | COLUMBIA SPY
Columbia Borough Council voted to appoint Jack Brommer as interim borough manager at Tuesday's meeting. Brommer will continue as police chief while serving as interim manager until next April, when he retires as chief. He will then become full-time borough manager in May. In the meantime, he will receive $2,000 a month for the extra duties, in addition to his $118,000 annual police salary.As interim, Brommer will receive assistance from Ron Youtz, whom council voted to approve as part-time assistant borough manager at $50 an hour, not to exceed 30 hours a week. Youtz, a former West Hempfield Township manager, previously worked in Columbia Borough's public works department.
Council also voted to approve Brommer as full-time borough manager, commencing after retirement as chief of police at a starting rate of $110,000 per year contingent upon a signed employment contract.
Brommer has been Columbia's police chief since 2011.
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