COLUMBIA BURGLARY SUSPECT ARRESTED
Matthew Fabral Dejesus, 18, of Columbia, a suspect in the recent string of burglaries, was arrested following a brief struggle with police.
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Columbia's decision to ban former employee from its property may be 'unconstitutional' [Lancaster Watchdog]
Chris Vera [Columbia Spy file photo] The following information is excerpted from a December 6, 2025 LNP Watchdog article by LNP | LancasterOnline reporter Jade Campos. Still reeling from an abrupt firing from his role as head of the Columbia Market House in March, Chris Vera was surprised to get a letter in the mail from a Columbia Borough attorney two weeks later telling him he was banned indefinitely from borough property. The letter gave no reason for the ban. Nine months later, Vera, who has served as president of the Columbia Historic Preservation Society for more than a decade and has helped with the borough’s comprehensive plan, is still banned from borough property. He believes the ban includes borough parks, which is part of the reason he moved his annual Albatwitch Day festival, which celebrates the myth of a local cryptid, to Wrightsville. Vera said he’s not sure why the borough went to such lengths to keep him away from public spaces given his termination from the borough s...
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the spending is out of control...excuse is given that its grant money-well guess what-THE MAJORITY OF GRANT MONEY MUST BE MATCHED - do you know what that means???? that means that we, as taxpayers are paying for all this crap that we DON"T want or need or can afford. namely River Park for one. which has costs us taxpayers MILLIONS OF DOLLARS....YES THAT'S RIGHT - MILLIONS OF DOLLARS.