Rep. Hickernell blames governor for heritage funding loss
Representative Dave Hickernell's letter to LNP blaming Governor Wolf for funding loss to heritage areas:
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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Our taxes are out of control.
Sure Riverfront has improved, but Columbia taxes are still going to fund part of it.
I'm still waiting on a meeting about AVENUE J BEING CLOSED TO VEHICULAR TRAFFIC that was promised in a Boro meeting.
Yes let the few nay sayers reply......
The majority should have been acknowledged.
Instead,,, the historic Ave J is still being abused.
Let's hear the negative comments come.
Unfortunately, he introduced H.B. 1636: compromise legislation allowing employers to use a provider network with no time limit, under which employees must maintain medical care by the employer's chosen panel of providers, thereby limiting employees’ options. In other words, he's no friend of the working person.