COLUMBIA SPY

Help our volunteer firefighters... Support the Columbia Borough Fire Department by attending their upcoming "All you can eat" seafood feast on November 4 at 10th & Manor Streets. Doors open at 4 p.m. and dinner is served 5 to 8 p.m. Includes a steak and a baked potato - plus all the steamed crab legs and steam shrimp you can eat. Tickets are $30 each. Call Jean C. Rummel: 717-203-6914

This season, the Columbia Boys' Basketball program will be celebrating its 100th year of existence.  As part of the celebration, plans have been finalized to honor the program's rich history. On Saturday, Jan. 13, the celebration will take place with a special day planned for the Elmer Kreiser Gym, beginning at 2 p.m. That's when the Crimson Tide girls basketball team will take on Pequea Valley. At the conclusion of that game, a special ceremony will be held recognizing the boys' basketball programs' 100 years. All past teams, players an coaches will be introduced and asked to walk around the gym. Following the ceremony, the Crimson Tide boys' basketball team will take on Pequea Valley beginning at 5:30 p.m. Following the completion of the boys' game, the celebration will move to the Columbia Fire Department, 10th and Manor Streets, for a reception until 10 p.m. Invitations have and will continue to go out to former playe...

The following photos were taken at a "house of horrors" at 750 Ridge Avenue today (October 31).

The Susquehanna Valley Chamber of Commerce and Visitors Center, a non-profit organization, will host the 8th Annual MAG Memorial 5k Fall Flash on Saturday, November 4, 2017. Named in memory of Melissa A. Glenn, former executive director of Susquehanna Valley Chamber of Commerce, this run provides an opportunity to run the Veterans Memorial Bridge crossing the Susquehanna River. This year’s annual event is made possible through the Gold Sponsorship of Lancaster County Solid Waste Management Authority and the sponsorships of additional businesses listed on our website. The course for this event crosses the Susquehanna River via the Veterans Memorial Bridge (Rt. 462) between Lancaster & York County which is closed to vehicular traffic during the event. Runners may enjoy the scenic course against the fall foliage of the river valley. The Fall Flash begins in Wrightsville at 8:30 am and finishes against this autumn backdrop. Pre-registration is available through the SVCC Visi...

The Columbia Borough School Board Committee of the Whole meeting agenda for this coming Thursday, November 2, includes a motion to approve the hiring of Tom Strickler as District Superintendent effective January 1, 2018. Strickler was hired amid controversy in August of 2016 by the Eastern Lancaster County School District as director of operations for the Columbia Borough School District. ELANCO Superintendent Dr. Robert Hollister has been acting superintendent for Columbia since 2016. In a recent email, Hollister stated that he fully endorses the decision to consider Strickler as the next superintendent, citing his commitment to the Columbia Borough School District. Tom Strickler [Columbia Spy file photo] 

The scores shown below are from the state Department of Education's Pennsylvania School Performance Profile  and were published in a recent Penn Live article . They are based on a 100-point scale, with a 90 to 100 considered an A, a 80 to 89 a B, a 70 to 79 a C, a 60 to 69 a D, and an F for a score below 60. Columbia Borough School District Columbia Junior-Senior High School 2016-17 Grade: F 2015-16 Grade: D 2014-15 Grade: D 2013-14 Grade: F 2012-13 Grade: F Park Elementary Elementary School 2016-17 Grade: C 2015-16 Grade: F 2013-14 Grade: C 2012-13 Grade: F More statistics on the Columbia High School are  HERE .

State police have issued a warning about the possibility of marijuana candy being given to children on trick-or-treat night, but snopes.com says there's no evidence this has ever happened. MORE: https://www.snopes.com/2017/10/29/warning-marijuana-halloween-candy-derided-scare-tactic/

Recent pics about town...  The trolley made an appearance on the day of the Halloween parade.  Here's a hawk looking down on us humans.  State police were present along Route 462 at the pipeline site last Friday.  Mission accomplished, out of here  Mark Clatterbuck, founder of Lancaster Against Pipelines, at the chapel next to the pipeline site  At the chapel  A cause  And another  What type of bird is this?  Weather vane to tell which way the wind blows at borough hall  Wrong way parking. Oh well, it's Columbia.  Slab for vendors under Columbia Crossing  Cormorant on the Susquehanna. Another example of our plentiful wildlife.  Free hot dogs and fries at United Methodist Church. The church offered the free goodies every Saturday in October.  There's the sign.  Ernie StrongBear was at the Columbia Market House last Saturda...