COLUMBIA SPY

Trips aren't just about beautiful destinations, but it's also about the journey, the memories you make along the way, and the people you meet on your travels. Columbia in Pennsylvania is one of those places where your journey can be magical and meaningful. If you want to witness this kind of beauty and wonder on your travels, choose this city. MORE: https://www.travellens.co/best-things-to-do-in-columbia-pa/

Police arrested a Columbia man they say was dealing fentanyl and methamphetamine, according to the Lancaster County District Attorney's Office. Sadi A. Corretger, 31, was charged with two counts of possession with intent to deliver fentanyl, one count of possession with intent to deliver methamphetamine and two counts of possession of drug paraphernalia. The arrest came following an investigation by the Lancaster County Drug Task Force and Attorney General Bureau of Narcotics Investigation unit. MORE: https://lancasteronline.com/news/local/drug-task-force-arrests-columbia-man-who-was-dealing-meth-fentanyl-das-office/article_09eae826-c7c9-11ec-975d-6f2857e86cd5.html?utm_medium=social&utm_source=email&utm_campaign=user-share  

Right on Time (Remastered) scheduled for June 17, 2022 release Apr. 28, 2022 /  PRZen  / LANCASTER, Pa. —  Nola Blue Records  is proud to announce the signing of Anthony "Big A" Sherrod, with plans for his return to  Right Coast Recording Studio , Columbia, PA, to record a new studio album.  His debut release,  Right on Time , was named "Best Debut Blues Album – 2016" by  Living Blues  magazine, and also appeared on the  Living Blues  "Thirty of the Very Best Blues Albums of the 2010s" list compiled by Jim DeKoester. Produced and recorded to analog tape by  Bobby Gentilo  at Right Coast Recording, Sherrod demonstrates his musical prowess along with The Cornlickers, band of the late Big Jack Johnson, providing the rhythm section. Now remastered by Gentilo,  Right on Time (Remastered)  will be available worldwide beginning June 17, 2022. A lifelong resident of Clarksdale, Mississippi, Sherrod continues the proud le...

Columbia coach Kerry Glover recently announced his resignation through an email to the school administration and a couple media outlets. It brings an end to what has been a highly-successful six-year run that put a history-laden program back on the map. "I'd like to thank the Columbia School District for believing in me and giving me the opportunity to be a varsity head coach," Glover said in an email. "And thank the town of Columbia and the local businesses who made donations, gave support and packed the stands every game." MORE: https://lancasteronline.com/sports/highschool/boysbasketball/kerry-glover-steps-down-from-columbia-boys-basketball-coaching-post-after-6-highly-successful-seasons/article_edb5abfc-c74e-11ec-86df-5795fe7be121.html?utm_medium=social&utm_source=email&utm_campaign=user-share  

Three separate lawsuits, filed by the states and environmental groups Thursday in New York and California, ask judges to order a more thorough environmental review before the Postal Service moves forward with the next-generation delivery vehicle program. Plaintiffs contend that purchases of fossil fuel-powered delivery vehicles will cause environmental harm for decades to come. "Louis DeJoy's gas-guzzling fleet guarantees decades of pollution with every postcard and package," said Scott Hochberg, an attorney with the Center for Biological Diversity, referring to the postmaster general. MORE: https://lancasteronline.com/news/national/16-states-that-want-to-electrify-usps-fleet-file-lawsuits/article_aac3bd4c-58ef-54f5-a040-5c2ecf6546b4.html?utm_medium=social&utm_source=email&utm_campaign=user-share  

 

MANHEIM TWP.: Robert B. Thompson, 44, of Columbia, was charged with firearms not to be carried without a license and simple assault after pointing a pistol at a driver during a road rage incident at Route 30 and New Holland Pike at 10:25 a.m. on Feb. 19, police said. Thompson cut off a commercial vehicle traveling along Route 30, then pointed the pistol at the driver after he "perceived a threat" when they both stopped, police said. Thompson does not possess a license to carry firearms in Pennsylvania, police said. https://lancasteronline.com/news/policelog/pistol-pointed-during-a-road-rage-incident-police-repeatedly-dispatched-for-false-reports-lancaster-county/article_06af1252-c4b5-11ec-8371-af77d33d5fc6.html?utm_medium=social&utm_source=email&utm_campaign=user-share  

What is a shifter, exactly? Here in the Susquehanna National Heritage Area, it's a railroad locomotive and a sandwich! But, it's not just any sandwich, it's a sandwich with local roots that is almost exclusively served along the Susquehanna River in the river towns of Columbia and Marietta. Local accounts trace the origins of this sandwich back to the 1910's in Columbia. MORE: https://susqnha.org/riverroots-history-of-the-shifter/  

 

A Lancaster County jury convicted a Columbia man of uploading and distributing child pornography. Scott Strausbaugh, 36, was found guilty of disseminating child pornography, two charges of possession of child pornography and two counts of criminal use of a communication device, according to a release from the Lancaster County District Attorney's Office. The jury reached a verdict on April 21 following a four-day trial and about three hours of deliberations. Evidence during the trial that showed Strausbaugh uploaded and shared "multiple digital image and video files of children under the age of 18 engaged in a prohibited sexual act or the simulation of such act" on March 5 and March 6 in 2020, according to the release. Lancaster County Judge Jeffrey Wright presided over the trial and will sentence Strausbaugh at a later date. https://lancasteronline.com/news/local/columbia-man-convicted-of-uploading-sharing-child-pornography-das-office/article_c65eb682-c633-11ec-9653-4bb32...

  Download the meeting packet  HERE.

  Download the meeting packet  HERE.

Susan E. Garner conveyed property on a public road to Susan E. Garner, Trevor D. Garner and Laura R. Garner for $1. E&A Holdings Group LLC and Jeremy R. Debord conveyed property on Union Street to JW Management LLC and KSW Construction LLC for $470,000.

The Lancaster County Redevelopment Authority will consider a resolution authorizing the executive director to enter into a professional services agreement with the Borough of Columbia for rental inspections, according to the April 26, 2022 meeting agenda. The Lancaster County Redevelopment Authority will meet at 4 p.m. Tuesday, April 26, immediately following Lancaster County Housing Authority meeting at their offices at 28 Penn Square, second floor, Suite 200. For remote access, email mjoyce@lchra.com.

 Recent photos of Columbia (Click/tap on photos to see larger, sharper images.) You know it's truly spring when the artists start to bloom . . . They appeared to be Susquehanna Valley Plein Air Painters. ******************** Trees were planted last weekend around the Columbia Crossing building to replace the arborvitae that had outgrown their welcome and were removed last month. ************ Tulips at the Buddhist temple on South 2nd O say does that star-spangled banner still wave? (Whatever the case, it should be prevented from touching the ground - or sidewalk.) Meanwhile, at the Kleen Acres Farm on Blue Lane . . . Malachi the camel   ******************** When you're ready for your next crusade (Seen at Jesse the Computer Guy's shop on North 4th) New growth among the old Ornament on an "obelisk" at the Veterans Memorial Bridge Brunch was going fine . . . . . . until someone just couldn't behave himself. "Refresh Lancaster" brought showers for the ...