About Town - May 15, 2022

Recent photos of Columbia

(Click/tap on photos to see larger, sharper images.) 

A law enforcement convoy rolled through town on Tuesday, May 10 on the way to Washington, D.C.

National Police Week (NPW), held May 11 – 17 each year in Washington, D.C., honors the service and sacrifice of U.S. law enforcement officers. On May 11 and 12, surviving families and co-workers begin arriving in Washington, D.C. for the events.

In 1962, President John F. Kennedy signed Public Law 87-726 designating May 15 as Peace Officers' Memorial Day, and the week in which May 15 falls as National Police Week. The law was amended by the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994, Public Law 103-322, signed by President Bill Clinton, directing that the flag of the United States be displayed at half-staff on all government buildings on May 15 each year. 

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Flag at full staff

And one that's too shy to open so far

For all your NO PARKING needs

Uh-oh, where's Mr. Haney?

Lined up at Mount Bethel

Meanwhile in Wrightsville . . .

Guys getting their wires . . . UNcrossed?

On the Wrightsville water tower, which is visible from Columbia

Nectar-gathering

Flower basket

New look at the Buddhist temple

Signs aren't supposed to be placed at the bridge plaza, next to the commemorative bricks.

Down by the riverside

All broken up

Have the Russians invaded?

Columbia Borough is putting this lot up for sale at 4th & Locust.

Mount Bethel

Graffiti near Rotary Park - on the back of someone's garage.

The wheels on the north cannon at the bridge plaza are going to be restored, but the panel in the carriage tail might need some attention, too.

Here's a longer view.

Nest-building time