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The Buddhist temple at South 2nd & Cherry installed several new statues this past week, with more on the way.
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The Pennsylvania State Police were patrolling the Veterans Memorial Bridge this past week, on the lookout for overweight vehicles that are in violation of the recently implemented weight restrictions.
An officer nabbed this truck on the first block of North 5th Street.
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LASA is currently undertaking a project to reline approximately 16,500 feet of 8″ diameter sewer main in Manor Township and Columbia Borough. LASA has contracted with Mr Rehab from Mechanicsburg PA to perform the work, according to LASA's website. However, workers from Green Mountain Pipeline Services were performing the work this day (8/9/23) on the 100 block of Walnut Street. The project will continue throughout the area for at least the rest of August, according to LASA's calendar.
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Here's a tree well that should be filled in - to allow motorized wheelchairs to pass.
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The ever-growing Community Rock Snake at Columbia River Park.
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All aboard!
Curious cat
The latest progress on the Habitat project
Someone left this jewel-encrusted stone at Columbia River Park.
They're creeping back.
(Literally . . . creeping.)
Seen on 7th Street
For sale
Many kayaks
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Ashley Tabernacle COGIC held its annual baptism at Columbia River Park on Sunday, August 13, 2023, led by Pastor Wayne Scott.
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...
NATHAN WILLISON | LNP Staff Writer An East Donegal Township man is facing criminal charges after police say he struck a 13-year-old with his truck and fled the scene last month. Derek Scott Mohr, 28, is charged with causing an accident involving death or injury without a license, failing to stop to render aid, driving at an unsafe speed and related charges. Mohr had been driving a 2013 Chevrolet Silverado through Chestnut Street in Columbia around 8 p.m. March 20 when he struck a 13-year-old boy riding a motorized scooter and continued driving, according to charging documents filed by police. When police arrived, they found the boy with a broken leg and a cut to his forehead. His scooter was lying nearby, its handlebars completely snapped off. Another teenager who witnessed what happened described the truck to police and said that the driver made no attempt to stop after striking the boy. Surveillance footage collected from the area shows the truck striking the b...
GUEST COMMENTARY [Name withheld by request out of fear of retaliation] For two decades, Leo Lutz has occupied the mayor's office in Columbia, and his supporters are quick to credit him with every positive development in our borough, but leadership is a two-way street. If Mayor Lutz is going to accept praise for Columbia's successes, many of which, frankly, he had little direct involvement in, then he must also be held accountable for our failures. The facts paint a troubling picture. Despite the mayor's repeated assurances that our streets are safe, we've witnessed a disturbing rise in assaults, shootings, and vandalism. His promises have fallen by the wayside: the foot patrol we were promised never materialized, nor did the bike patrol that was supposed to increase our sense of security. Fiscally, the situation is equally dire. Taxes have increased at least twice during Mayor Lutz's tenure, yet the borough now finds itself millions of dollars in debt. This isn...
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