Sunday, March 17, 2024

About Town - March 17, 2024

This week's photos of Columbia

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


That's a mighty long fire truck. According to a source in the know, it's a tiller ladder truck that is privately owned. Such trucks are actually more maneuverable than regular ladder trucks or aerial towers.


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Columbia Rivertowne Antique Center sign

A fill-up for the trees 

The weather's been warmer, and these nasty things have been out and about.

But so have these kinder, gentler bugs . . .


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Barriers for keeping vehicles off the bank at River Park

Shadow of a lamppost

Peace

It's still there - a lock for securing the fence.

Gnomes in the grass

Happy Easter and other messages . . .





Another drawing by a budding artist on the 200 block of Walnut

Lotsa wood at Tollbooth Antiques


Rusty hub and spokes

Faded directions - but we all know what to do.

Bethel

Chapel at Holy Trinity Cemetery

Cross

Side window



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The Foresters got a new sign.

Pitcher

$40K+ and there it sits.

A sub-compact copter?

STOP

It's an Excess Height Car.

REGULATIONS

Gulfstream G600 flying low

Cameraman on the job at Columbia River Park


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Keep our waterways clean.

Coming Soon

STOP EMINENT DOMAIN

On the door

Improvise or Die

Coming soon

New on the 400 block of Locust

Rose is coming back.

WIC

Someone dropped a paver.

Two towers

Atop the Elks


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A reader submitted this photo.

Here's a closer look.

The daffodils are bursting forth, which means it's officially spring, despite what the calendar says.


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On Saturday morning, the Wrightsville Fire Company and the Glen Rock Fire Company practiced their Boat Operations skills under the direction of staff instructors of WhiteCap Water Rescue Training. The boats are Glen Rock's.
[Photos: Todd Stahl]








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