About Town - April 28, 2024

This week's photos of Columbia

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

The fountain at the town square has been repaired.

These photos were taken before it was fully operational.

Here's one in living color.

This creature lives there, too.

Repointing and other mortaring was being done this past week.

There's even a receptacle for butts.

*****************

The Wright's Ferry Mansion

There are many detour signs in town due to the bridge project in Washington Boro.

Meanwhile on our bridge, this hapless truck driver didn't see the State Police traffic officer sitting there, until it was too late.

The 10-ton weight limit is still in effect.

Apparently, sediment is being removed from the Columbia Water Company.

*****************

New paint for a cannon at the bridge plaza

Here's a "before" view.

Ventilated chair for enjoying the view

Tuesday was Primary Election Day.

A remnant of the Civil War Bridge?

Or the subsequent railroad bridge?

Or the one in between?

The first block of North 6th was shut down on Thursday so that Doug's Tree Service could remove a tree in a backyard.

It was a BIG tree.

*****************

What's left of the Cherry Street demo project

*****************

The Habitat for Humanity project is almost ready for prime time.

Declining chick population

Haitian Maranatha Bible Church

Just walk under that particle board.

Nothing can go wrong.

Ongoing

For rent

The Haunted Manor

United Methodist

*****************

Erin Go Bragh!

At Kindred Collections

Stars and stripes

Gnarly driftwood at Tollbooth

A long view of Saint Paul's Episcopal

Bus, with a side of parking tickets

Universal Techs is gone . . .

But Henry the Horse is still there.

A mossy cover . . .

On the announcment box

According to a recent LNP article: "The [PA] Supreme Court decided against the municipalities' argument that the commission has failed to regulate where gas companies place their meters — inside or outside historic homes. The municipalities say the PUC gives too much control to gas companies in determining meter placement, which can affect the aesthetic of a historic community." So, the PUC won, and municipalities, including Columbia Borough, lost. 

But what in the hell happened here on North 3rd Street (in the historic district)?

*****************

Afternoon song

Did anyone call ICE yet?

Chinooks flying over

Here's a closer look at one of them.

Some have taken to calling this building "Columbia Crossings."

In his poem "Crow Testament," Sherman Alexie says, "The Crow God as depicted / in all of the reliable Crow bibles / looks exactly like a Crow."

Be kind

[Photo: William Schnaekel]

Mike Splain and Zachary Biceuskis from the Columbia Borough Fire Department completed water rescue training. [Photo: Todd Stahl]

This weekend, two members of the Columbia Borough Fire Department, Mike Splain and Zachary Biceuskis, successfully completed a water rescue training course conducted by WhiteCap Water Rescue Training. 8 rescue students representing Columbia Borough FD, Lancaster City FD, Rohrerstown FD and the host Blue Rock Regional Fire District took part.

###