About Town - August 18, 2024

This week's photos of Columbia

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Firefighters and police responded to a fire at 118 North 8th Street Friday night.

Several fire departments responded.

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Two more shots from Saturday's vintage baseball games at Janson Park . . .

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A look at Tollbooth since the fire

The Tollbooth Lumber Warehouse has a variety of mowers.

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Universal-Techs is gone, but this rendition of Henry the Horse remains.

So does the "real" Henry.

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Little Free Library at Columbia River Park

Old-style cellar doors.

Just don't stand on them.

Sticker shock?

The Shawnee Run Restoration Project was revisited recently to address erosion.

Who or what lives here?

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Here are a few clues that school starts next week...

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Mushrooms

You don't see too many of these around town anymore.

Mud painting at the bridge

A member of the crash team at Thursday's incident at Front & Walnut. 

Bicycle built for two

Clean up your dog's poop.

Here's a volunteer helping to keep our community clean.

Someone got the boot.

This practice targets drivers who don't have the option of parking on their property.

Pegasus taking off

That's a strange-looking plane.

Flightradar24 tells us it's a Cirrus G2+ Vision Jet.

This vulture appears to be rehearsing his creepy routine for Halloween.

The fence on Purples Lane - a favorite target for drivers.

That's not very neighborly.

He's reminding us that the end of August isn't too far off.

A Columbia community cat gets a drink.

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