COLUMBIA SPY

Brett Miller (left) and Brad Chamber s   Lancaster County Republicans have thrown their financial weight behind incumbent state Rep. Brett Miller this year as he faces a near-equally funded challenger in labor administrator Brad Chambers, a Democrat. Every GOP state lawmaker from the county has given Miller's campaign at least $1,000, according to his latest Department of State campaign finance reports. Those dollars helped push Miller, of East Hempfield, to more than $136,000 raised between May 14 and Nov. 21. Chambers, of Columbia, has also proven to be an effective fundraiser. In that same period, he raised about $120,000. MORE: https://lancasteronline.com/news/politics/fundraising-passes-250-000-in-41st-district-race-between-brett-miller-and-brad-chambers/article_5c73fbb0-96e2-11ef-8385-4bf846de76e4.html?utm_medium=social&utm_source=email&utm_campaign=user-share  

Seen in the window of Persian Cat Vintage   Persian Cat Vintage has opened a new store in Columbia that sells antiques, décor and collectibles as well as clothing from the 1960s through 1990s. The store at 256 Locust St. is the second location for owner Benjamin Ilkhanoff, who opened a Persian Cat Vintage store in February in Elizabethtown at 206 S. Market St. That Elizabethtown store offers a different mix of merchandise, focusing on pop culture items and toys as well as clothing from the 1990s and 2000s, Ilkhanoff said. MORE: https://lancasteronline.com/business/whats_in_store/persian-cat-vintage-expands-beyond-elizabethtown-with-opening-of-new-shop-in-columbia/article_a85c32ca-960d-11ef-b331-9f6a3821ea8e.html?utm_medium=social&utm_source=email&utm_campaign=user-share  

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After temporarily relocating to a shared space because of the redevelopment of its former building, Roburrito's has now closed its Lancaster city burrito shop and is making plans to move to Columbia. Roburrito's owner Rob McGrath said the Water Street shop closed because he was informed by the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board that two separate liquor licensees cannot share the same space. McGrath said he learned about some possible spots for a burrito shop in Columbia from the owners of Lancaster Distilleries, who have a taproom there. Columbia is also the original location for Columbia Kettle Works, which has its Lancaster city taproom in a separate area at 112 N. Water St. MORE: https://lancasteronline.com/business/local_business/roburritos-closes-lancaster-city-burrito-shop-plans-move-to-columbia/article_c16ca61e-9626-11ef-ab10-7bbc94a0cc40.html?utm_medium=social&utm_source=email&utm_campaign=user-share  

The estate of Mable Philomene Est, Mable Philimene conveyed 1141 Locust St. to Charee Stevison for $267,000.

  This week's photos of Columbia   (Click on photos to see larger, sharper images.) A mural in progress at Lancaster Distilleries at 230 North 4th Street  And after a little more progress, the mural looked like this. ****************** Students from Park Elementary walked down Locust Street as part of an evacuation drill on Thursday morning.  Patriot Towing was on the ramp helping to remove steels beams from a boat on Saturday morning. A burnt page among the fallen leaves This car is actual size. Two informational plaques like this one were recently removed without explanation: one at South 2nd & Locust, and one at South 5th & Avenue N.  Two at Columbia River Park, one at Rotary Park, and one at Columbia High School still remain.  (Actually, the one shown here, which is at Rotary Park, should be removed, since it's virtually unreadable. The others appear to be in good shape. ) At long last, the 300 block of Avenue G has been cleaned up and weeded. ...

One of the more frequent topics readers contact The Watchdog about is noise. Music blaring from vehicles, and vehicles modified to … well, to annoy. Can there be another reason for an exhaust system modified to sound like gunfire? It's not just in Lancaster city, but the problem is acutely noticeable in the city given how compact the city is and the amount of traffic. At times, your Watchdog can even feel the sound: Around 4 p.m. on some days in the LNP | LancasterOnline office at 101NQ, someone catches a red light at Orange and Queen, and the low rumble of bass can be felt as the Watchdog is clickety-clackety typing away. The Watchdog is not a killjoy. A week ago, he attended a rock concert. This is about time and place and respect. MORE: https://lancasteronline.com/news/local/how-are-noise-pollution-laws-enforced-in-lancaster-and-pennsylvania-lancaster-watchdog/article_0a21a31a-931f-11ef-b2f1-2778ddc2a25b.html