It's Banned Books Week: October 5–11, 2025

 

West Hempfield Township man charged with shooting two people to death, wounding another | Lancaster County District Attorney's Office

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Deeds Recorded – Columbia Borough – October 6, 2025

Liliana Delgado conveyed 123 S. Eighth St. to Mendez Pablo Delgado, Delgado Liliana M. Salvador, DS Living Trust for $10.

Jrheller.com LLC conveyed 245 N. Fourth St. to M&M Realty Co. for $210,000.

Ghattas Sabry Habashy, Ghattas Ereen Sabry, Ghattas Sabry, Ghattas Ereen conveyed 814 Plane St. to Ghattas Sabry Habashy, Ghattas Yostina Sabry for $1.

Allison M. Yarrow conveyed 12105 Walnut St. to Yarrow Allison M, Chornok Joseph S, Chornock Jean R. for $1.

Burmar Real Estate LLC conveyed 528 Walnut St. to Paul E. Boas Jr. for $180,000.

About Town – October 5, 2025

 This week's photos of Columbia 

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JOE LINTNER | COLUMBIA SPY 

The cooler weather made for some spectacular sunsets lately.

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A few more glances at the golden arches...

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Unlimited Towing showed off their vehicles at Columbia River Park. 

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Lamb on a ladder

Guardian of the gas meter 

Evening sky

Black-eyed Susan and visitor

It's always good to have a spare bike with you. 

Here's one with accessories. 

This has been here for about a week.

(4th & Chestnut)

Someone put this on the table last Sunday at River Park.

Someone also broke this sign.

This heron was hanging around. 

He got pretty close.

He even posed for a profile shot. 

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Out for a walk on a sunny day

USGS was out for walk, too -– on the bridge. 

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The things you see in an alley . . .

Be careful with those batteries. 

Police responded to a vehicle accident involving a motorcycle and a car at 5th & Chestnut Saturday morning.

Cafe 301 got hung up briefly.

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Summer's over, and someone took the awnings down.

You can tell Halloween's coming . . .

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A yellow hibiscus

Mums in the sun

Meanwhile at the "project" . . .

These guys were working on their bucket list. 

More dirt was stabilized.

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A ghost sign is not necessarily a sign of Halloween. 

A former fire station on the 200 block of Locust 

A former tobacco warehouse on Plane 

Another look at Tollbooth 

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Family Dollar has been closed for a while.

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A wandering minstrel

A film crew from Just One More Film LLC descended on River Park on Saturday to film a scene.

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A monarch at the end of his season 

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