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Brad Chambers hosted the presentation "Underground Abolition" at Columbia's National Watch  & Clock Museum on Sunday evening.  JOE LINTNER | COLUMBIA SPY Columbia's National Watch & Clock Museum was the backdrop Sunday evening for “Underground Abolition," a symposium focused on Columbia's role in the Underground Railroad. The event was organized and sponsored by Columbian Brad Chambers, a 2026 candidate for Pennsylvania State House. About 100 people assembled to learn about the history of the Underground Railroad and its connection to Columbia. Columbia Borough Councilwoman Barbara Fisher read a proclamation designating September 2025 as Underground Railroad Month in Columbia. Columbia Borough Councilwoman Barbara Fisher kicked off the proceedings by reading a proclamation declaring September 2025 as "National Underground Railroad Month in the Borough of Columbia." The proclamation noted that the Underground Railroad "played a significa...

Ashley M. Englert conveyed 128 N. Seventh St. to Gobran Guirguis for $170,000. Webster Jonathan D, Webster Morgan L, Benjamin Morgan L. conveyed 312 N. Fifth St. to Leeper Kerry, Chambers Alison for $305,000. Patriciann Halderman conveyed 552 Union St. to JDW Property Solutions Inc. for $137,000.

  This week's photos of Columbia   Click on photos to see larger, sharper images.  JOE LINTNER | COLUMBIA SPY It's that time of year again.  Even the goddess Hebe on Locust Street is in a Halloween mood. Anndope painted the doors at the State Theatre Vintage Emporium again. There was even a lone pumpkin at 3rd & Locust, near borough hall. ***************** This rendering of the burning of the bridge is on the new banner at 3rd & Locust.  The banner celebrates Columbia's 300th anniversary.    A building from a former era Hibiscus after rain Chad is peeking over the hedge. Foggy church Level Up Gaming on Locust Vortex Books & Comics at 5th & Locust  Leaded glass panes Columbia 717 Tattoo & Piercing on Locust  The note says they moved to Hummelstown (just like a former borough manager and a codes person). A photo of the Veterans Memorial Bridge inside a seemingly empty shop Flow is missing some "vertebrae."  These might ...

 

  JOE LINTNER | COLUMBIA SPY  A new banner at 3rd & Locust celebrates Columbia's upcoming 300th anniversary in 2026.  Columbia was originally a settlement founded by John Wright and other Quakers in 1726. The settlement came to be known as Wright's Ferry and was formally laid out and named Columbia in 1788 by Samuel Wright.

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Signage at Columbia River Park states that only vehicles with trailers may park in the main lot between Memorial Day and Labor Day, but the ordinance makes no mention of those dates. JOE LINTNER | COLUMBIA SPY Columbia resident Mary Wickenheiser told officials at Tuesday's borough council meeting that a discrepancy exists between parking signage at Columbia River Park and the municipal ordinance that governs parking there. Wickenheiser noted that Columbia River Parking Ordinance 719, adopted May 12, 2003, states that designated spaces at River Park should be reserved exclusively for vehicles with trailers (with no restrictions for time of year). In other words, the ordinance indicates that area is reserved year-round . However, signage at the park indicates that the trailer-only parking restriction applies only from Memorial Day through Labor Day, after which the spaces become available for general parking. (The designated spaces are in the parking lot between the Columbia Crossing...