About Town—September 7, 2025

This week's photos of Columbia 

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JOE LINTNER | COLUMBIA SPY

Federal, State, and local emergency responder agencies held a train derailment exercise at Columbia River Park on Saturday.  Many more photos of the event are shown later in this post.

Jess & Kyle (and friend) provided music on Locust Street again on Saturday. 

Bob Smith supervised another banner hanging.  This one was at 4th & Union.

Land Studies sprayed the banks of Shawnee Run again.

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This is some sort of delivery inlet on the sidewalk on South 2nd.

The Turkey Hill Experience 

Several units responded to a medical emergency Thursday afternoon North 2nd.

You'd probably have to be a crow to understand this behavior. 

Sunrise

Respect the zone.

Web coverage

A big head emerging from a vehicle 

This car with whatever that is on top was on Locust Street the other day.

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Traffic stop 

A traffic incident involving two vehicles occurred Friday morning on South 8th. 

One of the vehicles hit a porch.

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This message should've been removed on Tuesday. 

Here's why.

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This is Lancaster's treatment plant on South 15th Street. "Raw" water will be pumped there from the Susquehanna through a water pipeline to be installed under borough streets. Council will vote to send a letter of support for funding for the project at Tuesday's meeting. 

Progress at the Linden Street Build 

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Meanwhile, at the innovation park project or whatever it is now

Rick Breneman was on site. Columbia Borough hired him to oversee the project. 

Excavators dug up whatever this is.

Workers also extended a road from 11th Street into the property. 

At 9th & Manor 

It's not a great idea to leave this like this.

Not to mention leaving this cap lying around.

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Columbia Curiosities held an event on Saturday.

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Several agencies, including the U.S. EPA, U.S. Coast Guard, Norfolk Southern, area fire departments, and others held a train derailment drill from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday at River Park. 

Brad Chambers spoke with personnel at the event.  He's opposing Brett Miller for a seat in the PA State House.

Miller didn't attend the event. According to LNP, he voted against a bill that proposed the creation of a database of hazardous material being transported through the state on railways; that database would be accessible to emergency management agencies. His office is less than a block away from the rail lines.

Lewis Environmental showed off their airboat...

Sergeant Brent Keyser launched the police drone and sent it on a flight downriver.

Food trucks were set up for a different event.

That event was International Vulture Awareness Day at Columbia Crossing.

The star of the show was Barron Von Vulture. 

There's Barron (an appropriate name for a vulture.) 

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