COLUMBIA SPY

Photos of Columbia, PA Week ending 10/18/26 Leopard sneakers on granite Slice of sun Pumpkin, safe and sound These other ones didn't fare as well: ***************** Tis the season for spooky stuff . . . ***************** Restless sky Two towers Happy to be here Part of the problem at the dangerous 5th & Chestnut intersection is worn paint at the curve. At the former fire company on 2nd  Heading south? Evening primrose at the railroad tracks Outfall #310, which sits behind Elite Energy and empties into Shawnee Run, became detached from the tributary storm sewer because of heavy streambank erosion. It was recently repaired.  Milkweed and milkweed bugs Join cub scouts! A red light at 3rd & Chestnut was burned out the other day. It was changed the next day. Traffic jam due to two buses at the bus stop The "Under the Bridge Gang" looking bad ass. All they need are some leather jackets.  More new signage at 2nd & Walnut  Looking down Walnut from 3rd ***********...

Lutz: "You need a plan... Then you need to find the finances for it. You need to implement the plan." JOE LINTNER | COLUMBIA SPY  Plan would prioritize school routes; PennDOT engineers to visit trouble spots next week Mayor Lutz told council on Tuesday that borough officials are assembling a street-safety plan, and he urged council to pursue grants and set aside matching funds to pay for it. Lutz said borough administrators, police, and members of the borough's safety committee have been meeting on ways to make streets safer "in the near future." He said he has briefed the school superintendent, who will be brought into the process, and that public meetings will be held as the plan takes shape. "Several things have to happen as you put a plan together," he said. "You need a plan... Then you need to find the finances for it. You need to implement the plan." Next week, borough staff and police will meet with engineers whom PennDOT contracts wi...

Borough Council on Monday ratified Mayor Lutz's emergency declaration making the 100 and 200 blocks of Walnut Street one-way, and took the first step toward making the change permanent. The mayor told council at its October 13 meeting that the street, which is part of a recent streetscape project, would reopen in the near future. He said the borough's street ordinance needed to change "in order to ensure safe travel for motorists, safe travel for bicyclists and pedestrians." In the meantime, he said, he issued an emergency declaration designating the two blocks as one-way. Council also voted to authorize advertisement of Ordinance 2026-968, which would formally designate the 100 and 200 blocks of Walnut Street as one-way.   Before the vote, Evan Gabel, borough solicitor,  noted that the draft's direction of travel had been switched from an earlier version. Gabel suggested the ordinance describe travel as running from Third Street to Front Street. "It gives yo...

The existing building at 1100 Ridge Avenue will be used mainly for vehicle storage and as a shop. JOE LINTNER | COLUMBIA SPY  Vote clears the way for design work and for the sale of the old wastewater treatment plant and municipal services building Borough Council voted 6-0 at its October 13 meeting to relocate the Public Works Department from its riverfront site to the Ridge Avenue property the borough has already purchased. The approval depends on the sale of the two riverfront parcels: the former wastewater treatment plant and the municipal services building that the public works department currently uses . Officials said the two decisions are linked. A prospective buyer, working through the Columbia EDC, wants both riverfront parcels and won't purchase just one. "They are uniquely tied together," councilman Kelly Murphy said of the sale and the move. The buyer has been waiting on the borough. "The buyers want an answer. They've been asking since July," P...