Restaurant Inspections—Columbia Borough—August 29, 2025

 

Prince Street Cafe - Columbia, 301 Walnut St., Columbia, Aug. 21. Pass. Food facility has an original certificate posted, but the location is not conspicuous for public viewing.

Agenda—Columbia Borough Council Meeting—August 26, 2025

 

The meeting packet is HERE.

Teen charged with Columbia shooting over missing phone sentenced up to 5 years in state prison

Caelan Natrell Brown [Columbia Borough Police Department]

JACK PANYARD | LNP Staff Writer

One of three people charged in a 2024 Columbia shooting over a missing cellphone pleaded guilty Monday and was sentenced to up to five years in state prison.

Caelan Natrell Brown, 19, of Columbia, entered a plea deal before Lancaster County Judge David Ashworth for his role in the Nov. 1, 2024 incident where he and two other people were accused of shooting into an occupied house.

Eleven charges were dropped as part of the plea deal including aggravated assault and reckless endangerment. Brown pleaded guilty to charges of criminal conspiracy, possession of a firearm with an altered manufacturer number, receiving stolen property, possession of a firearm without a license and possession of a firearm.

Ashworth sentenced Brown to two to five years in state prison.

Police said Brown, J'vian Mendez-Gonzalez, 19, of Lancaster, and Isaiah Diaz, 21, of Columbia, all shot at the house on the 400 block of Avenue K after tracking two men to the home following a fight at a smoke shop. During the fight Brown dropped his cellphone, which Brown, Mendez-Gonzalez and Diaz believed was taken by one of the men.

Brown, Mendez-Gonzalez and Diaz surrendered to police and were charged. Brown explained their motive and Diaz told police he supplied the guns, saying Mendez-Gonzalez fired three shots at the building before they went back to his apartment and hid the guns in the ceiling, according to charging documents.

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Deeds Recorded—Columbia Borough—August 25, 2025

The estate of Julie Hoak conveyed 328 Walnut St. to Jamie Anderson for $150,000.

Daniel K. Mullins conveyed 114 Walnut St. to Walter E. Ali for $205,000.

About Town - August 24, 2025

 This week's photos of Columbia 

Click on photos to see larger, sharper images. 

It was Stu Huggens' turn to perform downtown. 

Vintage baseball games were held at Janson Park on Saturday. 

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Rumor has it that Columbia might be getting a used tire outlet. 

Here's Jesse the Computer Guy's contact info.

One of two cherubs at the former Masonic center on Locust Street. 

Here's the other one.

Here's a $79 angel with a cracked jaw at the Re-Uzit Shop, possibly from a brawl. (This is Columbia, after all.)

More progress at the innovation park site

This device sets the height of the blades/shovels on the excavation equipment, according to a worker on site. 

There's also a chipper on site.

These are the remains of the trees that were taken down.

So are these mulch piles.

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This is the side of a trailer whose driver stopped on the highway for several minutes to check for directions while blocking traffic.

A spider web that caught some morning raindrops. 

A "redder than red" hibiscus 

Artist's supplies for a work-in-progress at the State Theatre Vintage Emporium 

The finished mural by @anndope

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This might work. 

Rivertowne Trolley shuttled passengers from St. Paul's to Columbia Crossing for a funeral reception.  

There's Waldo!

A "flower bed" full of old cardboard and cigarette butts—

What could go wrong?

A new park bench?

A new trash truck in town 

It has separate compartments for trash and recycling.

All the information and rules and regulations you could ever need for an enjoyable day at Columbia River Park . . .

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Just visiting 

Either he's back, or he never left.

Renovations on the 200 block of Cherry

New creatures in Avenue H 

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That green cap on South 4th is for sale.

The Habitat for Humanity Linden Street Build project is behind schedule. According to a release from Lancaster Lebanon Habitat for Humanity, here's why:

"If you've been following along with our current construction projects, you've probably read about the more than 1,000 tons (!) of rock we've removed during the excavation phase of our Linden Street Build. The extended excavation process, along with heavy rain in July, set our construction schedule back and has forced us to shift some upcoming volunteer plans for the site, including, most notably, our Women Build Lancaster week.

Last week we announced the postponement of our Women Build Lancaster event (which was originally scheduled for September) at our Linden Street Build in Columbia. It has been rescheduled for November 4-8. The Women Build Lancaster event will still be held at our Linden Street Build, located across from the Turkey Hill Experience, but the new November dates will allow us to set the foundation, have the houses framed and start on siding and exterior work for Women Build Lancaster as we originally intended."

Garage sale at the market house

The heart of our community 

The driver of this rig was attempting to turn from Locust Street onto Bank Avenue. 

He made it . . . eventually. 

Get vaccinated at CVS.

Open-door policy at the Haitian Maranatha Church

A heron that's way out there

Church on the 400 block of Locust 

That's what it's all about. 

The bridge inspectors were back this week.

Todd Stahl took this great shot, as well as the following four . . .

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That watchdog is still on the roof at Beauty in the Beast Grooming. 

Coming in September 

Sunflowers in decline

A bunny with bright ears

Lotsa flags

A few views of the former Cookman Church

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