COLUMBIA SPY

Tuesday, February 28, 2017

List: Here's how much each Lancaster County community is getting in liquid fuels funding this year

Lancaster County communities will receive more than $17.6 million on March 1 to help them maintain their locally owned roads and bridges.

The funding is through Pennsylvania's annual liquid fuels allocation, which is up 5 percent this year to $466 million statewide.

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Borough farm open all week for yard waste

Monday, February 27, 2017

Meetings for the Week of February 27, 2017

Borough

Municipal Bldg, 308 Locust Street

School Board

Admin Center, 200 N. 5th Street

Sunday, February 26, 2017

Historical Society gets a facelift - inside and out

Chris Vera's passion for Columbia's history was clearly evident during the recent renovation project at the Columbia Historic Preservation Society building. Vera is president of the society.

In addition to orchestrating several major projects, Vera could be found painting and using elbow grease to help complete them.

The building fundraising campaign began early last year with several contributors, among them Cimmaron Properties, Gamby's Disposal, The Foresters, The Elk's Club, The Catholic War Vets, Owls Club, The American Legion, Grace EC Church, and the estate of Pauline Aston.

A much-needed and long-awaited new roof was installed by Abel & Son Roofing. Downspouts and gutters were replaced by a subcontractor. Vera did much of the interior painting. He said he is very pleased with the roofing project, calling it professional work with superb results.

The Society reopens April 22, 1-4 p.m. and will be open every Saturday and Sunday until January. This year's exhibits will feature the Civil War, Columbia Hospital, and Columbia Opera House.

Fresh paint on interior walls and trim

A new look all around

Updated lighting

And outside . . .

A new roof

Here's a closer look.

Spouting was replaced.

Storm leaves a trail of damage in its wake

Saturday afternoon's storm left a trail of damage in its wake. The National Weather Service said there was no evidence of a tornado touchdown and that damage was caused by high winds up to 95 miles per hour.