Student art exhibit to display river inspired artwork

On Friday, November 22 from 5-9 p.m., Sparrow Website and Susquehanna Valley Chamber of Commerce host Art On The River, an exhibition showcasing local high-school students artwork inspired by the Susquehanna River.

Join us for the art exhibition featuring local high-school student artwork inspired by the Veterans Memorial Bridge. Sparrow Websites is partnering with the Susquehanna Valley Chamber of Commerce to provide this free event that will include door prizes, Hors d'oeuvres, and juried prizes for the student artists.

To RSVP for the event, for additional information, or for other questions, please visit www.sparrowwebsites.com.

[Source: Press release]

Family Fun Night at the Library

Seen Today (11/19/19) on South 2nd Street

Columbia Spy "spied" the banner shown above at 30 South 2nd Street this afternoon.  

According to notices posted around town, Columbia Borough Council is considering rezoning various areas of town. Council will hold a hearing on the proposed rezoning on Monday, December 16, at 7 p.m. at the Columbia Borough School District Administration Center at 200 North 5th Street. Afterwards, Borough Council will consider whether to pass the zoning map amendments as well as several other zoning changes. The public is invited to attend. 

One of the notices is shown below.

More information can be found HERE.

Mission Accomplished: Clocks are re-installed in old church tower [Pictorial]

Columbia's Dr. Larry Laird and a few helpers re-installed four 19-century clocks in an 1855 Philadelphia church over the weekend. Laird spent seven months refurbishing the clocks. The backstory is HERE.

A worker inspects a completed dial.

Each of the four dials is 48" in diameter. 

The dials are loaded into a van.

Dials ready to travel

The old church, aka The Loft

Looking up inside the clock tower

A look out through the dial window

Laird inspects the interior of the tower.

A clock is hoisted inside the tower.

Laird restores a wooden beam.

A view of the Philadelphia skyline through a dial window

[Photos submitted by Dr. Larry Laird]

UPDATE: Dr. Laird submitted these photos of two of the installed clocks on November 19:

Columbia Borough Meetings - Week of November 18, 2019

Unattended Deaths | Columbia Borough Police Department

On 11-18-19 at approx. 12:40 PM the Columbia Borough Police were asked to do a welfare check in the 400 blk. of Union St. Officers arrived and made entry into the house with permission from the family. Officers found a smoke condition in the house and two deceased patients on the first floor. The Columbia Borough Fire Department was called to assist with controlling utilities and ventilation. It was determined that the deceased were husband and wife and that foul play is not suspected. The Columbia Borough Police and the Lancaster County Coroner's Office continues to investigate this incident. Source:  Columbia Borough Police Department

Sourced via CRIMEWATCH®: https://lancaster.crimewatchpa.com/columbiapd/10552/post/unattended-deaths

https://lancaster.crimewatchpa.com/columbiapd/10552/post/unattended-deaths

Two people found dead inside home on 400 block of Union Street

Two people were found dead Monday in a Lancaster County home, police say.

Columbia police said the bodies were discovered during a welfare check at a house on the 400 block of Union Street.

Their names haven't been released.

Police are investigating the deaths but said the case isn't suspicious and foul play is not suspected.





https://www.wgal.com/article/two-people-found-dead-inside-home-in-columbia-lancaster-county-union-street/29833880