Sunday, July 28, 2019

About Town 7/28/19

This week's photos of Columbia




Fun stuff under glass

They're right outside Andy's Market on Cherry.

 Hidden detour?

 Double bunnies

Two-wheeler

Pondering whatever's down there

 Morning bridge walk

 Hanging on

Reeling him in

 And there he is.

Tree emanating life force

 American Goldfinch: No fence can hold him - except this one, apparently.

Two are better than one.

Barely old enough to be out on its own

Front porch looking good

 Clean-up detail

Mouthing off

 Flags of many stripes

Sometimes an umbrella is a parasol.

Problem at the Creative Factory

Beware of bark.

 Gutter garden

 Sidewalk mosaic on North 5th

 ADA detail on Central Avenue


 "Diamondback" finch

 There's no other way to put it: This is a freakin' mess!

Keeping it clean

 Six stars and 42 stripes

 Super star

Sun-kissed railing

 Time for a trim

Up close and personal

 Hummingbird at River Park

 There he is again.

 He who pulls the rebar from the wood will be the rightful king of Columbia.

A murmuration of starlings (or whatever they are)

 Never zig when you should zag.

Seemingly everywhere

Ready to ride

Repairing the CVS parking lot entrance

Yet another super star

3-way vigilance: left, right, and in-between

 Day Light

Pump training (above, and the two below)



 Sheriff reaching in the back

 And one with a big gun

 They were in town last Thursday on North 6th Street.

 Here's a vehicle at CVS.

 And here's another look.

 They took this man into custody on the 600 block of Walnut.

 At least one of the Avenue G refugees survived.

 Cast!

 Down by the riverside

 Talking it over

700 block of Walnut

 Note: This is not an ashtray.

Really

Read and heed.

Cool sign design, made to look like old, flaking paint

 Evidence of a budding graffiti artist?

 Meanwhile, downtown

Whole lotta surveying going on 

Water board on the water

 Someone else is fishing, too.

 Life Lion

On the way to work

Well, that didn't pan out.

Scaffold

 Beauty strip, right up the center

Further progress at Front and Walnut, soon to be a shop called "Coffee and Cream"

 Cormorant cruising

 Just the essentials

Cedar waxwing, possibly waxing philosophical

He's either foraging for mayflies or fixing the camera.

Child seat for watching the water

 ET sighting at Rotary Park

 Little machine ready for a big job

I don't always want a beer can with my patriotism, but when I do, I want it to be made from jet exhaust.

 CMX, formerly Colonial Metals

 That's one way to avoid paying Columbia Borough for the NO PARKING signs. Just use the leftovers from Lancaster City.

Are they enforceable?
Are they fraudulent?


 Locust Street, down and out

 Wrightsville is stealing your fire, Columbia.

 Send this artist back to anatomy class.

 New name?

 Downtown Sunday morning

Old-time wall lamp

Similar to the one at the post office

What would OSHA say?

 More abandoned furniture


The weeds that ate Columbia

Still growing out of control

Let's forget the apartment project; just let this be a nature preserve instead.
Seems like the best option at this point.

 Stray Cat
You want 'em? Columbia's got 'em.

Los Angeles Fire Department checking us out from overhead

Saturday, July 27, 2019

Chiques Challenge Planned For Aug. 10 | TownLively

Area residents are invited to join other veteran and amateur athletes as they run and kayak through the annual Chiques Challenge hosted by the Susquehanna Valley Chamber of Commerce. The duathlon is slated for Saturday, Aug. 10, and will stage from the Columbia River Park, 41 Walnut St., Columbia. Participants will be transported to Vinegar Ferry Road for the 8:30 a.m. start time.

MORE:

https://www.townlively.com/chiques-challenge-planned-for-aug-10/

Friday, July 26, 2019

One-vehicle accident slows traffic on Veterans Memorial Bridge Friday morning


A one-vehicle accident on the Veterans Memorial Bridge slowed traffic for about half an hour this morning. The vehicle, which apparently collided with a section of the bridge, sustained severe front-end damage, but no significant injuries were reported. The accident occurred on the Columbia end of the bridge, just above the railroad tracks, and was called in at 10:51 a.m. A nearby pedestrian reported hearing a loud bang followed by tires screeching and then a second bang. Several units responded, as listed below, and Columbia Borough workers helped direct traffic until the scene was cleared.





Thursday, July 25, 2019

'Mr. Columbia' Barry Ford remembered for decades as sports organizer, town journalist and community volunteer | Local News | lancasteronline.com

Barry Ford taking the oath office, along with Iris Garrido, for the Columbia Borough School Board in 2016.
[Columbia Spy file photo]

Born and raised in Columbia, Barry Ford was a constant presence in the borough.
Ford spent his career reporting on the town for the former daily Columbia News and then the weekly Columbia Ledger, where he spent 18 years and was the editor when it folded in 2009.
If he wasn't covering a sporting event for the Columbia newspapers, or for LNP where he was a longtime corespondent, Ford might have been keeping score or helping organize the contests as part of the Columbia Boys Athletic Association, where he was a longtime member.

MORE:

https://lancasteronline.com/news/local/mr-columbia-barry-ford-remembered-for-decades-as-sports-organizer/article_86ce3ce2-af1e-11e9-963c-8397f01dfab7.html

Columbia man sentenced for dealing fentanyl, trying to sneak drugs into prison | Local News | lancasteronline.com

Derreck Strausbaugh
 A Columbia man that was charged with having 65 bags of fentanyl was sentenced to 5 to 10 years in prison after trying to sneak three more bags of the drug into Lancaster County Prison earlier this year.
Derreck Strausbaugh, 29, tried to sneak three bags of fentanyl into the county's prison after being arrested on a warrant on March 24, according to the district attorney's office.
MORE:

https://lancasteronline.com/news/local/columbia-man-sentenced-for-dealing-fentanyl-trying-to-sneak-drugs/article_121504c6-aee2-11e9-ad26-07de4c5673c4.html

FOUND: Missing Columbia teen

Missing Columbia teen Kiara Prophete has been found and was returned to her home, according to Columbia Borough Police.