Sunday, May 18, 2014

All lit up

Of the new bridge lights that have been installed, all are now in working order.  I took these shots on Saturday morning just before sunrise.  (A software glitch created the effect in the last photograph in this series.)









Saturday, May 17, 2014

Officers save man, 45, who used bandage gauze to hang himself in cell in Columbia

Columbia officers saved a man who tried to hang himself in a cell at the police station Friday morning, police said.
The 45-year-old man's name was not released because charges have not yet been filed against him, borough police Chief Jack Brommer said.

Friday, May 16, 2014

Bank robberies linked to serial bandit

COLUMBIA, Pa. (WHTM) -
The man who robbed a Columbia bank last month may be a serial bandit who's responsible for at least eight similar crimes in Pennsylvania and New Jersey,

Columbia is advised to accept LASA plan for wastewater treatment

Columbia Borough's ad hoc wastewater management committee has recommended to council that the borough accept Lancaster Area Sewer Authority's proposal to assume wastewater treatment and management.

MORE:
http://m.lancasteronline.com/columbia/news/columbia-is-advised-to-accept-lasa-plan-for-wastewater-treatment/article_616a1d2e-dc36-11e3-857e-0017a43b2370.html?mode=jqm

Thursday, May 15, 2014

They're coming down

This morning, workmen began removing the old pole lights on the Veterans Memorial Bridge.

Columbia updates rules governing street trees in the borough

Columbia Borough Council clarified issues about planting, trimming and paying for shade trees, during their meeting Monday, May 12 as they amended the borough's "shade tree ordinance."

Tuesday, May 13, 2014