Columbia Fire Department announces officers for 2021 term

The Columbia Borough Fire Department is proud to announce its officers for the 2021 term that will be effective on January 06, 2021. The membership would like to thank the outgoing officers for all their hard work and dedication to the department.


Elected Departmental Officers:

• President – Matthew Reifsnyder
• Vice President – Mike Armold
• Treasurer – Pat Weaver
• Assistant Treasurer – Regina Fisher
• Secretary – Lauren Fritz
• Assistant Secretary – Deb Zercher

Trustees – William Keyser, John Klinestever, Mike Zercher, Dave Mosteller, Mat Philips

Member-at-Large – Appointed by the Board in January

Fire Chief – Scott Ryno

Elected Relief Association Officers:

• President – Jim Ciccocioppi
• Vice President – Kyle Fritz
• Treasurer – Gene Schmitt
• Secretary – Will Meyers

Appointed Departmental Officers:

• Deputy Chief – Denny Hershey
• Assistant Chief 1 – Kevin Keyser
• Assistant Chief 2 – Mike Zercher
• Assistant Chief 3 – Bryan Keyser
• Captain – Justin Misal
• Rescue Lieutenant – Mike Splain
• Truck Lieutenant – Mike Armold
• Engine Lieutenant – Will Meyers
• Safety Officer – Matthew Reifsnyder
• Chief Engineer – Ricky Anderson
• Fire Police Captain – Mike Rhodes
• Fire Police Lieutenant – Ron Manley

DEEDS RECORDED - COLUMBIA BOROUGH - DECEMBER 20, 2020

Kerry D. Glenn conveyed 131 N. Third St. to WGMC Properties LLC for $90,000.

Amos B. Beiler conveyed 249 N. Third St. to Shamika L. Gray for $280,000.

Perfect Realty LLC and Samson Bergman conveyed property on a public road to Jason C. Foster and Jill L. Foster for $75,000.

Timothy J. Merrill conveyed 529 Union St. to QP JB Invest LLC for $1.

Man Arrested at Airport after Flying Cross Country to Attack Woman in West Hempfield Township | Lancaster County District Attorney's Office

Police arrested a man Monday at BWI Airport – on his way back to Texas – after he traveled cross country to attack a woman in West Hempfield Township. West Hempfield Township police charged 35-year-old Tomas Martinez-Martinez with felony counts of strangulation and intimidating a witness, and related misdemeanors. West Hempfield Township police investigated and coordinated the arrest effort which resulted in Martinez-Martinez's capture Monday afternoon at BWI. The Lancaster County District Attorney's Office assisted in the efforts. Martinez-Martinez is in Arundel County, Md. and will be extradited back to Lancaster County to face the charges. He is presumed innocent.

MORE:

https://lancaster.crimewatchpa.com/da/11617/post/man-arrested-airport-after-flying-cross-country-attack-woman-west-hempfield-township 

Agenda - Columbia Borough Council Meeting - December 22, 2020

 

Download the 128-page meeting packet HERE.

PFM Refinancing Analysis is HERE.

About Town 12/20/2020

This week's photos of Columbia 

Santa came to visit.

Many mini-Santas came to visit, also.

Skyline as seen from Mount Bethel Cemetery

Lighting up the night

[Submitted photo]

Taxpayers spent thousands of dollars, and all we got were these lousy tree lights.

[Submitted photo]

Sections of lights routinely go dark.

Sometimes they come right back on. 

Sometimes not.

Here are some bluer-than-blue lights at Kindred Collections on the 400 block of Locust.

An environmentally friendly Harley

A former vehicle being hauled away

And more junk on its way to somewhere.

This crossing sign near Front and Bridge seems to be a favorite target for vehicles.

Descending clouds

Turkey vulture looking for dead stuff

Waterlogged tree

Temporary window repair?

Free stuff

Looking up Avenue G

Bumper to bumper

Camouflaged!

Big tank coming through

Hand sanitizer at the Chestnut Street Turkey Hill Store

Ongoing problems on the 200 block of Walnut

Watch your step at Columbia Crossing.

Debate around restaurants is complex, but we must heed commonsense restrictions [editorial] | Editorials | lancasteronline.com

https://lancasteronline.com/opinion/editorials/debate-around-restaurants-is-complex-but-we-must-heed-commonsense-restrictions-editorial/article_99a91a46-40cf-11eb-8f10-3f7de956ab04.html 

After 41 years, a final run for first woman to drive bus for Red Rose Transit

At the wheel of the Route 18 bus, Denise Smith, 64, departed Lancaster's Queen Street Station with two riders at 12:10 p.m. Friday on a run to Elizabethtown that would prove routine in every way but one: it was her last after 41 years.

A pleasant, reserved woman, wearing a scarf, gray fleece and black facemask, Smith kept to a tight schedule on a winding, two-hour, 45-mile roundtrip through snow-blanketed Landisville and Mount Joy to Elizabethtown's Amtrak station. Then she headed back the same way to Lancaster. All told, she transported 10 riders.

"Be safe out there," said one as he got off in Mount Joy with a companion who used a walker.

MORE:

https://lancasteronline.com/news/local/after-41-years-a-final-run-for-first-woman-to-drive-bus-for-red-rose/article_c85f25c2-4180-11eb-b713-c38da2b7615e.html