COLUMBIA SPY

Recent photos of Columbia  (Click/tap on photos to see larger, sharper images.)  A few more photos of Friday morning's trash fire in a LCSWMA trailer  (here and below) ********************** There was a lot of aircraft activity this week, which included this Navy plane. ********************** The water intake project appears to be just about done. When you just can't get up in the morning. This hole on the 500 block of Chestnut was opened up again then repatched for about the third or fourth time. Another job...well...done When you partied too hearty the night before Introvert Frosted leaves Somebody lied. An attempt at graffiti removal Patch work continues along Lancaster Avenue The inner of two parallel beauty strips A wise guy bearing a gift Santa's back Mini pumpkins at the Mifflin House Another sighting of the MAGAmobile Anybody got poems? (They forgot Dean Young .) Watchman Planning for a long, cold winter Still hanging around Landscape/skyscape Christmas Market Whe...

 

I'm the parent of a teenage daughter, and the idea of kids her age considering suicide feels untenable. It's heartrending, as the editorial board wrote, to think about a 12-year-old Columbia seventh grader suffering to the point that he ends his own life. The soaring rate of mental health issues among adolescents — it was increasing even before the pandemic — has predictably led to too many of them turning to drugs and alcohol to "manage" conditions like anxiety, depression and post-traumatic stress disorder. As the editorial noted, a teacher of that Columbia student devised the practice of having students journal via personal Google Docs during the pandemic. This exemplifies the type of novel thinking and intervention we must apply when imparting life skills to teens — especially those most at risk for developing substance use disorder, and especially while they’re at school. MORE: https://lancasteronline.com/opinion/columnists/treating-substance-use-disorder-require...

A new law requiring drivers to remove snow and ice from vehicles is now in effect in Pennsylvania. In July 2022, Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf signed “Christine’s Law,” a bill that was introduced by Senator Lisa Boscola requiring drivers to remove ice or snow from their vehicles within 24 hours following heavy winter storms. The law went into effect 60 days after it was signed into law. MORE: https://cdllife-com.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/cdllife.com/2022/new-pennsylvania-law-requiring-snow-and-ice-removal-from-vehicles-now-in-effect/?amp=&amp_gsa=1&amp_js_v=a9&usqp=mq331AQIKAGwASCAAgM%3D#amp_tf=From%20%251%24s&aoh=16688193109959&csi=0&referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com&ampshare=https%3A%2F%2Fcdllife.com%2F2022%2Fnew-pennsylvania-law-requiring-snow-and-ice-removal-from-vehicles-now-in-effect%2F

Landsman: 65 cats were taken off the street. Members of the Columbia Cat Action Team (CCAT) attended the November 10 Columbia Borough Council meeting to provide an update on the committee's progress. Alan Landsman, chair of the team, told council that 65 cats were taken off the street [since the committee's inception last June]. The cats were either rehoused or spayed, neutered, and returned; 44 of those were funded by the CCAT budget, and many were given additional services that the committee funded. In addition, CCAT rehoused 15 kittens born on the street, Landsman said. Arnold: "It doesn't solve the problem overnight." Christine Arnold, founder and managing director of "Nobody’s Cats," also attended the meeting to explain the purpose of her organization and to support the local TNR (Trap/Neuter/Return) program. According to Arnold, Nobody's Cats supports individuals, businesses, and municipalities in the implementation of the TNR program and serve...

Columbia firefighters brought a trailer fire under control along Front Street this morning. Personnel arrived just before 7:30 to find trash burning inside a LCSWMA trailer parked across from the KT Graham building at 137 South Front Street. The trash was removed from the trailer and sprayed down as a borough worker spread it out with a backhoe.