Thursday, July 10, 2014

Groundbreaking Friday for Route 441 project in Columbia

A groundbreaking ceremony for the relocation project will be held Friday at 9 a.m. in the borough.
The public event will be held at Cedar and Second streets. In case of rain, the ceremony will be held at the River Park pavilion.


Jerry King Musser took the following photographs today showing the progress of the bypass project.
(Used with permission)


Fox43 reports on mayflies


http://fox43.com/2014/07/10/mayfly-invasion-a-good-thing-experts-say/

Fox 43's Melissa Nardo did her five o'clock report from the Veterans' Memorial Bridge.
The topic: mayflies, whose carcasses have accumulated in large piles on the bases of the new bridge lights.


Lancaster man dies after jumping from moving car in West Hempfield

In the area of 15th and Manor streets just southeast of Columbia, Beattie jumped from the left rear of the SUV while it was moving.

Monday, July 7, 2014

Should Lancaster County firefighters be sworn to secrecy before learning about oil train locations?

Lancaster County's emergency management director is balking at forcing fire chiefs and volunteer firefighters here to sign confidentiality agreements before they can learn when trains carrying flammable crude oil pass through their communities.
Randy Gockley, the county's emergency management coordinator, calls the requirement "overkill" and has sought guidance from the county solicitor.

Lancaster County firefighters won't have to swear secrecy to learn about oil trains

Firefighters in Lancaster County won't have to sign confidentiality agreements to learn the location of trains carrying flammable crude oil in their communities.

MORE:
http://m.lancasteronline.com/news/local/lancaster-county-firefighters-won-t-have-to-swear-secrecy-to/article_afa674d4-0601-11e4-9f6c-0017a43b2370.html?mode=jqm

What I Saw - July 7, 2014

Fox 43 reporting from the river - literally.

Sunday, July 6, 2014

What I saw recently

 Show me a sign.

 Under roof (partially)

 Catchin' a ride

 Phil Robertson is now bald and beardless.

 Cheap seat

 Mangled mailbox

 Do not touch.

 Bird on a wire

 Which way?

 Fraternal twins

 Two of a kind

 Covering the past

 Children a pla

 Flags at CCFD carnival

 Flying by

 "Big wheel keep on turning."
I don't think this one has in a while.

Guard duty

At Laurel Hill

CCFD fireworks


Friday, July 4, 2014

Happy Fourth!


 This morning, patriotic gals set up flags around town.


Down at the Moose - flags right and left.

The national anthem as rendered by a veteran of the 101st Airborne.

Thursday, July 3, 2014

State funding increases do little to help cash-strapped Columbia schools

The newly passed state budget offers the high-poverty Columbia schools a little extra cash, but the amount is less than what district leaders were counting on.

The smaller increase " will continue to squeeze Columbia financially," said Laura Cowburn, the district's business manager.

MORE:
http://m.lancasteronline.com/news/local/state-funding-increases-do-little-to-help-cash-strapped-columbia/article_43076d5e-0243-11e4-ad62-0017a43b2370.html?mode=jqm

Tuesday, July 1, 2014

Vehicle Accident - Class I


At 3:32 p.m. this afternoon, emergency personnel responded to a vehicle accident involving a car and a motorcycle on the 400 block of Locust Street.  The motorcycle rider apparently suffered minor injuries.

The motorcycle rider (far left) gets a hand - or several - with his bike.

Pointing out details of the collision

The temporarily grounded bike . . .

was moved out of the street by a Columbia Borough Police officer.

Columbia officials talk fire radios, company consolidation

Discussion about the number of radios Columbia borough needs for their fire departments grew heated on June 23, when members of Columbia Consolidated Fire Department aired their opinions about both the necessary radio purchase and the proposed consolidation of the fire departments.

Sunday, June 29, 2014

What now? Solutions needed for Columbia schools. Here are some options.

GO HERE:
http://lancasteronline.com/news/local/what-now-solutions-needed-for-columbia-schools-here-are-some/article_a6084e44-fca0-11e3-bf37-0017a43b2370.html

Failing in slow motion: A community's helping hands

More on Columbia's condition:

http://m.lancasteronline.com/news/local/failing-in-slow-motion-a-community-s-helping-hands/article_419dfa5a-fc94-11e3-a839-0017a43b2370.html?mode=jqm

What I saw recently

Some shots from around town recently . . .

A peek inside the mausoleum at Mount Bethel Cemetery

A miniature crucifix at the port hole

One ancient myth says that when a person dies, a crow carries the soul to heaven.


 On Friday (June 27), a conservation officer kept watch on the river from a vantage point at River Park.

 Four Waterways Conservation vehicles were parked there, two with empty boat trailers.
One assumes the officers were out patrolling the river.

 The two vehicles with trailers were parked in the appropriate parking spaces.

 But wait, what's this - a violation?

 Meanwhile, a stray cat checked out a dobsonfly.

 On the 100 block of Locust - a sign of Columbia's more prosperous past.

Skeletal frame of the River Park center



Artists at work on Saturday morning (June 28) . . .







 Seen in Wrightsville yesterday.  What is it?

 May as well park on the sidewalk, especially since there are at least half a dozen empty parking spaces available.

Bikers