Sunday, March 22, 2015
Saturday, March 21, 2015
Friday, March 20, 2015
Thursday, March 19, 2015
The street sweeper is back . . .
with a vengeance!
It was stirring up the dust - I mean, sweeping the street - on Barber Street today.
You're paying for this, too
A giant praying mantis arm at Columbia Water Company today.
Your charge for this rental is on your current water bill, noted as PENNVEST SURCHARGE.
The great gray eminences on the company's board have made it so.
A diving duck . . . diving
Diving duck (cormorant) in Susquehanna at Columbia River Park, Columbia, PA March 19, 2015.
Reminds me of that Johnny Winter song.
What was it called again?
Oh yeah . . .
Roadwork to start Sunday on Route 30 from river to Marietta Avenue
PennDOT contractors will begin repairing and resurfacing more than eight miles of Route 30 in western Lancaster County on Sunday night.
While there will be no daytime restrictions, motorists may encounter single-lane traffic restrictions in one or both directions between 9 p.m. and 6 a.m.
Motorists may also encounter closed ramps and detours at the interchanges with Third Street, Prospect Avenue, Stony Battery Road or Centerville Road during the work.
Pennsy Supply Inc. of Annville, Lebanon County, has been awarded the roughly $7 million contract.
The project includes repairing the road base, removing old asphalt and repaving the road from the Susquehanna River and Prospect Road and the rest of road to Marietta Avenue will have work done to seal and help extend the life of the pavement.
Work normally will run Sunday through Thursday nights, with Friday as a make-up night should they lose a night to inclement weather.
The project is scheduled to finish in late October. Nearly 23,000 vehicles use the road daily.
PA State Police using secretive cell phone trackers
As reported on this site on Monday (http://columbiapa-17512.blogspot.com/2015/03/a-police-gadget-tracks-phones-shhh-its.html), police are using a device to track cell phones. Here's an article from today's LNP with further information:
Man struck in Columbia
Emergency crews responded to a person struck by a car in Columbia just after 9 p.m. Wednesday in the 400 block of South Front Street.
A 45-year-old man from Wrightsville was walking along the road when he was struck.
He is listed in critical condition.
His identity has not been released at this time.
Front Street was closed from Mill to Plane. Police are investigating.
A 45-year-old man from Wrightsville was walking along the road when he was struck.
He is listed in critical condition.
His identity has not been released at this time.
Front Street was closed from Mill to Plane. Police are investigating.
Wednesday, March 18, 2015
Know Your Rights When Taking Photos and Making Video and Audio Recordings
Taking photographs and videos of things that are plainly visible from public spaces is your constitutional right. That includes federal buildings, transportation facilities, and police and other government officials carrying out their duties.
When in outdoor public spaces where you are legally present, you have the right to capture any image that is in plain view.
Tuesday, March 17, 2015
Ice damage from Old Man Winter
A length of pavement has lifted at River Park, a victim of the current winter.
The season's not over yet - a chance of snow this Friday (the first day of spring).
What I Saw March 17, 2015
Nail alley.
It's not on the map, but it extends from the western tip of Avenue H to Walnut Street.
Sealant is being applied to the new water company structure.
That's on our bill, too.
Easter bunny - April 4
Two-vehicle crash at 5th & Maple
Pics of a two-vehicle crash at Fifth and Maple Streets on Monday, March 16 . . .
Public forum will offer taxpayers an important chance to engage in school funding debate
The bipartisan legislative Basic Education Funding Commission is trying to come up with a formula for funding the commonwealth's school districts. Lancaster County's own Sen. Lloyd Smucker and Rep. Mike Sturla sit on that commission, as doesActing Education Secretary Pedro Rivera, former School District of Lancaster superintendent.
Pennsylvania is one of just three states that do not have a school funding formula based on student enrollment and characteristics.
SelecTech Floors Embeds Columbia Kettle Works Logo
Utilizing its FreeStyle flooring solution, SelecTech embedded Columbia Kettle Works logo into the brewery's flooring that sits in the hallway between the interior and exterior doors.
Columbia hopes community policing, code enforcement will resolve neighborhood problems
Later this month, the borough hopes to roll out a community policing program paired with codes enforcement to address problems head-on.
By dividing the borough into three zones, officers will be assigned to patrol one of those zones each day that they work.
Officers have been asked to get out of their vehicles and walk the neighborhoods.
Hempfield board president believes apology is sufficient for violating Sunshine Act
Hempfield school board President Bill Otto delivered a public apology at the March 10 meeting because he says the board inadvertently violated the state Sunshine Act during its process to replace a school board member.
Monday, March 16, 2015
A Police Gadget Tracks Cell Phones? Shhh! It’s Secret
Police departments to conduct warrantless wiretapping on citizens:
As Sunshine Week begins, where does Pennsylvania stand on open records?
March 15-21 is marked by a variety of participants as Sunshine Week, a national initiative to promote dialogue about open government and freedom of information.
Sunday, March 15, 2015
What I saw recently
The addition to the Columbia Water Company is progressing.
Remember, it's costing you money just to look at this.
(The charges are on your water bill.)
Tundra swans soaring
Under new ownership at Fourth and Chestnut
(Formerly Doutrich's Automotive)
Public service call on the 100 block of South Sixth
Let's hope it thickens a bit.
Lead may be lurking where you don't expect it
In Columbia Borough, officials considered a similar ordinance before deciding not to proceed, said borough code enforcement officer Jeff Helm.
"There was a fear that putting the legislation in place would be too 1984-ish," said Helm. Nonetheless, he said, the borough is aggressive when officials become aware of a problem. "We'll write it up as a violation, and (the property owner) has to have a lead abatement contractor take care of the work," said Helm.
Friday, March 13, 2015
DUI enforcement set for St. Patrick's Day around York, Adams, Lancaster counties
There will be roving DUI patrols in Adams and Lancaster counties this weekend, according to a press release from the Center for Traffic Safety.
There will also be mid-week sobriety checkpoints in Adams and York counties, and roving DUI patrols in York and Lancaster counties.
New Lancaster County mayors group targets heroin epidemic, plans summit
"Mayors are the eyes and ears of the people," said Columbia Mayor Leo Lutz, mayor association vice chair. "When someone has a problem, they get a hold of the mayor."
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