Mittens and Mufflers - A quick look - More to follow

 Carriage ride up Locust, with Maverick pulling the carriage.

 Clyde, a haflinger waited in reserve while tethered to a parking meter

 Clyde and his owner

 Two fine gentlemen

 Open door at Garth Gallery on Second Street

 A grinch lurked nearby

 Another carriage ride, a bit speedier this time.

How it looks from the other side

Luminaries on Locust

Luminaries on Locust

 Santa (Walter Bosch) in Locust Street Park

Tree lighting

Go HERE for a different view of the tree lighting

Santa gets down in town

Christmas is right around the corner, and Santa was certainly feeling the spirit Saturday afternoon.

Happening this Sunday, December 13

Christmas Bazaar at Market this weekend

Stringing lights at the park

Don Murphy and Joe Dietz were busy stringing lights on a 50-foot evergreen this afternoon at Locust Street Park, in preparation for Sunday's 7 p.m. Christmas tree lighting. The ceremony, which is dedicated to the late Pat Yohe, is the third annual Winterfest, and will include refreshments, caroling by Our Lady of the Angels children's choir, and a visit by Santa Claus. The event is sponsored by Cimarron Properties, the Slaymaker Group, Union Station Grill, and the Susquehanna Valley Chamber of Commerce.

Today & tomorrow at the Market House

No, refugees are not secretly landing at Harrisburg airport

Harrisburg airport is one of 20 hubs throughout the country used by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to deport illegal immigrants and to fly in those who may be held at detention centers in York and Pike counties
MORE:
http://www.pennlive.com/news/2015/12/no_refugees_are_not_secretly_l.html

Downtown Columbia Holiday Open House this Sunday

Columbia's Jordan Haberstroh tops MVP Poll

Columbia's Jordan Haberstroh has won PennLive's 2015 Girls' Cross Country All-Stars Poll for the mid-state's MVP.

 Photo by Mark Pynes 

MORE HERE

About Town

Some shots from around town today:

It's listing a bit.

Is that the new cruiser?

                          Kleen-Rite, Dirty Air

                Chemtrails over Columbia

Sea-sickly Joe Calhoun on the 5 o'clock report

Workers run lines to Columbia Crossing

Workers were at River Park this afternoon, running phone lines to the Columbia Crossing building. The lines were being run underneath the lower part of Walnut Street near the park entrance, and part way along Heritage Drive.

     This photo is included here just because.

Midday fog rolling in

Fog

BY CARL SANDBURG

The fog comes
on little cat feet.

It sits looking
over harbor and city
on silent haunches
and then moves on.

New playground equipment being installed at Rotary Park

Columbia Borough Councillor Jim Smith, whose term is over at the end of this year, pushed to have this equipment purchased and installed.

Holiday Sale at SCCA this Sunday

A note from SCCA:

Dear Friends,

Please join us for our Annual Holiday Sale! Many Fine Art and Fine Craft items are offered at 10-25% off retail. Put your name in for one of our Art Door Prizes on December 13, 1-7 p.m. Prizes will be drawn at the end of the day. We have a fine selection of drawings, ceramics (pottery), fiber, glass, paintings, prints, Sculpture and mixed media work! 

The Door Prizes have been gifted by the following artists and Include: a glass bowl by Jeremy Friedly; an original print by Milt Friedly; an original painting by Carol Galligan, an original mixed media work by Claire Giblin; a ceramic mug by Maureen Joyce; a ceramic bowl by Robert Troxell and a "Celadon Octopus"  ceramic bowl. The door prizes are valued at over $500.

We hope to see you Sunday, December 13, 1-7 p.m.!

Thanks,

Milt Friedly

Director/Curator

Susquehanna Center for the Creative Arts

224 Locust Street

Columbia, PA 17512

www.sccaartstore.com

Coaches needed at Our Lady of the Angels

Our Lady of the Angels school has a need for assistant coaches for the upcoming Softball and Baseball season.  Needed are adults of all ages and older teens to help motivate, organize schedules, teach the children and become a positive role model for our community's youth.   Can work with any schedule or level of involvement.   

Contact Ben at 717-715-3273 or ben@gormandist.com for more information.

Borough Offices: 308 Locust Street, Columbia PA 17512 | Phone: 717-684-2467

Advance Auto Parts Grand Opening

Following a ribbon-cutting this morning, Advance Auto Parts at the Columbia Plaza opened its doors to the public. The grand opening was sponsored by the Susquehanna Valley Chamber of Commerce.