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COLUMBIA, PA - Columbia Water customers should not drink water March 14, 2013 03:15 PM EDT Customers of Columbia Water Company have been asked to not drink water due to potential contamination, according to company officials. Officials said a break-in at a storage tank/pumping station happened early Thursday and they are not sure if the water was tampered with. Customers in the Marietta Division of Columbia Water company are not affected. Columbia police said they were called to a storage tank north of the borough about noon Thursday. Below is the full statement from company officials. Columbia Water Company is issuing a "DO NOT CONSUME" order for customers of Columbia Water Company due to potential contamination of the drinking water supply. It was discovered today that a break-in occurred over night at one of the storage tank/pumping station locations. At this time, it is unknown if the water in the storage tank was tampered with. This notice applies to the ...

Saturday, March 16, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. Weavings, INK. Art Gallery 208 Hellam Street, Wrightsville, PA 17368 (T) 717-252-3518  www.weavingsink.com

The vulture problem that was presented to borough council at this week's meeting was previously discussed by commenters to this blog at a post  HERE .

Turkey vultures are "more than a nuisance," Columbia resident Cy Greenya told borough council Monday. Greenya estimates the number of turkey and black vultures that roost in the trees along the back of his property to be near 100. They tear up roof shingles and destroy patio furniture. The vast amount of feces, he said, must be a health hazard. Vultures are federally-protected migratory birds, he said, so property owners have limited options in dealing with the problem. MORE HERE: http://lancasteronline.com/article/local/825241_Vultures--hang-out--in-Columbia.html

On Saturday, unseasonably warm temps convinced these small spring flowers to emerge. Two mallards went wading in Shawnee Creek. These guys went wading in the Susquehanna. They were members of New Holland's Liberty Fire Company. They trained on Saturday and Sunday at River Park. (The three photos above were taken on Saturday.) An overseer on shore watched the proceedings. On Sunday, these folks were walking along the railroad tracks at the bottom of Locust Street. They were searching for something.  I assume they had placed a penny on the track, and it got lost after a train ran over it.   About noon, clouds passed over the area, but didn't hang around.   The sun returned mid-afternoon.

A business owner told Columbia Borough Council members Monday that sewer bills from his business in Mountville are half of those for a similar business in Columbia. Given the price difference and the cost to residents of maintaining the aging Columbia wastewater treatment plant — even after proposed renovation — the owner of laundry businesses in both boroughs said he would have "no problem with (Lancaster Area Sewer Authority) taking over." Two borough officials expressed new interest Monday in the question of maintaining the borough plant, which was last updated in 1972. Read the full article here: http://lancasteronline.com/article/local/825192_Columbia-waste-costs-questioned-.html