Cellphone surveillance: A new tool in police arsenal

Is it happening here?

The swelling ability by even small-town police departments to easily and quickly obtain large amounts of cellphone data raises questions about the erosion of people's privacy as well as their Fourth Amendment protections against unreasonable search and seizure.

http://www.tennessean.com/article/20131208/NEWS/312080091/Cellphone-surveillance-new-tool-police-arsenal

How cold is it?

Food boxes to be delivered

On Friday and Saturday, Dec. 20 and 21, at 9 a.m., the Lions Club members, Sunsnappers, and other community volunteers will meet at Susquehanna Fire and Rescue Company, located at 10th and Manor streets, Columbia, to prep the boxes and set things up so that delivery will run smoothly. On Sunday, Dec. 22, beginning at 9 a.m., the club members will gather to deliver the boxes. The public is welcome to help on any or all of the dates.

MORE HERE:
http://news.engleonline.com/AdDesk/Htmlfiles/Readers/article.epc?id=94924

Meanwhile in another Columbia . . .

Columbia, South Carolina Approves Plan To Exile Its Homeless.

Whatever happened to  "Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free"?

By comparison, our sleepy, little hamlet doesn't look so bad.

MORE HERE:
http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2013/08/20/2496741/columbia-criminalize-homeless/

CHS grad to discuss cancer on Today this Thursday

On Thursday, Kathi Sheehy Hahn, a 1967 Columbia High School graduate who lives in Morgantown, W. Va., will appear with her daughter, Ashley Calvery, to discuss her two battles against cancer on NBC's "Today" on its its "Everyone Has a Story" segment.

http://lancasteronline.com/article/local/927395_Two-women-with-Lancaster-County-ties-to-discuss-cancer-on-TV-this-week.html

Columbia council cuts $5,000 to Market House Trust

http://lancasteronline.com/article/local/926522_Columbia-council-cuts--5-000-to-Market-House-Trust.html

Columbia Borough seeks applicants for volunteer positions

Columbia borough has multiple board and commission openings. There are seats available on the Shade Tree Commission, the Zoning Hearing Board, the Municipal Authority Board and the Historical Architectural Review Board.

Any interested Columbia Borough resident should send a letter of interest by Dec. 31 to the borough manager, Samuel F. Sulkosky, at Borough of Columbia, 308 Locust St., Columbia, PA 17512

http://lancasteronline.com/article/local/926029_Columbia-Borough-seeks-applicants-for-volunteer-positions.html