Columbia declares snow emergency

Columbia Borough has declared a snow emergency beginning at 4 p.m. Monday and remaining in effect until further notice.

Mayor Leo Lutz said parking is prohibited on these snow emergency routes:

Locust Street, Front to Fifth streets;
North Third Street, Locust to Cedar streets;
Chestnut Street, Second to Fifth streets;
North Fifth Street, Chestnut to Locust streets;
Lancaster Avenue, Locust Street to Malleable Road;
Kinderhook Road;
Ironville Pike, Ninth Street to Borough Limit;
Ninth Street, Ironville Pike to Lancaster Avenue.
Parking is available in borough parking lots at Front and Locust Streets, next to Borough Hall on Locust and in the former telephone company lot in Avenue H between 2nd and 3rd Streets.

Waiting for the snow

This snowman on Chestnut Street is likely to have a few friends if we get the snow that's forecast for this week.

Up on the rooftop

This great blue heron was haunting the rooftops and chimneys on Chestnut Street on Saturday afternoon.

What happened at the Lazy K?

This afternoon several State Police officers loaded cases of beer onto a truck outside the Lazy K Lounge (as it was formerly known).

Was it a raid?

According to a Facebook page for PJ's Lounge, this bar went out of business last year:

Go HERE.

(Unconfirmed reports suggest that a "speakeasy" was operating there.)

Can't wait for that bypass to be built

Seemingly lost, these drivers drove their big rigs across Third Street this afternoon after barely making the turn from Cherry Street.

Yes, it's frozen

I took this pic today, when the temperatures were more, well, temperate. It must have been all of 25° out.
But try taking pics on a single-digit day, and you'll find that the term "bone-chilling" is not just metaphorical. After a few minutes, your finger bones - phalanges, as they're known - actually become chilled (or at least that's how it feels), due to the exceedingly thin layers of skin, fat, and muscle covering them.

Benched!

I haven't seen this done in a while.  It's illegal, but I understand the motivation to do it.  After shoveling out a parking space, you don't want to just give it away.  On the other hand, how can you justify keeping the space unavailable the whole time you're not there?