COLUMBIA SPY

 A casualty along Barber Street  A uniquely designed snowman that's also . . . if not anatomically correct, at least anatomically explicit , thus the censored photo.  This is a family blog, after all.  There's a time and place for such expression.  But in one's backyard, facing the sidewalk where children play, isn't appropriate.  We got a lot of snow recently. Well, at least they cleared the snow off their car, even if they can't get out of their parking space.

On Sunday morning, work crews were busy clearing excess snow from Locust Street.  Although notices had been posted along the street last Wednesday, some vehicles had not been moved. Those remaining were ticketed and towed.  This lady in white moved her car at the last minute.  Snow was blown into dump trucks and hauled away.  Vehicles continued to be towed.  Here's a closer view of the humongous snow blower that was used.  Further down the street  A side view of the giant snow blower  More vehicles being towed  The morning's work yielded some good results . . .   here . . .  and here. Our borough workers deserve thanks for working hard on a Sunday morning to make our streets clear and safe.

When you're out shoveling your sidewalk, do a favor for the firemen (and maybe yourself) and dig out the fire hydrant in your neighborhood.  As someone did here  But not here Or here  Here's a work in progress  As is this, because it sure isn't completed.  As I said before, some do and some don't.  The mailman had to push his cart up the highway - into oncoming traffic - because some sidewalks were not shoveled sufficiently (or at all). That's one big pile of dirty snow.

The former Long Funeral Home, pictured  HERE , has been named one of Lancaster County's most threatened historic spots by the Historic Preservation Trust of Lancaster, according to a LancasterOnline article  HERE .  The house was built in 1895 and was recently listed for a price of about $67,000.

http://m.lancasteronline.com/news/local/columbia-mother-gets-up-to-years-for-neglecting-abuse-that/article_702f2b30-95bc-11e3-9090-001a4bcf6878.html?mode=jqm

http://www.pennlive.com/midstate/index.ssf/2014/02/wgal_lancaster_sets_up_tempora.html