Wednesday at 855 Chestnut

Hiking grandmother from Columbia forced off Appalachian Trail

The hiking grandmother from Columbia who wanted to raise money for impoverished African villages by hiking the length of the Appalachian Trail is off the famed pathway after three days of hiking.

Brenda Petroski, 60, cited “some sickness and just plain fatigue,” in her Appalachian Trail journal posting on Monday.

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http://m.lancasteronline.com/news/local/hiking-grandmother-from-columbia-forced-off-appalachian-trail/article_d4c6bdf0-b449-11e3-a52d-001a4bcf6878.html?mode=jqm

Columbia bridge rumor laid to rest

No body is buried in the concrete of the old Columbia bridge.

A long-time rumor is false that a worker died and was embedded in concrete as it was poured to create the Route 462 bridge across the Susquehanna River.

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What I saw recently

 Congrats, Columbia!

 NO                                                              ParKing

the blocks say.

 "Wood" you look at that?

 Part of the clockworks to the clock tower at the National Watch & Clock Museum

Also seen at NAWCC: vehicles from all over . . . 

On Sunday, a vehicle dueled with a pillar at the Wells Fargo building.  The big bank won, as they always do, and the vehicle limped away, battered and broken, leaving a trail of defeat.

Vehicle accident - Class 2

Emergency personnel responded to a vehicle accident Class 2 early this afternoon on the 600 block of Chestnut Street.  A PT Cruiser hit a parked Jeep Cherokee.

Deputy Coroner called to scene

The Lancaster County Deputy Coroner was among those called to a Walnut Street residence this morning. Several Columbia Borough police officers were at the scene, also.

Gas leak - Two children taken to hospital

Emergency personnel responded to reports of a gas leak with one person unconscious at 11:39 this morning on North Second Street. At the scene, two children were found unconscious. Two ambulances were dispatched. Personnel evacuated the children and their grandmother, and the children were transported to the hospital. Firemen wearing oxygen masks checked inside the properties at 341 and 343 North Second and found concentrations of gas and carbon monoxide. Fans were set up in the doorways to ventilate the houses, and UGI was called to turn off the gas supply to the properties.

Firemen enter 341 North Second.

Personnel donned oxygen masks.

Fire Chief Scott Ryno coordinated efforts at the scene.

A fireman took readings for gas and CO.

Once more into the breach.

Paul Miles gave directions on positioning a fan.