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What I Saw - March 28, 2014

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 Plans for the former Pizza Hut on 462? Phase Two of the pothole repair at Columbia Plaza. (I hope someone remembered to fix the leak or run a drain line.)

Milling art, not flour, on Mill Creek - The Scribbler

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The second part of this article gives a list of "firsts" for the Veterans Memorial Bridge. GO HERE: http://m.lancasteronline.com/opinion/the_scribbler/milling-art-not-flour-on-mill-creek/article_7430dfaa-b680-11e3-9e55-0017a43b2370.html?mode=jqm

35th Anniversary of the 1979 nuclear accident at Three Mile Island

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Where were you? LOTS OF PICS &INFO HERE: http://m.lancasteronline.com/th-anniversary-of-the-nuclear-accident-at-three-mile-island/collection_d43bdfb8-b5bc-11e3-874c-001a4bcf6878.html?mode=jqm

Finally being fixed?

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Repairs are currently underway at the Columbia Plaza parking lot.  A water leak had been evident for quite some time and had begun to create numerous potholes. Workers excavated the area and filled it in with gravel in the first phase of the repair.

Wednesday at 855 Chestnut

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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. MORE: 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. MORE: http://m.lancasteronline.com/opinion/the_scribbler/columbia-bridge-rumor-laid-to-rest/article_af6fd5f6-b425-11e3-a637-0017a43b2370.html?mode=jqm