Officers save man, 45, who used bandage gauze to hang himself in cell in Columbia

Columbia officers saved a man who tried to hang himself in a cell at the police station Friday morning, police said.

The 45-year-old man's name was not released because charges have not yet been filed against him, borough police Chief Jack Brommer said.

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http://m.lancasteronline.com/news/local/officers-save-man-who-used-bandage-gauze-to-hang-himself/article_e36d7282-dd1a-11e3-8e29-0017a43b2370.html?mode=jqm

Bank robberies linked to serial bandit

COLUMBIA, Pa. (WHTM) -
The man who robbed a Columbia bank last month may be a serial bandit who's responsible for at least eight similar crimes in Pennsylvania and New Jersey,

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http://www.abc27.com/story/25539606/bank-robberies-linked-to-serial-bandit

Columbia is advised to accept LASA plan for wastewater treatment

Columbia Borough's ad hoc wastewater management committee has recommended to council that the borough accept Lancaster Area Sewer Authority's proposal to assume wastewater treatment and management.

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http://m.lancasteronline.com/columbia/news/columbia-is-advised-to-accept-lasa-plan-for-wastewater-treatment/article_616a1d2e-dc36-11e3-857e-0017a43b2370.html?mode=jqm

They're coming down

This morning, workmen began removing the old pole lights on the Veterans Memorial Bridge.

Columbia updates rules governing street trees in the borough

Columbia Borough Council clarified issues about planting, trimming and paying for shade trees, during their meeting Monday, May 12 as they amended the borough's "shade tree ordinance."

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http://m.lancasteronline.com/columbia/news/columbia-updates-rules-governing-street-trees-in-the-borough/article_5417daea-dba4-11e3-9eea-001a4bcf6878.html?mode=jqm

Helping claws: Falcon from Columbia hooks up with one from Harrisburg to form new nest in Reading

Mix in a female peregrine falcon that hatched from the Route 462 bridge in Columbia in 2011 with a 9-year-old male falcon from Harrisburg and you get a nest with three or four young falcons right now in Reading.

http://m.lancasteronline.com/news/local/helping-claws-falcon-from-columbia-hooks-up-with-one-from/article_5c4fc8fa-dab2-11e3-b346-0017a43b2370.html?mode=jqm

New cast-iron lanterns being installed on the Columbia-Wrightsville bridge

From York Daily Record:

http://www.ydr.com/local/ci_25747637/some-new-cast-iron-lanterns-expected-be-lit