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What I saw recently

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Moving a giant refrigerator into the basement of the Columbia Presbyterian Church at 360 Locust Street.  Hey, isn't that Bill Morehart (in the cap) helping out?  They had quite a time of it, but I think they finally got it in.  Look closely - he's in there.  A torpedo (?) at Through the Fire Studios on Locust Street  In the window at the borough office  At BHI Properties on Locust Street - Interesting how the owner of many properties in Columbia shows little respect for the town's history, at least judging from how that mailbox post was slammed into the historic entranceway floor.   An ornate door handle assembly on the 200 block of Locust Street  Outside the borough office - Could this transport belong to a council meeting attendee? (Nah, I think it was someone paying a bill.  They may have needed the Radio Flyer to carry all the coins.)  The always-interesting Chris Vera of the Colum...

It's triplets! Another successful peregrine falcon nesting on Columbia-Wrightsville Bridge

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On Saturday morning, the Pennsylvania Game Commission and local volunteers used a "bucket boat" to reach a trio of three wide-eyed falcons, not quite ready to fly and smothered in down. After being hoisted in a boom provided by Harcon Corp., a bridge design consulting firm from Strasburg, Arthur McMorris, the Game Commission's peregrine falcon program coordinator, was able to reach the nest, located on top of one of the arches under the deck of the bridge. MORE: http://m.lancasteronline.com/news/local/it-s-triplets-another-successful-peregrine-falcon-nesting-on-columbia/article_ff46e2fc-ea64-11e3-9a27-0017a43b2370.html?mode=jqm

Memorial Day Parade - May 25, 2014

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 Yes, this guy really did fly over as the parade was happening.