Emergency personnel rescue stranded boater

Susquehanna No. 4 and Columbia No. 1 were among the rescue companies responding to a report of a boater stranded near the Veterans Memorial Bridge on Friday afternoon.  The boat, which was spotted a few piers out from the Wrightsville side, was towed by emergency crews to the ramp near the John Wright Outlet in Wrightsville. No injuries were reported.

Putting in on the Columbia side . . .

Returning on the Wrightsville side . . .

The boater was apparently a duck hunter whose boat motor had stalled, stranding him along the southern edge of the Veterans Memorial Bridge.

16 arrested - mostly for drugs - in northwest Lancaster County sweep

Participating in the sweep were officers from Elizabethtown Police Department, Pennsylvania State Police Fugitive Task Force, state police K-9 unit, Northwest Lancaster County Regional Police, Mount Joy Borough Police, Columbia Borough Police and the York County Sheriff's Office.

MORE:
http://m.lancasteronline.com/news/local/arrested---mostly-for-drugs---in-northwest/article_f3320066-8193-11e4-8184-9b9b354b3a04.html?mode=jqm

Columbia's market house is struggling, and solutions are difficult to find

The concerns voiced at council are accurate: there are few vendors and fewer customers.
MORE HERE:
http://m.lancasteronline.com/news/local/columbia-s-market-house-is-struggling-and-solutions-are-difficult/article_9381aae6-80a7-11e4-a957-ff5317700bc0.html?mode=jqm

AND HERE:
http://columbiapa-17512.blogspot.com/2014/09/trust-gets-new-lease-on-life.html?m=0

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Out in the weather

Workers at Columbia Plaza today . . .

 Up, up, and away

At the battlement

 Tethered

Are these the final colors?

Columbia historian offers name for new building

At Saturday's ribbon-cutting ceremony at the new River Park building, suggestions were solicited from visitors for a revised name for the building due to the cumbersome character of its current name: The Northwest River Trail Services Building. At Monday night's Borough Council meeting, the need for a new name was also discussed. Columbia historian Jim Haug offered Council a name with a historical context: The Smith-Whipper Memorial Building. Haug cited the contributions to Columbia of two men "of color," Stephen Smith and William Whipper, whose lumberyard once stood on the site of the new building. Haug noted that nothing in town - buildings, streets, or other locations - were named for any black citizen - except Makle Park - and the time has come to remedy the situation. Naming the building for Smith and Whipper would be "a long-overdue honor," Haug said. He also cited speculation that the Civil Rights Movement may have started with these two men, who were instrumental in the operation of the Underground Railroad, which some historians believe originated in Columbia.

Stephen Smith

William Whipper

Council accepts resignation of borough manager

At its December 8 meeting, Columbia Borough Council voted unanimously to ratify a separation agreement to accept the resignation of Samuel F. Sulkosky as borough manager, effective November 24, 2014. The terms of the agreement include a severance payment of $13,000 (equal to about two months pay) - less payroll taxes and other mandated withholding - medical coverage until the end of the year, and payment for unused vacation, as well as "boiler plate" legal stipulations to protect each party.

Sulkosky was Columbia's borough manager since April 29, 2013 and moved from Blairsville, PA to accept the position at an annual salary of $73,000. Previously, he was with the State Unemployment Compensation Center in Indiana, PA. Before that, he was Fulton County's business manager for two years and borough manager of Nanty Glo for another two years.

Council appointed Public Works Director Ron Miller as interim borough manager, effective December 9, 2014, at his current rate of compensation.

Council intends to advertise the opening before interviewing qualified candidates - a process that could take up to six months, according to Council President Mike Beury.