Pooped out

The holidays have this effect on a lot of folks. 

Some of us need a holiday from the holidays.

Salt must go before bridge project begins

We know that too much salt is bad for your health, but it can be bad for the health of concrete structures, also. Rock salt (sometimes called "road salt" due to its use on icy roads) currently being stored under the Veterans Memorial Bridge may be contributing to spalling and cracking on bridge piers in close proximity to the salt pile, and PennDOT may require the borough to move the salt in the near future. At Columbia Borough Council's Meeting of the Whole last Monday, Mayor Lutz stated the need for a pole barn or shed to contain the salt. The salt is used by borough and school district maintenance personnel. Lutz said that in the next year or two the bridge will undergo the largest bridge restoration project in Pennsylvania.

  A salt pile under the Veterans Memorial Bridge

 Deterioration at the base of a pier near the salt pile

 Spalling and cracking on one of the soldier piers, shown here and below

Pennsylvania will control York City School District

The York City School District has entered receivership, according to a ruling Friday in York County court.

Could it happen here? Should it?

MORE:
http://m.lancasteronline.com/news/local/pennsylvania-will-control-york-city-school-district/article_4e77892e-8d19-11e4-ab64-fbf0cf40816a.html?mode=jqm

Happy Solstice!

Winter begins today at 6:03 P.M. EST

Tires slashed on 30 vehicles in Columbia - LancasterOnline

Tires were slashed on about 30 vehicles in Columbia Borough, apparently sometime Friday evening, according to police. 

Police said they began getting calls about 9 p.m. and found vehicles with slashed tires in the following streets:

200 block of South Second Street; 200 block of Lawrence Street; Mill Street; Furnace Avenue; the 1100 and 1200 blocks of Manor Street; 600 block of South 11th and 14th streets and the 1300 block of Central Avenue.

Damage is estimated in the thousands of dollars.

Anyone with information is asked to contact Columbia Borough Police Department at 717-684-7735.

http://lancasteronline.com/news/local/tires-slashed-on-vehicles-in-columbia/article_801c899e-889a-11e4-bb46-fb8acff90b3a.html

What I saw today - December 20, 2014

Waterways Conservation Officer Jeff Schmitt talking to boaters.

 New siding

 A spy caught watching for Santa

On Letort Road

National Watch and Clock Museum names new curator | PennLive.com

The National Watch and Clock Museum in Columbia, Lancaster County, recently hired a new curator of collections to replace Carter Harris, who retired in August.
MORE:
http://www.pennlive.com/midstate/index.ssf/2014/12/national_watch_and_clock_museu.html