COLUMBIA SPY

 Warthog hotdoggin' it low over Columbia  Ice sculpture down at the boat ramp The first robin of . . . winter?

"I can't understand why anyone who had tasted proper chocolate would ever buy Hershey's," said Gillon. "Hershey's is fine until you begin eating it. It's like eating plastic. It's the only chocolate we would consider using for making s'mores at camp fires because you wouldn't use good chocolate for that." MORE: http://www.theguardian.com/business/2015/jan/27/hersheys-lawsuit-ban-imported-cadbury-from-us?CMP=fb_gu

Pennsylvania has passed New York and California by earning the dubious distinction of having the  highest gasoline taxes  in the nation. MORE: http://www.pennlive.com/midstate/index.ssf/2015/01/pa_gas_taxes_are_highest_in_th.html#incart_m-rpt-2

Pennsylvania's Alternative and Clean Energy Program approved a loan request for the borough to purchase and install an anaerobic digester at the site of the wastewater treatment plant, according to a press release from state Sen. Ryan P. Aument. MORE: http://m.lancasteronline.com/news/local/columbia-sewer-plant-may-go-green-with-state-loan/article_0cc0ff92-a5b5-11e4-9514-57ba2f9a3583.html?mode=jqm

 "Behind the scenes" at the Columbia Plaza renovation  Down by the tracks, four engines in a row  On Garfield Road, Mount Joy. (Note the hand.) Photo session at River Park Feeding time at 8th & Locust

Cedar waxwings took over the same tree as last time at Trinity House Apartments today. A drama unfolded as a flock of impudent starlings moved in and drove them out, but the waxwings rallied and returned, forcing out the starlings and reclaiming the tree . . . 

This afternoon's snow has caused dangerous road conditions in the area.  Route 30 at Hill Street overpass (Photo by Phil Shirk) Columbia Avenue and Oswego Drive (Photo by Sharon Lintner)  A partial list of traffic incidents as of 4:13 p.m.