Making fasnachts was a 40-year tradition for this Columbia family

For 40-plus years, it was a tradition for her family to make fasnachts at the Columbia church that is Lancaster County's "Fasnacht Central."

Former Columbian Josetta Grimes, now of Ohio, submitted this photo of her mother Bernice Stein (on the left) and her aunt, Rosemary Donnelly, who are twins, with NBC-TV's Williard Scott when the "Today Show" weatherman came to Columbia to broadcast in 1989.

The whole family has helped with fasnacht-making at Columbia's Holy Trinity Catholic Church for years, Grimes recalls.

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http://m.lancasteronline.com/news/local/lancaster-that-was-making-fasnachts-was-a--year-tradition/article_6d7564f8-c1db-11e4-910c-7396d9a80614.html?mode=jqm

There’s no proof Daylight Saving Time saves electricity, so why do we even bother?

The overall DST effect on electricity consumption runs counter to conventional wisdom: DST results in a 1-percent overall increase in residential electricity demand, and the effect is highly statistically significant.

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http://qz.com/357821/theres-no-proof-daylight-savings-time-saves-electricity-so-why-do-we-even-bother/

Central PA road crews patch potholes

With sun shining and temperatures in the mid-thirties, balmy conditions after the last few days, PennDOT trucks were still working along US Route 30 outside Columbia Borough in Lancaster County on Saturday.

Instead of filling their plows with snow, they were filling potholes with gravel.

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http://fox43.com/2015/03/07/central-pa-road-crews-patch-potholes/

Ready to beam up

The Enterprise is waiting down by the river to beam up anyone who is tired of the winter that will not end.

(Photo by Ingo Paulussen)

Cottage fire at the riverfront today

Several departments responded to a report of a cottage fire along the river this afternoon and had the situation controlled in a short time.

"Tired" of this

 Remember that tire that was out on the ice last Saturday?

 Well, it wasn't there today.

 It had been right there at the end of the footprints. Yes, footprints (leading right to left).

As a "public service," someone had walked out onto the ice, retrieved it, and placed it by this sign.

Procession for Columbia boys' basketball team heading for Hershey last Friday