COLUMBIA SPY

 Nail alley.  It's not on the map, but it extends from the western tip of Avenue H to Walnut Street. Sealant is being applied to the new water company structure. That's on our bill, too.  Easter bunny - April 4

Pics of a two-vehicle crash at Fifth and Maple Streets on Monday, March 16 . . . 

The bipartisan legislative Basic Education Funding Commission is trying to come up with a formula for funding the commonwealth's school districts. Lancaster County's own Sen. Lloyd Smucker and Rep. Mike Sturla sit on that commission, as does Acting Education Secretary Pedro  Rivera, former School District of Lancaster superintendent. Pennsylvania is  one of just three states  that do not have a school funding formula based on student enrollment and characteristics. MORE: http://lancasteronline.com/opinion/editorials/public-forum-will-offer-taxpayers-an-important-chance-to-engage/article_dce9ec24-cc2a-11e4-a266-878c75b58c7d.html

Utilizing its FreeStyle flooring solution, SelecTech embedded Columbia Kettle Works logo into the brewery's flooring that sits in the hallway between the interior and exterior doors. MORE: http://newswire.net/newsroom/pr/00087898-esdflooring.html

Later this month, the borough hopes to roll out a community policing program paired with codes enforcement to address problems head-on. By dividing the borough into three zones, officers will be assigned to patrol one of those zones each day that they work. Officers have been asked to get out of their vehicles and walk the neighborhoods. MORE: http://lancasteronline.com/columbia/news/columbia-hopes-community-policing-code-enforcement-will-resolve-neighborhood-problems/article_734716b0-cc53-11e4-9636-37f823858a19.html

Hempfield school board President Bill Otto delivered a public apology at the March 10 meeting because he says the board inadvertently violated the state Sunshine Act during its process to replace a school board member. MORE: http://lancasteronline.com/news/local/hempfield-board-president-apologizes-for-violating-sunshine-act/article_ea8a03f4-cc44-11e4-93cc-97d718de3d18.html

Police departments to conduct warrantless wiretapping on citizens: http://mobile.nytimes.com/2015/03/16/business/a-police- gadget-tracks-phones-shhh-its-secret.html ?_r=0&referrer=