COLUMBIA SPY

Columbia Borough will launch a project next week that seeks to send a message through art. The letters  PRIDE  will be displayed at Columbia River Park this summer. The project is inspired by The Litter Letter Project which began in Louisiana by Rachael Hatley, who back in 2013 used it to build a one-word message to her community. More information can be found at www.thelitterletterproject.com The idea has since spread to other states. Columbia Borough will be the first in Lancaster County to use the concept with the hope this will inspire the  PRIDE  in Columbia residents and increase awareness of the need to recycle. A special thank you to Butcher along with Chris Bongart and Chas Snyder, of Garage Boyz Powder Coating, who donated, created and constructed the 5-foot tall letters out of steel bars and chicken wire for the Borough. On Friday, May 1, 2015, the public will get its first chance to contribute to the project at the River Park Tra...

 6 p.m. on Friday, April 24, at Locust Street Park . . .

Highlights for April: Join us for Columbia’s Shade Tree Commission will be celebrating their 24 th  Annual Arbor Day Ceremony.   Activities will occur at Locust Street Park beginning at 6pm.  Art Gallery Weavings, Ink in Wrightsville is featuring "A River Runs Through Them" from April 24 – June 6, 2015.  Garth Gallery Studio & Frame Shop is presenting its Annual Abstract Show.  Susquehanna Center for the Creative Arts is presenting “The Figure – An Interpretation”.  Through the Fire Artists Studio is showing works from Jerry King Musser, Janette Toth-Musser, and Mathew Jakeilski.  The Historic Mount Bethel Cemetery is presenting artwork from students of the Columbia School District and Homeschooled students. Artwork will be in the caretaker’s cottage.  Bootleg Antiques & Oddities is having wine tasting and moonshine samples along with musical entertainment by The Bootlegger’s Gang.  Salem Unit...

On Tuesday, April 21, a Dell Vostro E6400 laptop computer was stolen from Columbia Discount Computers, 23 N. Fourth Street, about 2:30 p.m. The laptop has a dead battery and no power cord. The suspect is shown here in stills taken from a security camera at the store. Anyone with information about this theft should call Columbia Borough Police at 684-7735.

Shortly after nine o'clock this morning, a car left the shoulder of the eastbound lane of Route 462 (between Dairy Queen and Nussbaum's Wreckers and Rollbacks), then across both lanes, and over a grassy area before colliding with a tree on Musser's property.  The driver appeared to be unhurt.

STAND FOR TREES

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