A full-service garage - cars and horses fixed here

Jeff from Susquehanna Automotive holds the head of a concrete horse that was recently vandalized at its resting place at Fourth and Chestnut (next to the Turkey Hill Minit Market).

 Someone pushed the horse over between 11 p.m. and 7 a.m., breaking off the head.

Jeff and Don, who operate the garage, plan to reconnect the head with dowel rods and a special adhesive.

 Susquehanna Automotive is located in the former Doutrich's Automotive building.

Susquehanna Automotive is one of the sponsors of the upcoming Thunder on the River car show on June 20.

And this is all that's left of a shocking experience

Shown above is the prime suspect and hapless victim in this morning's widespread power outage that originated at Sixth and Cherry Streets. This squirrel was instantaneously and simultaneously fried to a crisp and blown in half by a live wire it came in contact with, leaving behind part of a charred carcass.

Possible names for the crispy critter might be "Bernie" or "Charlie."

Squirrel on wire cuts power to 2,450 in Columbia area

GO HERE:
http://m.lancasteronline.com/news/local/squirrel-on-wire-cuts-power-to-in-columbia-area/article_714f74d0-fe1a-11e4-9052-df29665501d5.html?mode=jqm

Today is Election Day

2,000 lose power in West Hempfield, Park Elementary closes

Over 2,000 people lost power and an elementary school in Columbia was closed Tuesday due to a fallen electrical wire, officials said.

There were 1,986 customers without power around 8:30 a.m. in West Hempfield Township, according to the PPL website. Earlier, it listed 93 without power in Columbia.

The wire fell at South 6th and Cherry streets at 7 a.m., a Columbia School District administrator said. The intersection is at the southeast corner of Park Elementary School.

The school was initially going to open two hours late, but Lancaster County-Wide Communications later reported it would close.

http://m.lancasteronline.com/news/local/lose-power-in-west-hempfield-park-elementary-closes/article_714f74d0-fe1a-11e4-9052-df29665501d5.html?mode=jqm

Cherry Street and Lancaster Avenue

Cherry Street and Lancaster Avenue

Temporary stop sign at Locust Street and Lancaster Avenue

(Traffic lights were out.)

Sixth and Locust

600 block of Locust

Sixth and Lancaster Avenue

One of the transformers near America Direct (formerly A & L Doors) on the 300 block of Poplar Street blew out this morning shortly after the downed wire incident at Sixth and Cherry.

According to LCWC, there was a 9:27 incident at North Eighth Street and Avenue H involving utility/wires.

Monday night's Special Meeting - Letter to the Editor

At last night's special meeting, council pleaded for the public's input.  It was difficult to provide input on a subject for which we had limited knowledge.  I went to the meeting to learn more about the "call center."  Most residents of Columbia do not understand all of the real estate and legal terminology that was thrown about. This was one case in which we needed council's guidance more than ever, in order to protect the borough.  

I believe that council did the best they could under very time-pressured circumstances. This meeting was thrown together at the last minute, and the citizen turnout was very poor.  One businessman voiced his opinions and asked questions, but I had never seen this man at any other meeting. Does he have a financial interest in this issue?  

One thing this meeting did is to make me question every motive behind every move, by everyone.

Sharon Lintner

Columbia

In the running on Election Day

Seen on Locust Street this morning . . .