Flag Day celebration at Locust Street Park

Elks Lodge 1074 held their annual Flag Day celebration at Locust Street Park today, with several dozen people attending.  Boy scouts, cub scouts, and frontier girls set up flags from different eras in United States history as Elks officers and others spoke from the park gazebo about the significance of the flag in our nation's history. 

Columbia Crossing all cleaned up

Columbia Crossing intern Ben Burner sent these photos of  the building after he cleaned up the massive mayfly infestation this morning.

Good work, Ben!

Shoring up the facade on unstable building

A building restoration team shored up the front section of the 208-210 Locust Street that was thought to be in danger of collapse.  Wooden bracing can be seen through the windows of the property, as shown in the following photos.

Flag Day celebration in park today

They're back! Attack of the mayflies in June

As was the case last year, swarms of mayflies have gathered on the Veterans Memorial Bridge.

These photos were taken this morning near the York County side. 

A rude awakening - Invasion of mayflies in June

Columbians are waking this morning with the realization they've been invaded - by mayflies.  Columbia Crossing at Columbia River Park is a major victim of the invasion . . .