New sign at Columbia Plaza

Workers installed a sign at Columbia Plaza today for the Medicine Shop, which will be moving in next to Dollar General. Among the other changes at the plaza is an auto parts store that will be moving into the space recently vacated by the Columbia Family Restaurant when renovations are completed at the north end of the mall.

River Park trees marked for cutting

Trees at Columbia River Park that are slated to be cut down have been marked with spray paint.

Are these code violations?

We know there's a stairway to heaven, but a doorway to nowhere?

How about several?

These were seen today:

 100 block of Avenue H

(Note the plastic step stool beneath the threshold.)

 100 block of Avenue H

 On Bank Street, near Locust

(There are at least two issues shown.)

Not a door, but a window.

Not just any window, but one with a dryer vent stuck through a piece of plywood.

(200 block of Locust - third floor)

About Town

Some shots around town today . . .

Columbia's a busy town, and today it was bustling:

 Pole work on Barber

 "Fixing a hole where the rain gets in" on Locust

 Installing sidewalks on Eighth

Trimming trees at Locust Street Park

Meanwhile . . .

 This truck appeared in the parking lot of a local business. Among other things, it contained portable electrical boxes attached to hand trucks.

What?

 Time to break out the Geiger counter to count rems and rads?

Yes, probably. 

TMI: It's never good when those letters appear together, whether they stand for "Too Much Information" or . . . something else.

Route 441 bypass might take longer than expected

At Columbia Borough Council's October 26 Meeting of the Whole, Acting Borough Manager/Public Works Director Ron Miller announced that the Route 441 bypass project might not be finished by Monday, November 2, as previously planned, and could take an additional week for completion. A walk-through is still planned for Sunday, November 1, 1-3 p.m.

Here are some shots of the project from today:

Agenda - Meeting of the Whole October 26, 2015

About Town

Some scenes from around town today . . .

Checking a light at the plaza

Route 441 bypass work

 

The commemorative bench in front of Stover's is gone.  Sources tell the Spy it was taken away due to ongoing vandalism and loitering.

Work continues at 855 Chestnut.

Leaf pickup

Now, that's interesting.