Row homes burn in Walnut Street blaze

Firefighters fought a blaze that threatened to consume several row homes on the 300 block of Walnut Street this evening. Resources were called to the scene shortly after 5 p.m. to find smoke streaming from the roof of 336 Walnut. Witnesses report that a dog was inside one of the attached homes where the fire began to spread but was later rescued. Five homes were damaged. Several departments were still on the scene monitoring hotspots two hours later. 

Two-alarm fire on 300 block of Walnut Street

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Planes, trains and automobiles

Seen today . . .

 This plane, bearing all the markings of Air Force One, flew LOW over Columbia today at about 1:25 p.m.

 This train engine, part of the Norfolk Southern Heritage fleet, led a procession of freight cars this afternoon on the NS line alongside the Susquehanna.

 Unfortunately for some, the train left a traffic back-up in its wake.

Accident at 2nd & Chestnut

A two-vehicle accident occurred shortly before 6 o'clock tonight at 2nd and Chestnut, near the entrance to the Veterans Memorial Bridge.

Election Day Information for Columbia Borough

Today is Election Day.

Voting hours are 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.

Polling Locations in Columbia Borough

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Columbia School Borough Council Candidates

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Columbia School Board Candidates

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Two candidates who shared information are Barry Ford and Kelly Murphy.

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Judge to hear arguments over fish passage at Conowingo Dam

"Conflicts over fish passage date to the early 1800s, as canal companies began building dams along the river and its tributaries. Of particular concern was a wood-and-stone dam built in the 1830s near Columbia, PA, just 45 miles upstream from the Bay.

Complaints about its impact on shad spurred the Pennsylvania legislature to pass a law in 1866 requiring fishways at dams. But the fishways at that time proved largely ineffective. Some fish still managed to get upstream. The canal dams were relatively low, and some shad made it upstream as dams were breeched by ice flows or inundated by high springtime river flows."

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http://www.bayjournal.com/article/judge_to_hear_arguments_over_fish_passage_at_conowingo_dam