Thursday, November 5, 2015

Litter Letter recognizes Columbia recycling

PRIDE in Columbia, PA
Columbia Borough launched their Litter Letter Project in the Spring of 2015 to use the concept with the hope to inspire the "PRIDE" in Columbia residents and increase awareness of the need to recycle. The PRIDE Litter Letters were displayed at Columbia River Park all summer where the Borough collected ten (10)  32 gallon bags of recycled items, (1) 32 gallon bag of only cans  and (2) 32 gallon bags of trash.

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 rebar and chicken wire for
​the county.


More information can be found at http://www.columbiapa.net/recycling/

Wednesday, November 4, 2015

Columbia resident leads bank team

GO HERE:
http://pennbusinessdaily.com/stories/510646482-first-national-bank-gains-two-key-specialists-in-central-pennsylvania

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


                          MORE TO FOLLOW

Columbia Borough Election Results




Tuesday, November 3, 2015

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.