COLUMBIA SPY

(The information in this post was copied from  THIS REPORT .) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is conducting a first Five-Year Review of the UGI Columbia Gas Plant Superfund Site located in Columbia. Columbia Borough has purchased the former gas plant property and is reusing the property for the Borough's vehicle maintenance garage and road salt storage facility. EPA inspects sites regularly to ensure that cleanups conducted remain fully protective of public health and the environment. The review will be finalized by May 2016.   MORE: http://cumulis.epa.gov/supercpad/cursites/dsp_ssppSiteData1.cfm?id=0301328#Status http://www2.epa.gov/aboutepa/public-notice-epa-reviews-cleanup-ugi-columbia-gas-plant-columbia-pa-pad980539126  The property was used as a boat dealership from 1979 until 1994. UGI Columbia Gas Plant is a 1.5-acre site located in a light industrial/residential area 400 feet northeast of the Susquehanna River in souther...

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/ MORE: http://www.thelitterletterproject.com/columbia.html

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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. 

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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.