Monday, November 9, 2015
Susquehanna is now BB&T
About Town
Some recent sightings . . .
You don't see many of these nowadays.
Bridge over untroubled water
A truck hauling a truck
A truck hauling a truck hauling tires
On the lookout for nuts
The Wrights Ferry Graffiti Museum
Perilous perch
Inventorying trees to be cut at River Park.
They're marked with orange dots.
Much-needed line painting was recently done at Columbia Plaza.
(Not that anyone pays attention to the lines anyway.)
Belfor Restoration on the site of the recent Walnut Street fire
A recent visitor at River Park
Carts . . .
. . . outside Bootleg Antiques
Two crows contemplating a murder
Many of these signs were recently posted at River Park.
Autumn at Locust Street Park
A former hole in the ground is now a parking lot at Burning Bridge Antiques.
Columbia on Video
To view a newly released video of Columbia, go HERE.
According to Beth Troxell of the Susquehanna Center for the Creative Arts, this video will be playing continuously at The Turkey Hill Experience within the next few days.
This glimpse of Columbia is in no way the complete picture of our town but rather a snapshot of the Downtown Arts and Culture scene to encourage tourism for all of Columbia.
Look for the video on the Borough site as well.
Saturday, November 7, 2015
Columbia's Lloyd Mifflin one of several receiving tributes
On Sept. 15, the anniversary of Mifflin's birth in 1846, students at Columbia High School place flowers on the graves of Mifflin and other members of his family buried in Columbia's Mount Bethel Cemetery. The roses honor Mifflin's donation of land to the Columbia Borough School District.
Thursday, November 5, 2015
Bill would allow tax incentives for volunteer firefighters, EMS
In an effort to recruit and retain volunteer emergency responders, a state lawmaker is proposing to allow municipalities to give some tax relief to EMS and firefighter volunteers.
State Rep. Ryan Warner, R-Fayette, is the prime sponsor of the bill, which would allow for volunteers to receive a tax credit of up to 20 percent of their earned income and property tax liability.
It would allow communities to recognize the "value of and the absence of any public cost for volunteer fire protection and emergency medical services provided by active volunteers," according to the bill.
"We all depend on these hard-working and dedicated first responders, who voluntarily put themselves in harm's way in order to protect our children, homes and businesses," Warner said in a statement. "It is time we ask what we can do for them."
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