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Columbia moves forward on land bank plan

Columbia Borough Council and the Columbia Borough School Board voted to join forces with the Lancaster County Land Bank at a joint meeting Tuesday night. Columbia will be the first municipality in the county to do so. The move will give the borough more options in dealing with blighted properties.

The ordinance to join the land bank will be advertised, and the land bank must vote to approve the move at its December 20 meeting.

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Columbia Crossing to be closed December 19th thru 27th for construction

Joint meeting of borough council and school board to be held Tuesday night

There will be a joint meeting of the Columbia Borough Council and the Columbia Borough School District at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, December 6, at the District administration Center, 200 North Fifth Street, to discuss a land bank proposal and other business. The legal notice for the meeting is shown below:

Legal Notice is hereby given that both the Borough Council of the Borough of Columbia, and the School Board of the Columbia Borough School District, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania will hold a joint special meeting on December 6, 2016, at 7:00 p.m. at the School District Administration Center, 200 North Fifth Street, Columbia, Pennsylvania for purposes of considering and taking action to approve an Intergovernmental Cooperation Agreement between the Lancaster County Land Bank Authority, the Borough of Columbia and the Columbia Borough School District, to consider hiring two part-time park rangers, and to consider any other matters that may properly come before either body; it being noted that both the School Board and Borough Council may independently take any and all appropriate action to approve the matters set forth above which come before them at this joint meeting. Anyone with a disability needing accommodations to attend the meeting should contact Tom Strickler, Director of Operations for the Columbia Borough School District at 717-681-2616. Columbia Borough By: Barry N. Handwerger Borough Solicitor

Model Train Open House Saturdays and Sundays in December

The Columbia Historic Preservation Society will be presenting the Ed King Model Train Open House every Saturday and Sunday in December (Christmas weekend - Friday and Saturday). The exhibit is open 1-4 p.m. and is free of charge, but donations are accepted.

The Historic Society building is at 21 North Second Street.

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Four firefighters drowned. So did a man who tried to save them.

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Library Happenings - Jolly Old St. Nick - Monday at 10:30 a.m.

Pre-School Pals - Jolly Old St. Nick - 10:30 a.m. at the Columbia Public Library