COLUMBIA SPY

Eziukwu Umachi On 04-23-17 at approx. 12:04 AM the Columbia Borough Police were notified that a male had just defecated in person's alley way in the 200 blk. of Lawrence St. Police were able to locate the male in the area of 2nd St. and Mill St. a short time later. The male had a strong odor of feces on his person and had feces smeared on his shoes as well as his jeans. The male told police his name was Simon Umachi and was taken into custody. Once arrested police found and ID card that showed that his name was Eziukwu Umachi B/M/36 years of age. Umachi was charged with False ID to Law Enforcement, two (2) counts of Trespassing as well as Public Drunkenness. Umachi was taken to Central booking for arraignment. Source:  Columbia Borough Police Department

It rained intermittently while Columbia Park Rangers and others cleaned up Columbia River Park this morning, but we won't say "The rain didn't dampen their spirits" or any other such cliche. Instead, we'll just say they worked for several hours removing trees, weeds, and debris, and Columbia owes them a lot of thanks.

The public is invited to travel to the river town area of Columbia, Marietta, and Wrightsville to shop, dine, and visit during the Fourth Friday Passport program. Quaint antique shops, specialty food shops, and small businesses are among the venues highlighted in this initiative coordinated by the Susquehanna Valley Chamber of Commerce. A variety of local businesses have signed on as program vendors and are busy designing program benefits for the participating public. This program, which showcases participating Fourth  Friday venues in the region, will begin on Fourth Friday, April 28, and end Fourth Friday, August 25. Venues will be open various days and hours throughout the week, as well as each Fourth Friday from 5-8pm. Paperwork which accompanies the passport will verify hours of operation for each venue. This Fourth Friday Passport program offers participants specially-designed discounts or promotions awarded only to holders of a program passport. When visiting participati...

Artist Bob Hammer will be participating in a neighborhood yard sale on Saturday, April 22, from 7am to 2pm. (See map above.) There will be a variety of items for sale including books, glassware, kitchenware, puzzles, and collectibles.

Tuesday at the Columbia Crossing River Trails Center, PFBC officials told the eight anglers present that hard data shows bass populations are indeed on the rise, and it's safe to tentatively allow catch-and-release fishing for bass during the spawn as many anglers apparently want. MORE: http://lancasteronline.com/sports/outdoors/columbia-anglers-fishing-guides-praise-state-proposal-to-ease-bass/article_0137d382-253b-11e7-b25d-fbd25a45a6f1.html

Special Recognition Tribute     Miss Lillian Evans, First Daughter in Pennsylvania     Donegal Chapter DAR Organizer     Friday, April 21, 2017     10:30 AM  Mount Bethel Cemetery     11:00 AM  Caretakers Cottage Memorabilia Display As the first woman in the Commonwealth to join the NSDAR in 1890, Miss Lillian Slaymaker Evans zealously walked into history. “She has served our Society faithfully, efficiently and wholeheartedly; her ceaseless, conscientious work and successful accomplishments and her quiet, gracious personality winning the admiration and affectionate regard of all who knew her,” wrote the resolution committee of the Donegal Chapter at the time of her death in 1943. Miss Lilly never hesitated to align her patriotic interests with those of her ancestors whom she wished to follow proudly. Patriotic Roots Born in Columbia, Pennsylvania, November 5, 1861, she was the daughter of attorney Samuel Evans, ...

Buchart Horn's York office and Columbia Water Co. won state honors for a $15.3 million water-treatment plant expansion. MORE: http://lancasteronline.com/business/local_business/columbia-water-co-and-york-engineering-firm-win-state-honors/article_89956790-239b-11e7-96d8-df35bfc45713.html