COLUMBIA SPY

The Columbia Borough Highway Department is continuing the widening and paving of Heritage Drive, which runs parallel to Front Street - on the opposite side of the railroad tracks.  The plan may provide an additional 40 parking spaces. In order to qualify for liquid fuels funding, there must be two lanes. According to the minutes of the April 18, 2017 Public Works Committee meeting, plans for the removal of brush and fencing were to be finalized at a meeting with residents on April 20. Reportedly, wrought iron fencing, similar to that enclosing the parking lot at the bottom of Locust, was chosen by residents. The fence will separate Heritage Drive from properties owned by members of the Columbia Heritage River Cottage Association, Inc.  Will these leftover sections of track need to be removed?  The borough should take this opportunity to pave the first block of Union Street (shown above) which has basically been neglected for decades. ...

County Commissioners on Tuesday directed Lancaster County-Wide Communications to encrypt police transmissions, blocking the public — and media — from hearing what’s going on in the county. MORE: http://lancasteronline.com/news/local/lancaster-county-commissioners-order-police-transmissions-encrypted-blocking-scanners-for/article_82423a3e-5b56-11e7-b217-97e5fb268556.html

PPL began replacing customers' meters in the fall of 2016, and the work will continue through 2019. PPL will directly contact customers by mail and phone before replacing their meters. MORE: https://www.pplelectric.com/reliability/new-electric-meters/deployment-schedule-and-materials.aspx

 Mattress Mart, down by the bridge  Businesses can get these flags from the chamber. They match the flags on posts in the business district.  Quick, call The Hague.  Even bikes get parking tickets.  Good idea What are all these tags under Columbia Crossing?  Ah, another satisfied customer  Yes, signs . . .  Many signs  What's wrong with this picture?  Uh . . . ?  Take that, sign!  More numbers painted on the bridge. (These have been there a while.) Another antiques shop coming soon