COLUMBIA SPY

With the aid of period photographs and drawings, the exhibit explores the varied ways human beings have arrived at or departed from Columbia by water.  MORE: http://lancasteronline.com/insider/the-scribbler-a-look-back-at-when-columbia-was-the/article_d2a9601c-7c9c-11e7-8c41-636a2e4ece5f.html

Tomas M. Matthews, 38, was sentenced by Judge David Ashworth to 33 to 70 years in prison, according to the Lancaster County District Attorney's office. MORE: http://lancasteronline.com/news/local/columbia-man-jailed-up-to-years-for-beating-sexual-assault/article_937a05f4-7c38-11e7-b17b-cf30a0c77259.html#comments

Pit bull advocates dismiss the notion that the dogs are inherently dangerous. So, we asked them: is it the dog, or the owner? GO HERE

When it's complete, the building at 110-114 N. Water St. will house the Zoetropolis Art House independent movie theater and a Columbia Kettle Works beer tasting room, developer Patrick Tell said. MORE: http://lancasteronline.com/business/local_business/zoetropolis-columbia-brew-works-to-mix-movies-food-beer-at/article_8fb48aea-7bb4-11e7-b131-fb0e88fdedd8.html

The Mayor of Wrightsville has suspended the borough police chief as of Monday morning, according a York Daily Record report  . MORE: HERE

THIS ARTICLE  from The Atlantic  asserts that exchanging books through so-called "little libraries" runs afoul of the ordinances of some municipalities. Little libraries allow readers to "Take a book, leave a book." The article states the following: We've constructed communities where one must obtain permission from the state before freely sharing books with one's neighbors!  Could it happen here? Several little libraries, and the like, have cropped up around Columbia.