Vandals spray-paint graffiti on garage door

Vandals spray-painted graffiti on a garage door in the 200 block of Avenue L, as shown in the photos above. A source tells Columbia Spy that the vandalism occurred sometime Saturday night or early Sunday morning.

Anyone with information, should call Columbia Borough Police at 717-684-7735.

Good things come in threes at Columbia's NAWCC

The National Watch and Clock Museum is starting fall strong with three events guaranteed to tickle your horological funny bone. Go HERE for more info.

The NAWCC is a community committed to preserving, encouraging, and stimulating interest in the art, heritage, and science of timekeeping.

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Feet in the Street Art Show Saturday, September 16

Susquehanna Valley Chamber of Commerce invites the public to participate in the Feet in the Street Art Show, a free community event coordinated by SVCC.

Hands-on art activities for all ages, dance 

instruction, and a select number of food trucks will be located in the 500 Block of Locust Street, in Locust Street Park. The event will be held on Saturday, September 16, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Hands-on activities such as chalk drawing on the sidewalk, make and take crafts, and a community mural may be enjoyed by the young and young at heart. Our guests may meander to the Feet in the Street foot painting area to leave their footprint in paint. Willing attendees may dip one or both feet in various buckets containing different colors of paint to leave a personal imprint on the paper provided. 

At 11:15 a.m., attendees are invited to join in the interactive dance instruction provided by Silver Spring Dance Studio. The dance instruction for all ages will take place from approximately 11:15 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. Following a short break, the York County Youth Development Center will offer a fun and interactive drumming time from 12:45 to 1:45 p.m. The Street Beats group will use buckets to create rhythms and dancing.

Throughout the day, the public is invited to enjoy art displays from Columbia High School, which will be found in Locust Street Park. Columbia Creative Factory will offer a chance to help create a mural which they will display in their window. 

For more information, please contact the Susquehanna Valley Chamber of Commerce at 717-684-5249.

Lancaster Watchdog: Update provided on mowing of roadside milkweed in Columbia

James Sellmer, a Penn State University horticulture professor, said some recent research done to help assist PennDOT showed promise for a herbicide that killed invasive plants, but spared milkweed.

Sellmer also pointed to research showing that milkweed could be available for monarch butterflies if the mowing was done on a very specific schedule.

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http://lancasteronline.com/insider/lancaster-watchdog-merits-of-fire-house-sirens-considered-update-provided/article_f290d6da-8f7a-11e7-a9c4-b794f0c0ee06.html

'We ain't giving up': Pa. senators hold forum to discuss school property tax elimination

The legislation would eliminate school property taxes and instead fund schools by increasing the state's income and sales taxes.

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Addiction, mental health clinic will open this fall in Columbia: 'It's treatment for co-occurring disorders

When it opens at 610 Poplar St., across from the former Columbia Community Hospital, the clinic will only be in temporary quarters.

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Chunks fall off Veterans Memorial Bridge Thursday Morning

The debris landed on Front Street in Wrightsville, temporarily shutting it down. The bridge is open.

MORE:http://www.wgal.com/article/chunks-of-wrightsville-columbia-bridge-fall-off/12151321