COLUMBIA SPY

Thursday, December 7, 2017

Consider the Library in your giving

Hello Friends of the Columbia Public Library,

As the year draws to a close, we would like ask you to consider the Columbia Public Library in your annual giving. A gift to the Library will help us renovate, expand and redefine the library into a vibrant community hub for all who have a passion for lifelong learning, creativity and the sharing of knowledge. Our project will expand the library by 60%, provide greater online connectivity, new handicap accessibility, and enhance our space for our book and artwork collections.

As a valued champion of the Library, we thank you for past and future support. If you know of someone else who would be interested, please feel free to share the attached appeal letter with them. There are many ways to help the Library! To discuss how you can help, feel free to reach out to us atrgamby@columbia.lib.pa.us

ARRESTS | Columbia Borough Police Department

DECEMBER 7, 2017

MARIE EDITH AURELE, AGE 36, OF NEWARK, DELAWARE, WAS CHARGED WITH HARASSMENT BY COMMUNICATION, AFTER CONTINUING TO SEND MESSAGES TO A PERSON IN COLUMBIA, VIA PHONE TEXTS, AFTER BEING TOLD OR ADVISED BY A COURT, NOT TO DO SO.

VICTOR DODSON, JR., AGE 52, OF EAST PROSPECT, WAS CITED FOR REGISTRATION & CERTIFICATE OF TITLE REQUIRED, AT 3RD. & CHESTNUT STREETS, 02 DECEMBER 2017.

AMANDA MARIE YOUNG, AGE 27, OF MARIETTA, WAS CITED FOR STEADY RED SIGNAL AND FOR DRIVING WHILE OPERATING PRIVILEGE IS SUSPENDED OR REVOKED, AT LOCUST AND FOURTH STREETS, 04 DECEMBER 2017.

STEVEN DAVID JOHNS, AGE 50, OF LEWES, DELAWARE, WAS CITED FOR OPERATION OF VEHICLE WITHOUT OFFICIAL CERTIFICATE OF INSPECTION, ON ROUTE 30 EAST, 05 DECEMBER 2017.

LAWRENCE H. WISE, JR., AGE 42, OF COLUMBIA, WAS CITED FOR OPERATION OF VEHICLE WITHOUT OFFICIAL CERTIFICATE INSPECTION AND FOR REGISTRATION & CERTIFICATE OF TITLE REQUIRED, AT 3RD. AND WALNUT STREETS, 05 DECEMBER 2017.

Source:

Columbia Borough Police Department

https://lancaster.crimewatchpa.com/columbiapd/10552/post/arrests-1

Wednesday, December 6, 2017

More on those ugly gas meters

City officials, such as Columbia Borough Manager Greg Sahd, said the phraseology they hear most often from residents is they're "ugly."

"What homeowner would want to see their home's value decrease as a result of something the homeowner has no control over?" said Sahd.

http://fox43.com/2017/12/05/several-municipalities-planning-lawsuit-over-gas-meters/

Tuesday, December 5, 2017

Columbia Borough might join lawsuit over gas meter placement

Property owners and critics have said the meters are a “desecration” and are being installed without any input from property owners.

"If you have a historic property, you should have some say … as to what someone puts on your property," said Columbia Mayor Leo Lutz, who is supporting an ordinance for the borough to join the "intergovernmental agreement."

http://lancasteronline.com/news/pennsylvania/lancaster-takes-step-toward-lawsuit-over-gas-meter-placement-columbia/article_253a50b0-d937-11e7-9b64-cf103fc5838e.html