COLUMBIA SPY

A Narcan Training Session will be held at the Columbia Life Network located at 336 Locust Street, Columbia, PA on Thursday, August 16, 2018 from 9:00am-3:00pm (drop-in).  Attendees will learn how to recognize and respond to an opioid/heroin overdose.  After your training, you will receive a free Narcan kit. (Limit one kit per household)  The training session is being presented by DSAA (Donegal Substance Abuse Alliance/15A West Main Street, Mount Joy, PA/717-492-4596). Source:  Columbia Borough Police Department

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On Friday, August 3, 2018, at about 12:18 PM, an officer from the West Hempfield Township Police Department was dispatched to the Weis Market on RT462 in West Hempfield Township for a complaint about an unattended small white dog left in a parked enclosed van in the lot. The complainant reported to police that the canine was in the van at least ten minutes prior to her calling for police. Officers were able to locate the driver of the van inside the store. Officers reported that the driver, 56 year old, Frank R. Ramos-Colon, of Columbia, PA,  left the canine in the enclosed van when the temperature outside was about 82 degrees for approximately thirty minutes, which had caused distress to the animal, before the dog was removed from the van. On August 6, 2018, the West Hempfield Township Police Department filed a Cruelty to animals, section 5533, summary non-traffic citation against Ramos-Colon at MDJ Miles Bixler's Office in Columbia, PA. All individual...

The Columbia River Park boat launch area will be closed on Sunday, August 12, 2018 from 3:00pm-6:30pm due to an event in the park.  Boaters will need to make alternate arrangements during this time period.  Thank you for your cooperation. Source:  Columbia Borough Police Department https://lancaster.crimewatchpa.com/columbiapd/10552/post/river-park-boat-launch-will-be-closed-81218-300pm-630pm-due-event-park

Local business owners and landlords voiced their opposition to the borough's Knox Box ordinance at Wednesday night's legislative committee meeting. In a gathering full of sound and fury, facts and opinions were tossed about, but in the end nothing was resolved. Those opposing the ordinance expressed reservations about the safety of the Knox Box and the mandatory nature of the ordinance and said they simply wanted the right to choose. The committee gave no definite assurance that the ordinance would be revised, amended, or rescinded. The ordinance requires all places of business and various other establishments to have key lock boxes, commonly known as Knox Boxes, installed and accessible to firefighters and police. The ordinance was passed in December 2017 and gives business owners until this December to comply. At July's borough council meeting, several citizens voiced their opposition to the ordinance.  Further information on the requirements of the ordinance can be fo...