COLUMBIA SPY

Despite technical difficulties with a stubborn flash unit, here are some photos from Thursday night's parade (mostly - but not necessarily - in order): Parade grand marshals Vinnie and Mary Wickenheiser. The ear-splitting calliope. (Turn your speakers down!) This character was hanging out after the parade. And as a bonus, here are a few submitted parade pics from Manor Street:

 A police-involved incident was in progress around noon today in the vicinity of Plane Street, Avenue W, and Yohe Avenue.  Several departments responded, including Columbia Borough, West Hempfield Township, and the Lancaster County Special Emergency Response Team (SERT).  Columbia Spy observed a SERT negotiator on scene. No other details are available at this time.

Chief Brommer and Sergeant Jacobs posted NO PARKING notices along Locust Street this afternoon in preparation for tomorrow evening's Mardi Gras Parade. The theme this year is "Story Time." The parade starts at 7 p.m.  According to a Columbia Borough Police posting: The 2018 Mardi Gras Halloween Parade will commence in Columbia on Thursday, October 25, 2018 at 7:00 pm. Just a friendly reminder that there will be "No Parking" from the 200 Block of Locust Street all the way to Sixth Street from 6:00 pm until until 10:00 pm. The Parade route was shared a couple days ago. It will start on Manor Street at the Columbia Fire Company and continue down Manor Street to S. Fourth Street and turn west at Union Street to S. Second Street. They will then go down to S. Second Street and turn north and proceed to Locust Street where they will turn right and head east on Locust Street to Sixth Street. Spectators are asked to stay out of the streets and out of har...

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