Monday, March 4, 2019

Black Olive's award from CBFD for Outstanding Local Business

Mike Sivri, owner of Black Olive Family Diner, shows the Outstanding Local Business Award he received from the Columbia Borough Fire Department, which held a recognition banquet on February 16.  Columbia Spy posted an article on the banquet HERE, which stated the following:

Fatih "Mike" Sivri, owner of Black Olive Diner, received the Outstanding Local Business Award. Black Olive, at 15th Street and Lancaster Avenue, opened in August 2016, and Mike has helped the fire department by offering food on extended incidents, monetary donations, and individual member discounts on meals. In December 2017, Mike gave a donation to the fire company, which Columbia Spy reported on HERE.

High-def videos of Sunday's meeting of Columbia Concerned Citizens Association

Main meeting

Q & A Session


March 2019 Columbia Borough Meeting Calendar


Agenda - Borough Council Work Session, March 5, 2019



The 97-page council packet can be dowloaded HERE.

Citizens meet to discuss community concerns

Columbia citizens met at the National Watch & Clock Museum on Sunday to discuss community concerns.
Columbia Concerned Citizens Association meeting was held yesterday March 3, 2019. Where dozens of local residents packed Columbia's historic Watch and Clock Museum yesterday to talk about some things that are important to them in their community.
Front and center was a recent ordinance enacted by Borough Council to approve "a commercial revolving loan program" where borough money is loaned to private business owners.
This contentious policy, in conjunction with a $2.4 million shortfall in the borough budget, has residents worried.
MORE HERE:

http://farmfresh.media/breaking-news-columbia-pa/

Watch "Livestream coverage of the Columbia Concerned Citizens Association" on YouTube

2-Hour Delay - Columbia Borough School District, other local schools

COLUMBIA BOROUGH SCHOOL DISTRICT AND MOST OTHER LOCAL SCHOOLS ARE ON A TWO-HOUR DELAY TODAY, MONDAY, MARCH 4, 2019.