Lawmakers are talking about eliminating school property taxes. Again.

"From Columbia Borough… to Elanco, to Manheim, to Ephrata to Elizabethtown - I hear it everywhere," Aument said in an interview in Harrisburg on Wednesday. "I don't think there's a district, at least in northern Lancaster County, that's immune from passion around that topic and that issue."

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Nifty Needles at the Library - Thursday, August 15

Used needles, heroin left in a makeup bag on a Carrabba's table lead to charges for Columbia woman

Caitlyn Amanda Hughes

A Columbia woman is facing charges after a Carrabba's employee was poked with a used hypodermic needle.

The needle was left behind in a makeup bag on a table Aug. 11. The bag contained 20 used hypodermic needs, 18 of which were uncapped, police said.

There were also 16 baggies of heroin and a metal spoon inside the bag, according to police.

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THE COLUMBIA BOROUGH POLICE DEPARTMENT NEEDS YOUR HELP TO IDENTIFY THIS MAN | Columbia Borough Police Department

The Columbia Borough Police are investigating an incident that happened in the 100 Block of South 4th Street.  The CBPD needs your help to identify the man in the attached photographs. 

Anyone with information about this suspect is encouraged to contact the Columbia Borough Police Department at 717-684-7735 or text LANCS to 847411. 

Date:  Wednesday, August 14, 2019 

Case Status: Current 

Case Type: Criminal 

Case Region: Northeastern 

Source:  Columbia Borough Police Department

Sourced via CRIMEWATCH®: https://lancaster.crimewatchpa.com/columbiapd/10552/cases/columbia-borough-police-department-needs-your-help-identify-man

https://lancaster.crimewatchpa.com/columbiapd/10552/cases/columbia-borough-police-department-needs-your-help-identify-man

Columbia Borough awarded $1.75 million matching grant (pending final application) for Market House, parking

Columbia Borough has been approved to receive $1.75 million for renovations to Columbia Market House and the creation of additional downtown parking.

The money comes from Pennsylvania's Redevelopment Assistance Capital Grant program. Columbia's project is one of six in the county that received a total of $4.95 million in the program's most recent funding round.

Administered through the Office of the Budget, the grants must be matched with an equivalent or greater dollar amount from local sources — thus, in Columbia's case, the total budget would be at least $3.5 million.

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5 Lancaster County districts, IU13 receive nearly $1 million in state school safety grants

The Columbia Borough School District received the most funding within the county, with grants totaling $361,610 to replace its aging public address system, support the school resource officer position and create a visitor management system.

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https://lancasteronline.com/news/lancaster-county-districts-iu-receive-nearly-million-in-state-school/article_ce0fbb8e-bd3e-11e9-b575-7bb765c4da0a.html

Agenda - Columbia Borough Council Meeting - August 13, 2019

The council packet can be downloaded HERE.