COLUMBIA SPY

The Columbia Veterans of Foreign Wars Post #2435 recently announced the winners of the annual Patriot's Pen Essay Contest: Brooke Droege (pictured left), First Place; Mina Abid, (pictured middle) Second Place; and Moriah Spencer (pictured right), Third Place. All three students are in the eighth grade at Columbia Middle School, Hill Campus; each student received a certificate and cash award, with the first and second place winners advancing to the state competition in 2020. This annual contest, sponsored by the Columbia VFW, encourages students to reflect on a specified theme; this year's theme is "What Makes America Great." MORE: https://www.columbiabsd.org/article/172236?org=cbsd  

Vecchia Sicilia Pizza is owned by the Campailla family, shown above. Left to right: Sal, Claudia, Debora, customer Sharon Lintner, Angelo, and Disma. Vecchia Sicilia Pizza, 1786 Columbia Avenue, is raising funds to help Hurricane Pizza employees who are out of work due to a recent fire. A percentage of sales made Monday and Tuesday, from 4 p.m. to closing, will be donated. The pizza shop hopes to raise at least $1,000 for the cause. 

 The convenience store shown above at 26 North 4th Street is now open for business.

Hearing Notice Notice is hereby given that the Ordinance summarized below will be considered by Borough Council of the Borough of Columbia for adoption following a zoning hearing pursuant to the Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code to be held at a special meeting of Council on Monday, December 16, 2019, at 7:00 p.m. in Columbia Borough School District’s Administration Building located at 200 North Fifth Street, Columbia, Pennsylvania: An Ordinance to repeal the Airport District Overlay, including deletion of the Airport Hazard Area Map and height limitations associated with the Airport Overlay District; to include a provision for space between rooftop solar panels; to amend the official zoning map of the Borough of Columbia to designate certain areas presently designated High Density Residential (HDR), Medium Density Residential Business (MDRB), and Riverfront Commercial (RC) to Downtown Commercial (DC); to change the area known as the Linden Street Gateway from Low Density ...