Sunday, February 9, 2020

About Town 2/9/20

This week's photos of Columbia
The Market House, night lights, birds, and other curiosities


River lookout

 Open door policy at the Market House project
(Not really! The workmen don't want anyone hanging around. Makes 'em nervous.)

 The bricks are being taken up from the floor.
This is the view from the 3rd Street side.

Here's a view from the opposite end.

 The bricks were skidded up, shrink-wrapped and put out back. Some will be reused.

 Here's a few more at the back door.

 And more inside

As well as a few stragglers.

The broken ones get thrown into the dumpster.

Here are some more skids, ready to go.
At last count, the cost of the Market House project is a little over $2 million. Half of that money is coming from a state grant, and Columbia Borough is responsible for the rest.

 Here's Columbia's bakery - The Flour Child.

Message at Mount Bethel

 Watch that first step!
And all the other ones, too.

 Directions to the hidden parking lot in Avenue H.

Room for another light at Rotary Park?

 Ready for hook-up

 Iron Butterfly
(Not really iron, but some will get the reference.)

You can bury your old milk can, but it might rise again.

Part of the downtown streetscape - 300 block of Locust

More streetscape

CHI at night

 How many borough officials would walk down one of Columbia's downtown alleys alone at night?

 Overhead moose looming large

 Buy this building for the Columbia Creative Factory.

St. Paul Episcopal

 Historic Avenue J

Room to grow on the 100 block of Walnut

 So this is a thing . . .

 Christmas lights well after Christmas

 
 Not a bad idea . . . 





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 Life finds a way.

 Municipal motorcycle parking - Who knew?

 These guys are hanging around again.

 So is Guy Fawkes.

Not just another pretty face

 Valentine's Day letters

The badass starling gang

 Young robin just in time for spring

 This adult cardinal, too

 Ghost sign on Bank Avenue

 Watcher at the window

Window fan

 There's a Hurricane coming soon.

Dunkin' Columbia - Unfortunately, it's not in Columbia.

Blood Drive to be held at NAWCC March 5


Columbia Borough School Board reviews LCCTC's proposed budget

 Keith Ramsey, chief of finance and operations, presented the Lancaster County Career & Technology Center's proposed budget for the 2020-21 school year. If approved, the district would contribute $488,700, up 14% from the current school year.

MORE:

https://lancasteronline.com/news/regional/columbia-borough-reviews-lcctc-s-proposed-budget/article_e4fca4be-4ac0-11ea-b38c-4f7a04859aa9.html 

Saturday, February 8, 2020

Can you identify the man who tried to use a counterfeit bill at Andy's Market?


Columbia Borough Police are attempting to identify the male suspect in the picture, who attempted to use a counterfeit $100 bill to purchase merchandise at Andy's Market.  Businesses and residents be on the lookout for counterfeit currency depicted in the attached photograph. 


If you have information regarding the male please contact the Columbia Borough Police at 717-684-7735 or text LANCS to 847411
Date:  Saturday, February 8, 2020
Reference ID:  CB-20-00758
Case Status: Current
Case Type: Criminal
Source:  Columbia Borough Police Department

Sourced via CRIMEWATCH®https://lancaster.crimewatchpa.com/columbiapd/10552/cases/counterfeit-bill

Friday, February 7, 2020

How much per person would your municipality pay under Gov. Wolf's State Police fee proposal?

Under Gov. Tom Wolf's latest proposal to make state police funding more equitable -- since 67% of municipalities in Pennsylvania rely solely on state police coverage -- his administration wants to assess a tax on each municipality based on its population, median income and whether it has its own local police force.

COLUMBIA BOROUGH WOULD PAY $19169.92. THAT'S $1.85 PER PERSON FOR STATE POLICE.

MORE:

https://lancasteronline.com/news/local/how-much-per-person-would-your-municipality-pay-under-gov/article_3c8b99d4-4926-11ea-a2d0-b33f3a09c94b.html