About Town 6/7/2020

This week's photos of Columbia

Out for a walk at Columbia River Park

 As were many

 Another look at that steel magnolia in the town square

 Trash, or a resting place?

Time for a change

 Free bikes, etc.

Free food

 Caged pigeons

 These bricks appeared at the parking lot at the bottom of Locust Street earlier this week. Some residents were concerned that they were placed there to entice looters to use them during protests. There are no reports of that happening. The bricks were intended for the Market House construction project and were later delivered to the site.

Murder in the Mansion is coming soon here at 131 Locust Street.

 Seems like a song.

Above it all

Like clockwork, working on the clockworks at the Watch & Clock Museum. . .

Here's a look inside one of the clocks nearer the building.

Here's the clock tower, top to bottom.

 Here's the top.

Here's the bottom.

 And across the street is the School of Horology.

Horology is the study and measurement of time, and the art of making clocks and watches.

 The fallen at Laurel Hill:

 At Glatfelter's Field

 Graves of Columbia's bridge burners at Mount Bethel Cemetery are marked with medallions such as this one.

 Mixed menagerie

 Drilling down on Walnut

 Big man for a big job

401-403 Locust Street

 Nick Mills shrine at 3rd & Walnut

 Upgrades at the police station

 Bagged mulch for sale

Early on Friday morning, a person or persons threw two bricks through the front window of Stover's and took cash and a handgun. The bricks were a different style from those shown above.

 Working on the windows

Snowy egret on Purples Lane

DO NOT TOUCH!

Congratulations Class of 2020!

Update on Columbia Library procedures - Starting June 8

Beginning June 8

Please CALL (717-684-2255) to request items. Prior to calling, please use the online catalog at search.lancasterlibraries.org to locate your titles. We will locate your titles and call you back to schedule a pick up time.

Limit of FIVE items at a time. This includes up to THREE DVDs. Grand total of five items.

Families with children will be given TWO books per child, if requested.

Unsure what titles you want? We can do a "grab bag" pull of a favotite author or subject.

Only COLUMBIA materials are available at this time.

Patrons must provide this information when calling (717) 684-2255:

Name

Library Card Number

Phone Number

Titles of Materials requested

We will call you back to schedule a pickup after retrieving the items

Pickup

PROCEDURE FOR PICKUP

YOU MUST HAVE YOUR PHOTO ID AND YOUR LIBRARY CARD!

ONE person OR family at a time will proceed up the front handicap ramp to the library window closest to the front doors. NO EXCEPTIONS.

Patrons MUST wear masks. NO EXCEPTIONS! No mask -no service.

A staff member will open the window and ask to see your library card. Without a library card, we cannot release your materials.

The staff member will give you your materials in a bag.

Please exit either down the steps or down the ramp.

"X"s will be placed on the sidewalk to adhere to social distancing guidelines. Please remain on the x's while waiting your turn.

Return

RETURNED materials MUST be placed in the BOOK DROP. You may NOT hand your returns to a staff member. NO EXCEPTIONS.

If you do not pick up your items at your scheduled time slot, they will be checked back in and reshelved. We cannot accomodate changes in pickup times right now.

You may not pick up items for other people during this time.

We will be offering "Curbside at Your Car" only for patrons with mobility issues - time slots limited.


[Source: Lisa Greybill
Admininstrator
Columbia Public Library]

Agenda - Columbia Borough Council Meeting - June 9, 2020

Download the council packet HERE

Agenda - Columbia School Board Committee Meetings - June 4, 2020

Follow this link to view and participate in this virtual meeting: https://www.columbiabsd.org/o/cbsd/live_feed

Recent news: Racist graffiti, pop-up car show, and "mysterious" bricks

Racist graffiti at Glatfelter's

 A reader sent Columbia Spy the above photo of racist and other graffiti that was painted on the rubber backing on a backstop at Glatfelter's Field. The graffiti reportedly appeared over the last few days.

 Workers removed the graffiti-riddled rubber backing and placed it in the dumpster at Glatfelter's. No suspects have been reported at this time.

Pop-up car show

 Columbia Spy received a report of a pop-up car show that occurred at Glatfelter's Field on Sunday night at about 8 p.m. As the sign above indicates, the park is closed to any group activity while the county is still in the "red zone." No organized activity is permitted until final notice. There is no apparent connection between the car show and the graffiti.

"Mysterious" bricks

 Last night Columbia Spy received two reports from citizens of pallets of bricks being placed at the parking lot at the bottom of Locust Street.

The citizens were concerned that the bricks could be used in local protests on Election Day.  We have not received reports of any such activity today. A source says that the bricks are to be used in Market House construction.

Where to vote in Columbia