About Town 10/24/2020

This week's photos of Columbia 

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Happy Trump people on the bridge . . .

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Do it.

Signs on 7th

"The blue bus is calling us."

"Driver, where you takin' us?"

(Somewhere in Pennsylvania, most likely)

STOP dumping.

Down at "the culvert"

A mighty big ruler

Political sign

600 block of Chestnut - Wednesday morning

600 block of Chestnut - Wednesday afternoon

Sailing away

Cat and pumpkin at dusk

Cat bored with the photo shoot

Night lights around town . . .

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It's leaf collection season again.

There's a woodpecker looking for dinner.

He found something . . .

An unlucky larva. Yum!

Clouds in the sky

Info on spotted lanternflies and traps

Columbia is infested with these things.

Hard at work at Shawnee Run

Mottled sky

And one more

Does anyone still deny that Columbia has a drug problem?

Evening clouds

Fall colors

Formerly Keagy's on the 400 block of Locust

Air conditioning, old-school-style

Someone call Louis DeJoy and tell him to replace this thing.

(On second thought, better not. He'll just make it disappear.)

Mirror image

Agenda - Columbia Borough Council Meeting - October 27, 2020

 

Download the 157-page council packet HERE.

VIDEO: Shawnee Run Restoration Project

Shawnee Run Restoration Project nearing completion

A riparian buffer runs along a stretch of Shawnee Run and will help stabilize the bank, prevent erosion, and improve drainage.

The Shawnee Run Restoration Project is nearing completion. The construction phase of the project, which began about a month ago, is almost finished on the south bank of the creek, where riparian buffers and a greenway have been installed to bring the area into compliance with MS4 standards that govern municipal stormwater management. The buffer runs along a stretch of the creek between South 4th Street and Mill Street and will help stabilize the bank, prevent erosion, and improve drainage. A small footbridge leading from the Trinity House property to the Columbia Railway side is currently being constructed. 

The total cost of the project is $193,458.18, with Trinity House Apartments (Columbia Catholic Housing for the Elderly) being responsible for $114,329.09. That price includes the cost of CCHE’s request for additional abutments to accommodate a bridge to be built later, according to the May 12, 2020 Columbia Borough Council meeting minutes. The borough’s financial responsibility is $79,129.00. The construction contract was awarded to Aquatic Resource Restoration Company at the May 12 meeting.

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VIDEO: A quick trip "up the creek."

Prep work on the bank a few weeks ago

Greenway underway

The view from Mill Street

Prep work for a bridge abutment

Bridge abutment underway on the Columbia Railway side

On the Trinity House side of the creek - a frame for another abutment

Stabilizing a frame

Agenda - HARB Meeting - October 21, 2020

 

Halloween Costume Party at Locust Street Park - October 31, 6-8 pm

 

About Town 10/18/2020

This week's photos of Columbia

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Cutting the road at 6th & Locust

The collection box at Columbia Presbyterian is now green to match the doors.

Workers are making progress at the Shawnee Run Restoration Project

Riparian buffers are in place, and a greenway is being installed.

Out for a walk at Columbia River Park

It's fall and time to collect leaves in your umbrella.

Commercial space for rent . . . here?

(300 block of Walnut)

When you can't take Fido to the spa, bring the spa to FIdo.

Injured sign on 462

Rainbow flag

It's always a good time for a shoulder rub.

Looks like Christmas is right around the corner.

Flags a-waving

Flags on the bridge

Golden arches

These flags are waving - and hanging.

Meanwhile, over at Universal Techs

Looks like the news is that way.

The wheels keep on turning, except when they don't.

Albatwitch mask

Headin' out