PHOTOS: Midweek Update - Wednesday, August 4, 2021

Recent photos of Columbia

(Click/tap on photos to see larger, sharper images.) 

A few more photos from yesterday's garage fire in Avenue G:

Just as firetrucks were arriving at the scene, this car was involved in a vehicle accident in front of the DAC on North 5th Street.

It reportedly struck the white car shown here.

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This is the garage fire aftermath on Wednesday morning.

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Coming soon at the VFW

This is the railroad bridge at the bottom of Plane Street

It was built in 1915.

Ready for Halloween

Entrance to the former Pickel's Convalescent Home, just off Plane Street

Someone can't wait to shoot

This is what happens when you park along the highway, right before the intersection.

True believer

Lowering a pipe at the water company

Down the hatch!

Large cylinders at Anvil

Flag on stop sign signpost, complete with barcode sticker

At the DAC - Getting ready for the school year:

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Humongous road construction vehicle on a flatbed passing through

Mayor Lutz and a crew took down a tree on North 6th Wednesday morning:

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More at the Nick Mills memorial at 3rd & Walnut

Qatar Airlines. No need to be nervous, right?

The student driver negotiated this tight turn at 5th & Chestnut better than many "experienced" drivers.

Giant yellow jacket on Perry Street

Hot dog stand at the Smoke Shop. Makes perfect sense.

The weeds are still there at CVS, but someone topped them off.

Former manager of Dollar General saddened by store's appearance

 

The former manager of Columbia's Dollar General says he is saddened by the store's current appearance. Chad Whitmyer, who managed the store before leaving to start his own business a few months ago, believes the store's condition reflects poorly on Columbia.

"This is a total disgrace to this town," Whitmyer says of the store's exterior. "It really saddens me." 

Whitmyer says that during his tenure he took pride in keeping the store property as neat and clean as possible. "I did it so the town had a nice place to shop."

[Photos provided by Chad Whitmyer]

Garage fire - Police and firefighters respond to 3rd fire call in less than 24 hours at the same address

Police and firefighters responded to a fire call on the 500 block of Chestnut Street shortly before 1 p.m. today - the third such call in less than 24 hours at the same address. Personnel arrived on scene to find a recycling bin aflame next to a garage along Avenue G at the rear of 552 Chestnut Street. Columbia Borough Police officers attacked the fire with fire extinguishers before firefighters arrived, as flames lapped at the roof overhang and threatened to set the roof afire. There were two vehicles in the garage at the time. 

Yesterday, firefighters responded to a call just before 3 o'clock at the same address and found a fire in an SUV in a driveway next to the garage. Later that day, personnel responded to another fire call at the same location.