Agenda - HARB Meeting - April 13, 2022

 

Download the meeting packet HERE.

Lancaster EMS brings showers to homeless in four communities [photos]

Called "Refresh Lancaster," the unit provides weekly hygiene, basic medical and referral services to the homeless population of Lancaster County. The trailer contains two large bathrooms with showers and enough room for individuals to change and shave.

The mobile unit first hit the streets in December. The truck and trailer cost about $122,000 and was funded through a combination of grants from the Lancaster County Community Foundation, state and federal programs.

With a few below-freezing exceptions, Lancaster EMS has rolled out the welcome mat in four locations — Columbia, Elizabethtown, New Holland and the city of Lancaster — with a fifth planned in Ephrata Borough. 

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The Bibliomaniacs Book Club at the Library - Tuesday, April 11, 2022

 

Deeds Recorded - Columbia Borough - April 11, 2022

The estate of Dorothy L. Sheehy conveyed 1010 Grinnell Ave. to Nicholas J. Meley and Christine M. Meley for $225,000.

Nicholas J. Meley and Christine M. Meley conveyed 613 Walnut St. to Route 322 Keystone Courts Mobile Home Park LLC for $115,000.

Twilight Lane Realty LLC and Brittany Dalton conveyed 465 Manor St. to Pin Lane LLC for $108,000.

Caitlin P. Blake and Caitlin P. Brian conveyed 113 S. Third St. to Devin M. Priest for $125,000.

Clyde W. Kraft Funeral Home Inc., Kraft Clyde W. Funeral Home Inc., Clyde Kraft Funeral Home Inc. and Kraft Clyde Funeral Home Inc. conveyed 525 Walnut St. to Naeb Mengisteab for $195,000.

Elmer Kauffman and Sadie Mae Kauffman conveyed 238 S. Fourth St. to Christopher Overstreet and Sarah Overstreet for $119,900.

Stephen D. Kalista, Josephine L. Kalista and Thomas V. Kalista conveyed property on a public road to Tyler M. Huber for $150,000.

Beth C. Siegrist conveyed 840 Walnut St. to Beth C. Siegrist, Joel M. Siegrist and Ryan S. Siegrist for $1.

Agenda - Columbia Borough Council Meeting - April 12, 2022

 

Download the 200-page meeting packet HERE.

About Town - April 10, 2022

Recent photos of Columbia 

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Cross-eyed lion on a clock near the entrance to the National Watch & Clock Museum

A C-130 flew unusually low over the town on Tuesday.

It circled the town, then headed north.

Daytime moon 

St. John's appears to be on fire, but it's just topped with a passing cloud.

Urn at Mount Bethel

There's some sort of lettering just above the "scallops."

(Does it say ETRUSCAN?)

Yet another shot of the Weeping Angel at Mount Bethel

Still 4 SALE

It's parked in the CVS parking lot.

The Columbia Animal Shelter estimates there are over 1,000 feral cats in town.

(This one looks too healthy to be a feral, though.)

Vintage Revival Market on Saturday

Another look

Vero's Magic Touch on the 400 block of Locust

Fragments of the Past

Illuminated cross at Fragments of the Past on the 300 block of Walnut

Post office in the morning

Vehicle line-up at the post office

Another look at the Columbia School of Music at 4th & Walnut

UGI on South 5th, where several properties are slated for demolition.

Men at work?

Water company employees addressed a leak on the 900/1000 block of Ironville Pike on Monday.

That stretch of road was closed for a few hours.

A cherub in contemplation

Entrance to the borough farm

According to a borough employee, the farm will now be open 2nd and 4th Saturdays of the month, 8 a.m. to noon, for yard waste drop-off.

Looking down Blue Lane towards 441

The trees removed from Columbia Crossing a few weeks ago ended up at the borough farm.

Lowering the ladder on Manor

Work is progressing at the former Andy's Market location at 4th & Cherry.

Chinook flying over - a fairly common sight lately

Snack time

Trunk at Laurel Hill, whose bark is probably worse than its bite.

Columbia as seen from Mount Pisgah

Here's another shot.

Padlocked mayfly on a clock at the Watch & Clock Museum

Plane with landing gear deployed going in for a landing at HIA (most likely).

Put People First PA is recruiting healthcare workers

The Put People First! PA South Central Healthcare Rights Committee is recruiting healthcare workers to join us for our Projects of Survival People’s Pop-up Health Clinics and our Healthcare is a Human Right campaign!

Are you a home healthcare aide? Do you work in a Nursing home or Rehabilitation center? Are you a nurse or nursing student? Do you work in the custodial or food service department for a healthcare organization or corporation? If so, we need YOUR voice and leadership to be a part of our fight for a more just healthcare system!

Part of our Healthcare is a Human Right campaign is fighting for a Public Healthcare Advocate (PHA) for Pennsylvania. A PHA would be a new office in state government that would fight for the healthcare rights of all PA state residents.

The office of the Public Healthcare Advocate will have the power, in connection to us everyday folks, to change the way healthcare operates in Pennsylvania and could help with getting the safe staffing limits many healthcare workers are organizing and fighting for. You can learn more about the Public Healthcare Advocate and HB 1828 on our website at www.putpeoplefirstpa.org

If you're a healthcare worker in the South Central Healthcare Rights Committee region we could use your help at our People’s Pop-up Health Clinics in providing Blood Pressure Screenings. (See graphics below for more details about our clinics)

If you live in one of the following counties, Adams, Berks, Cumberland, Dauphin, Franklin, Lancaster, Lebanon, Perry, and York and you wish to be a part of our Pop-up Clinics please DM the page or email Tammy Rojas at tammyrojas1977@gmail.com

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