COLUMBIA BOROUGH RECEIVES MORE THAN $8 MILLION FOR MCGINNESS INNOVATION PARK

Economic Development Company Finance Corporation was approved for a $3,352,020 grant and a $5,028,030 loan to help with the development of the McGinness Innovation Park in Columbia Borough.

Nine projects in Pennsylvania have received funding through the Commonwealth Financing Authority to work to attract businesses to the area, Gov. Tom Wolf's office announced Tuesday.

The Business In Our Sites (BOS) projects received a cumulative $48,710,441 in grants and loans. BOS projects help communities develop sites that are ready to house growing and expanding businesses.

"Between our prime location, our skilled workforce, and our excellent infrastructure, the commonwealth has a lot to offer current and potential businesses. This BOS funding is a great tool that provides the resources needed to build pad-ready sites to increase Pennsylvania's ability to attract and retain businesses," Wolf said in a press release.

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Man arrested in 1975 killing of Lindy Sue Biechler, Lancaster County's oldest cold case

A man who investigators say once lived in the same apartment complex as Lindy Sue Biechler has been arrested and charged with stabbing her to death.

David V. Sinopoli, 68, of the 300 block of Faulkner Drive, East Hempfield Township, has been charged with criminal homicide in the 1975 killing that Lancaster County District Attorney Heather Adams called the oldest unsolved cold case in the county.

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Do Pa. fire companies fall under open records laws? Commonwealth court could rule on that

WILLIAMSPORT – An appeal in a Lycoming County case could give Commonwealth Court the opportunity to rule whether volunteer fire companies are local agencies under the Right to Know Law (RTKL).

The appeal filed Friday is of the June 20 decision by Judge Eric R. Linhardt that the Clinton Twp. Volunteer Fire Co. is a local agency and must respond to RTKL requests.

MORE HERE.

Agenda - Columbia Borough Planning to Meeting - July 19, 2022

 

Download the meeting packet HERE.

Deeds Recorded - Columbia Borough - July 18, 2022

Summit Street Properties LLC, BHI Properties LLC and Israel Weiss conveyed property on a public road to Nabilco Management LLC for $1,000,000.

The estate of Donald H. Nikolaus and John P. Hohenadel conveyed 327 Locust St. to Msg Rentals LLC for $1.

Aamal A. Elmessih and A. Aamal Elmessih conveyed 826 Houston St. to Miguel Leon Ramos and Miguel Leon Ramos for $185,000.

Joseph J. Groft and Melissa A. Groft conveyed property on Plane Street to Daniel Kline for $169,500.

Christa E. Sliger and Barbara L. Laukhuff conveyed 851 Locust St. to Lauren Martin and Jared Martin for $280,000.

This Week at the Library

 

About Town - July 17, 2022

Recent photos of Columbia

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

Volunteers from Victory Church did outdoor maintenance at Align Pregnancy Services on Saturday morning.

When you gotta get that plywood home, one way or another.

A troubadour strums a tune on South Market Street Tuesday morning.

There was a brilliant atmospheric display on Tuesday evening.

They're back.

(Spotted lanternflies)

Sharp-chinned cloud

Amazon delivery at the cemetery

(Wait . . .what?!)

BB ON BOARD

Translation: BABY ON BOARD

"Hybrid Electric Propulsion"

New parking enforcer

Out with the old, in with the new at Domino's

Blessed with "children"

Out for a swim

A tangle of wire challenged those on their way to the trail on Thursday.

This guy helped straighten things out.

Ghost sign on Locust

There are a million photos of this bridge, so why not one more? 

(By the way, a bridge rehabilitation project is scheduled to start next year.)

It's that way!

PennDOT workers at work at the Columbia entrance to the bridge

There's their truck.

Osprey with a fish dinner

Gas prices are high. How much for a fill-up?

When you drive the wrong way on a one-way and almost cause a head-on.

The nitrogen tank at Floyd's of Leadville on Bridge Street was removed on Monday.

The tank was installed in January 2020.

The nitrogen was used to freeze raw hemp as part of a process to make CBD oil.

Floyd Landis, of cycling fame, is a principal of the Colorado-based company, which sells hemp-derived products throughout the U.S. 

Although the area in which the property is located is not zoned for such a facility, the Columbia Borough Zoning Hearing Board voted 4-1 to grant a variance in September 2019.

A resident at the meeting noted that the intent of the district was "to encourage a mix of entertainment, restaurant and other commercial uses that will take advantage of proximity to the river and the downtown"and questioned whether the facility meets "the letter and spirit of the defined purpose of this zoning district."

Despite removal of the tank, the facility is still in operation.