Sunday, October 9, 2022

About Town - October 9, 2022

Recent photos of Columbia

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Out for a walk

Wild clouds Thursday evening . . .



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Flags a-waving

These look good in the sunlight.

Bootleg Antiques

Colorful, but not necessarily edible, berries at Columbia River Park

Colorful, but not necessarily edible, porch items

Part of a patriotic window display on the 400 block of Cherry

More evidence that it is the season . . .


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Union members are supporting.

This is what happens when you lose your head.

Parking area at Riverview Terrace, 132 Locust Street


Students and others got to paddle the Wilderness Inquiry canoes this past week.


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The river was low on Wednesday.
227 is normal.

More of the shoreline was exposed.

The last gasp at Floyd's of Leadville

The rubber ducky brigade

Just him and his shadow

Sidewalk damage on the 600 block of Chestnut

A neighbor speculates that it was done by a delivery truck.
There's quite a hole beneath the skid.

The sidewalk was damaged, also.

Coming soon

 At Mount Bethel

"The nation mourns her dead"

The 600 block of Locust

Rehab work continues at 551 Avenue H.

There's the wheelchair that was later reported missing to police.

This is what happens if you don't pay to have the boot removed.

Birdwatching

Chain link fence apprehended

Just in case you thought you were going to park here

Westward

In need of a repaint, although this is a nice sort of abstract, possibly with a message

Saturday night's moon


Behold! Lancaster County's local Bigfoot: the Albatwitch [photos]

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Friday, October 7, 2022

Shakedown at Qwik-Med?

 
Officers apparently from the Attorney General's Office were at Quik-Med this morning

A team of armed officers was seen conducting an operation at Columbia's Qwik-Med Pharmacy on the first block of North 4th Street this morning. Witnesses report seeing at least four officers carrying boxes and computer towers from the premises for several hours between 7 a.m. and noon and loading them into unmarked vehicles. The officers' attire was marked "POLICE ATTORNEY GENERAL." The officers left the area around noon. 

More information on this story will be posted as it becomes available.

Columbia Borough Council votes to fund spaying, neutering of feral cats


Columbia Borough council meeting, Sept. 27.

What happened: Borough council members voted to spend an extra $2,000 this year to pay for spaying and neutering feral cats after a 50-minute discussion on whether a newly formed volunteer group should function as an independent entity.

Agreement: Council members verbally agreed to let the Columbia Cat Action Team operate separately while still receiving borough funds.

Budget: The group should receive $6,600 in the borough's 2023 budget. That number comes from a projection to trap and release 20 cats per month.

Columbia Cat Action Team: The team has about 15 volunteers, said Alan Landsman, group president. The team previously had an agreement with the Columbia Animal Shelter, which charged $50 to spay or neuter each cat. The shelter, though, has veterinarian and vet tech openings and no longer has resources to work with the team, Landsman said. The group now has agreements with SPCA offices in York and Lancaster.

MORE:

https://lancasteronline.com/news/regional/columbia-borough-council-votes-to-fund-spaying-neutering-of-feral-cats/article_996507c2-40f3-11ed-b9e3-f78c61af2f8c.html?utm_medium=social&utm_source=email&utm_campaign=user-share 

Thursday, October 6, 2022

Federal Metal is new owner of former Colonial Metals plant


Bedford, Ohio-based red metals ingot maker The Federal Metal Co. has acquired the assets of the former Colonial Metals ingot production facility in Columbia, Pennsylvania. Federal becomes the third owner of the plant since it was idled in 2018 by its long-time family business owners, the Serls family.

In a notice to customers and suppliers posted to its website, Federal Metal states it has “acquired the assets of SA Alloys in Columbia, Pennsylvania, from parent company SA Recycling.” That sizable scrap processing firm acquired the former Colonial plant earlier this decade from California Metal-X, another ingot-making company that purchased the Columbia facility in early 2019.

MORE HERE