Sunday, February 5, 2023

About Town - February 5, 2023

Recent photos of Columbia

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


Holy Trinity Cemetery has an abundance of crosses, as seen here Saturday at dusk.





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Demolition on the ol' McGinness household began Thursday.



At one point, all that was left was the ol' fireplace.

By Friday, that was gone too, leaving just an ol' hole in the ground.
GOODBYE MCGINNESSES!

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Santa's still hanging around . . .

. . . so is this Christmas train filled with gifts.

Never mind that stupid groundhog. Robins are the true harbingers of spring. A flock of about 20 of them invaded the 500 block of Chestnut Street on Saturday, and voila - today is about 25 degrees warmer.







Here's further proof spring is on the way - a bud about to bloom.

More window art at Fragments of the Past by anndope -
Her Instagram, with a time-lapse of this project being created, is HERE.

Columbia's going fiber. Fiber is good for you.



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Three in a row at River Park

The Quakers were here.

At Brett Miller's office: U.S. Flag, Pa. Flag, U.S. Flag, and . . . ?

One of the many signs installed downtown this week

Columbia's only bookstore (100 block of Walnut)

This roller coaster-looking thing is just more equipment for the Columbia Water Company's water intake project.

Truck full o' $$$

A pipe protruding into Avenue G.
What could go wrong?
To be fair, this was removed recently.

It was said at a recent council meeting that Columbia is an open trash can.
Here's proof.^^^^

This house on Locust Street burned almost a year ago under suspicious circumstances, and not much has been done about it.
Columbia Spy reported on the fire HERE.

This is posted on the front door.

Coming February 14

There's a new tattoo shop coming to town at 447 Cherry Street.

Grandpa was in the window, as well as the images below.



This appears to be part of the structural formula for psilocybin.
Only Walter White would know for sure.


Saturday, February 4, 2023

Nightly lane closures next week on Route 30 Susquehanna bridge


The Route 30 bridge over the Susquehanna River will have nighttime lane restrictions next week so workers can install strain gauges.

Lane restrictions are scheduled to be in place between 7 p.m. and 5 a.m. nightly from Monday through Thursday, according to the state Department of Transportation.

Workers will be installing gauges to measure how weight and movement cause stress on the bridge.

The right lane and shoulder will be closed while work takes place in both eastbound and westbound directions. The left lane will remain open. Only one direction will have lane restrictions at a time.

MORE:

https://lancasteronline.com/news/local/nightly-lane-closures-next-week-on-route-30-susquehanna-bridge/article_45e3b390-a409-11ed-84e2-e37cc66e4e68.html?utm_medium=social&utm_source=email&utm_campaign=user-share 

"This town is an open trash can": Borough officials discuss Columbia's trash problem


When: Columbia Borough Council meeting, Jan. 24.

Quotable: "This town is an open trash can," Mary Wickenheiser told council members during the public comment portion. "All I can think of is we're trying to draw visitors to this town."

What happened: Columbia's planning commission chair told council members that overflowing borough trash cans are fueling a downtown litter problem that could drive away tourists.

Borough reactions: "We all own this town," Heather Zink, council president, said during a phone conversation after the meeting. "Residents need to keep the front of their property clean." After the meeting, Mayor Leo Lutz said, "The trash cans need to be refurbished and maintained."

The problem: Some downtown borough residents put household trash into borough cans instead of depositing it in a dumpster or other place specified by a property owner. Regular street sweeping handled excess litter but sweeping has stopped for winter.

Solutions: "Our plan right now is to fine any violators, as well as educate people on the proper use of those cans," Borough Manager Mark Stivers said in an email after the meeting.

More info: Columbia has 18 open trash cans downtown. River Valley, a contractor, empties those cans on Tuesdays and Fridays. Borough workers can sort through household trash bags to find the owner, Stivers said. The violation carries a $500 fine.
MORE:

https://lancasteronline.com/news/regional/columbia-borough-council-addresses-issue-of-overflowing-trash-cans/article_b616ced0-a3f1-11ed-9850-b37c541ef9d3.html?utm_medium=social&utm_source=email&utm_campaign=user-share