Watch & Clock Museum staff get fire training from Columbia Fire Department

[Source/photos: Sarah Gallagher]

Staff at Columbia's Watch and Clock Museum received fire safety training this morning from the Columbia Borough Fire Department.

Assistant Chief Kevin Keyser led the training, which included the proper handling of fire extinguishers and an explanation of numbers and symbols on the labels, as well as where to position oneself in relation to the fire. Fire personnel also set a small fire so that museum staff could practice with extinguishers.

Personnel also toured the building to familiarize themselves with the interior in case of a fire call. For their efforts, the volunteers received museum passes for visiting the museum with their families.

Columbia Bowlers Recognized: L-L League Bowling All-Stars

MVP

Section Four MVP: Dominic Lenhart, Columbia.

ALL-STARS

Section Four: Dominic Lenhart, Columbia, 211.09; Charlie Albright, Northern Lebanon, 206.85; Derick Kinser, Columbia, 204.53; Rory Bender, Columbia, 186.00; Abraham Santiago, Lancaster Catholic, 181.44.

SUPERLATIVES 

Section Four

• Team champion: Columbia.

• High average: Dominic Lenhart, 211.89.

• High series: Derick Kinser, 683 (Dominic Lenhart, 694).

• High game: Charlie Albright, 259 (Dominic Lenhart, 289).

(Must have bowled in two-thirds of league games: 26 in One and Two; 24 in Three; 22 in Four.)

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Agenda - Columbia Borough Council Meeting - February 28, 2023

 

Get the meeting packet HERE.

Columbia Borough streetscape project plan to cost over $1.2 million

When: Columbia Borough Council meeting, Feb. 14.

What happened: A streetscape project, which would improve safety on Walnut Street by eliminating some two-way traffic patterns, moved a step closer to completion after council members voted to submit a detailed plan to a state Department of Transportation subcontractor.

Background: Columbia received about $900,000 in 2020 in federal money distributed by the Lancaster County Metro Planning Organization. The borough will supply the rest of the $1.2 million cost estimated in 2019, although that construction amount probably has gone up, Borough Manager Mark Stivers said after the meeting.

More info: The borough plans to eliminate two-way traffic from Third Street to Front Street, with vehicles heading toward the river. Workers also will install bike lanes that will travel in each direction, plus a median to protect those lanes.

Why only one way: Allowing vehicle traffic to continue in both directions would eliminate too many on-street parking spaces, Rinaldi told council members. "This was just not acceptable based on all the feedback we received from residents," he said.

Specifics: Parking spaces on Walnut will decrease by either five or six spots under the current proposal. However, the borough plans to add more spaces on other streets, which would increase total parking available, Rinaldi said.

Details: Work should take about three months to complete, and the improvements should start in late 2024 or early 2025.

MORE:

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"The Sweetness of Water" at the Library - Tuesday, February 28

 

GOLDEN STRATEGIES WEBINAR RETIREMENT WORKSHOP AT THE LIBRARY - TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 28

Deeds Recorded - Columbia Borough - February 27, 2023

Curtis High and Kristen High conveyed property on North Fifth Street to Glanzair Properties LLC for $235,000.

The estate of Matthew Todd Ingram and Charles Tom Ingram conveyed property on a public road to Charles Tom Ingram and Abigail M. Ingram for $1.