Deeds Recorded - Columbia Borough - September 11, 2023

RBLD Properties I. LLC and Rick Degeorge conveyed property on a public road to Columbia Borough for $1,350,000.

ITT LLC and Grinnell Corp. conveyed property on a public road to Andreas Heisey for $1.

Dajo Properties LLC and John M. Stoltzfus conveyed property on Malt Avenue to Palmer Investment Properties LLC for $116,000.

Andreas Heisey conveyed property on a public road to Ais Leasing Co for $1,500,000.

Matthew McCormac and Brittany McCormac conveyed property on a public road to Vickie Everhart and Gregg Everhart for $240,000.

Keith A. Yordy conveyed property on North Sixth Street to Heather Gascon and Mathieu Gascon for $240,000.

Kevin M. Laicha conveyed property on a public road to Jem Real Estate Properties LLC for $400,000.

State lawmakers must release school funding without delay [Column]

It breaks my heart that $100 million of Level Up funding that was already appropriated and approved with bipartisan support in both chambers of the state Legislature is now in jeopardy. I call on leaders and members in the Pennsylvania House and Senate to stop playing politics with my students' futures and release the Level Up funds to create a level playing field for all students in Pennsylvania. Please send my students the same message my son receives: "You matter. Your future matters. Your dreams matter. Your education is important and worth investing in."

MORE:

https://lancasteronline.com/opinion/columnists/state-lawmakers-must-release-school-funding-without-delay-column/article_62239c9a-4e4b-11ee-a7d2-b786aab58eab.html?utm_medium=social&utm_source=email&utm_campaign=user-share&fbclid=IwAR2sOwV_osXCbVn9rz7nVYY_ZtqOFJ78OcUM5WrQTYL3KhcK0VgR5hXhxdM 

CCAT NEEDS VOLUNTEERS - NEXT MEETING: SEPTEMBER 13

 

About Town - September 10, 2023

 This week's photos of Columbia

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

House on the river

Docking procedure

A harbinger of Halloween?

Maybe

Another harbinger of Halloween? 

No, just a worker removing lead paint from a house.

There's a sign at the site.

Morning feline

Diving ducks

Truck, dumping at Rail Mechanical at 4th & Manor

Speaking of trucks, here's one that got caught crossing the bridge.

The write-up

After the "weigh-in"

More bridge inspection this week - 

PennDOT must really be worried.

A missing corner.

Rebar showing through

Possible leaching

(or maybe just seagull poop)

A crack down through the field of mystery numbers

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Sparrow convention

Draw your own conclusions.

A new sign for Flow the rock snake

Did someone swipe Flow's head again?

Buzzard birthday

Many buzzards

Ready for winter

Game over

There are always interesting "artifacts" at Tollbooth Antiques . . .

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The roof's on, and porches are sprouting at the Habitat project.

Beginning of the South 2nd Street CDBG project

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Todd Stahl of WhiteCap Water Rescue Training directed the Lionville Fire Company and Fame Fire Company (West Chester) in a rescue boat training session this morning (9/10/23) at Columbia River Park.

[Photos by Todd Stahl]

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'Til next week . . .

[Submitted photo]

For $26,000, Marietta could become home for 12-foot-tall statue inspired by the Susquehanna River

A sculpture titled "River Spirit" was commissioned in 2002 by the late Harrisburg Mayor Stephen Reed. The artist, Steven Dolbin, has completed the sculpture but, according to Haneman, "he doesn't know what to do with it." The sculpture weighs 7,000 pounds and is 37 feet long, five feet wide and 12 feet tall.

More: Dolbin said he created the sculpture, which is made of high-grade stainless steel, to "honor our Native American brothers and sisters" and to "speak sculpturally" about that heritage of the Susquehanna River and region. Embedded in the steel, which is shaped like a winding river, are "sacred images of various cultures, tribal wisdom and tributes to original cave paintings," according to an article from The Burg News website.

The cost: Dolbin is willing to donate the piece, but it will cost approximately "$26,000 to move it and to finish it when it gets to a new home," Haneman said. In an email, Haneman explained that Rivertownes, "does not have a budget to support this project" and that it "was suggested that a fundraising campaign be organized to fund it."

Sponsorship needed: Haneman reported that Create Columbia and Columbia Borough approached Rivertownes about sponsorship for the project. According to their website, Rivertownes is a nonprofit that "manages and preserves the Musselman-Vesta Iron Furnace Center and surrounding iron furnace remains" and cultivates "art, heritage, and recreation in the river towns of Columbia, Marietta, and Wrightsville."

MORE:

https://lancasteronline.com/news/regional/for-26-000-marietta-could-become-home-for-12-foot-tall-statue-inspired-by-the/article_c96b28f8-4c4a-11ee-80ba-8f8dba0106fb.html?utm_medium=social&utm_source=email&utm_campaign=user-share 

View the sculpture HERE.

Restaurant Inspections - Columbia Borough - September 8, 2023

The Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture, 866-366-3723, uses a risk-based inspection reporting process for restaurants and other food handlers.

Bootleg Antiques, 135 Bridge St., Columbia, Aug. 30. Pass. No violations.

Columbia VFW, 401 Manor St., Columbia, Aug. 30. Pass. Old food residue on the potato slicer.

Garth, 22 S. Second St., Columbia, Aug. 30. Pass. No violations.

Columbia Borough Fire Department (Hambones Social Club), 726 Manor St., Columbia, Aug. 29. Pass. Food facility does not have available sanitizer test strips or test kit to determine appropriate sanitizer concentration of chlorine bleach for the mechanical glass washer at the bars.

Columbia Borough Fire Department (kitchen), 726 Manor St., Columbia, Aug. 29. Pass. No violations.

[Source: LNP]

REMINDER! THE COLUMBIA BOROUGH POLICE DEPARTMENT BICYCLE AUCTION IS THIS SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 2023 | Columbia Borough Police Department

https://lancaster.crimewatchpa.com/columbiapd/10552/post/reminder-columbia-borough-police-department-bicycle-auction-saturday-september-9-2023