About Town - April 28, 2024

This week's photos of Columbia

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The fountain at the town square has been repaired.

These photos were taken before it was fully operational.

Here's one in living color.

This creature lives there, too.

Repointing and other mortaring was being done this past week.

There's even a receptacle for butts.

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The Wright's Ferry Mansion

There are many detour signs in town due to the bridge project in Washington Boro.

Meanwhile on our bridge, this hapless truck driver didn't see the State Police traffic officer sitting there, until it was too late.

The 10-ton weight limit is still in effect.

Apparently, sediment is being removed from the Columbia Water Company.

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New paint for a cannon at the bridge plaza

Here's a "before" view.

Ventilated chair for enjoying the view

Tuesday was Primary Election Day.

A remnant of the Civil War Bridge?

Or the subsequent railroad bridge?

Or the one in between?

The first block of North 6th was shut down on Thursday so that Doug's Tree Service could remove a tree in a backyard.

It was a BIG tree.

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What's left of the Cherry Street demo project

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The Habitat for Humanity project is almost ready for prime time.

Declining chick population

Haitian Maranatha Bible Church

Just walk under that particle board.

Nothing can go wrong.

Ongoing

For rent

The Haunted Manor

United Methodist

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Erin Go Bragh!

At Kindred Collections

Stars and stripes

Gnarly driftwood at Tollbooth

A long view of Saint Paul's Episcopal

Bus, with a side of parking tickets

Universal Techs is gone . . .

But Henry the Horse is still there.

A mossy cover . . .

On the announcment box

According to a recent LNP article: "The [PA] Supreme Court decided against the municipalities' argument that the commission has failed to regulate where gas companies place their meters — inside or outside historic homes. The municipalities say the PUC gives too much control to gas companies in determining meter placement, which can affect the aesthetic of a historic community." So, the PUC won, and municipalities, including Columbia Borough, lost. 

But what in the hell happened here on North 3rd Street (in the historic district)?

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Afternoon song

Did anyone call ICE yet?

Chinooks flying over

Here's a closer look at one of them.

Some have taken to calling this building "Columbia Crossings."

In his poem "Crow Testament," Sherman Alexie says, "The Crow God as depicted / in all of the reliable Crow bibles / looks exactly like a Crow."

Be kind

[Photo: William Schnaekel]

Mike Splain and Zachary Biceuskis from the Columbia Borough Fire Department completed water rescue training. [Photo: Todd Stahl]

This weekend, two members of the Columbia Borough Fire Department, Mike Splain and Zachary Biceuskis, successfully completed a water rescue training course conducted by WhiteCap Water Rescue Training. 8 rescue students representing Columbia Borough FD, Lancaster City FD, Rohrerstown FD and the host Blue Rock Regional Fire District took part.

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[LNP | LancasterOnline] Gas meter placement in historic neighborhoods still an issue in Lancaster city, Columbia Borough

Lancaster city and Columbia Borough remain at odds with the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission over who gets to decide where gas companies place their meters in historic districts, after the state Supreme Court on Thursday issued a ruling in the PUC's favor.

The Supreme Court decided against the municipalities' argument that the commission has failed to regulate where gas companies place their meters — inside or outside historic homes. The municipalities say the PUC gives too much control to gas companies in determining meter placement, which can affect the aesthetic of a historic community.

MORE:

https://lancasteronline.com/news/local/gas-meter-placement-in-historic-neighborhoods-still-an-issue-in-lancaster-city-columbia-borough/article_9dca2460-0342-11ef-8fcb-8f539f2847f5.html?utm_medium=social&utm_source=email&utm_campaign=user-share 

Restaurant Inspections - Columbia Borough - April 26, 2024

Black Olive Family Diner, 1506 Lancaster Ave., Columbia, April 18. Pass. Open beverage containers for personal consumption were on a shelf at the mechanical dishwasher and the other (twist-cap variety) on a food preparation table. Food employees preparing food not wearing beard covers. Raw beef and raw liver stored above raw fish in the small cooling unit. Raw chicken stored above tubes of raw beef in the walk-in cooler. In-use knives stored between table edges or between tables, an area not easily cleanable and sanitized. Tilapia, vacuum-packed and received frozen, in the small cooling unit is completely thawed and still in original packaging, which is not a proper thawing method according to package instructions. Time in lieu of temperature being used in the food facility to control ready-to-eat, potentially hazardous foods (raw eggs) without written procedures or documentation to verify disposition of food. Old food residue on the slicer. Opaque residue on the deflector plate of the ice maker.

Andy's Market Inc., 310 11th St., Columbia, April 17. Pass. Food employees in the front preparation area wearing bracelet and watch. Food employees in the front and back food preparation area not wearing a beard cover. Thirteen packs of Woodland All American Jerky being offered for sale from a facility that is not federally inspected. Raw shell eggs stored above ham in the reach-in cooler in the back food preparation area. The hand-wash sink in the front area was blocked by many boxes and not accessible at all times for employee use.

Griddles Malt Shoppe, 315B Locust St., Columbia, April 17. Pass. No violations.

Our Lady of the Angels School/Holy Trinity Church, 404 Cherry St., Columbia, April 17. Pass. An irreversible registering thermometer or thermal labels are not available for monitoring the rinse temperature of the mechanical dishwasher. Old food residue on the can opener blade.

Revised Agenda - Columbia Borough Council Meeting - April 25, 2024

 

The meeting packet is HERE.

COLUMBIA BOROUGH CODE DEPARTMENT REMINDERS | Columbia Borough Police Department

https://lancaster.crimewatchpa.com/columbiapd/10552/post/columbia-borough-code-department-reminders 

First block of North 6th Street closed Thursday, April 25, 2024

 

The first block of North 6th Street, from Locust to Avenue H, is closed Thursday, April 25, for tree removal.