About Town - May 12, 2024

 This week's photos of Columbia

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Say good-bye to the Lazy K Lounge on the 100 block of Locust Street.

The sign was removed on Friday morning.

These two signs were removed, also. They were on an exterior wall of the former chip factory at 2nd & Locust.

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Fox on the run

There he goes.

Amazon driver busted

Tree topping at 2nd & Walnut by BTS Tree Service

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DO NOT park or tamper here

(Columbia Water Company)

Columbia's Jimmy Jones at borough hall

Killdeer on track

Coming soon to your neighborhood

A few members of a group of about a dozen bikers who were in town for Ascension Day (Ascension Thursday)

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Work on the 200 block of Union Street

Big balls

Rain-drenched peonies about to open . . .

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Fishin'

Star car

Motorcycle officers did traffic control at 5th & Chestnut (Route 462) on Friday to allow a convoy to pass through. The convoy was part of National Police Week (NPW), being held May 12-18 this year in Washington, D.C., to honor the service and sacrifice of U.S. law enforcement officers. On May 11 and 12, surviving families and co-workers begin arriving in Washington, D.C. for the events.

In 1962, President John F. Kennedy signed Public Law 87-726 designating May 15 as Peace Officers' Memorial Day, and the week in which May 15 falls as National Police Week. The law was amended by the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994, Public Law 103-322, signed by President Bill Clinton, directing that the flag of the United States be displayed at half-staff on all government buildings on May 15 each year.

Here's a video of the tail end of the convoy.

Following are photos from last year’s convoy:

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Mausoleum at Mount Bethel

New stenciling at River Park

There's Columbia's favorite bridge - in the fog

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What are its by-laws?

How does one become a member?

Sidewalk art

Nailed to a cross and nailed to a frame

When pigs fly...which might be any day now, from the looks of it

Petals

Columbia River Park

Don't move the tables!

Crumbling datestone

Guardian of the gravestone

Fog

Ready to ride

He's either dining or admiring his reflection.

Man in a fog

Money man with a watchful eye

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Columbia woman charged with multiple counts of animal abuse

After police found six dogs, including five puppies, living in unsanitary conditions on the side porch of a condemned home in Lancaster County, Amanda Kinnard, 38, of Columbia was arrested and charged with multiple counts of animal abuse. 

According to online court records, Kinnard is facing six counts each of neglect of animals - vet care, cruelty to animals, and neglect of animals - shelter/protection. 

Kinnard's mother, Tammy, contacted Katherine Hogan, a Humane Society Police Officer with the Pennsylvania SPCA, on September 18, 2023, to report that Kinnard had acquired five pitbull puppies. This incident occurred after Hogan had previously seized three dogs from Kinnard's residence on South 8th Street in May 2023, as detailed in the affidavit.

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Columbia resident faces charges for alleged theft

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