About Town - August 4, 2024

 This week's photos of Columbia 

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The heron is back at his post. 

 

Reflections under the bridge

Life Jacket Zone, slowly fading 

Sky over the DAC

They're not chemtrails; they're contrails.

Another Columbia woman in the military 

Light bulbs hanging over the back fence

There they are.

What happened to the post office flag?

Kayaks at the canoe shack 

Morning glories

Looks like it says, "Lancaster Creative Factory Artists."

Yes, it's the law.

This just can't be right.

Public Art Station at Columbia Crossing 

Did someone get their wires crossed?

Rainbow protruding from a cloud

A bucket of Tidy Cat and a "botanical garden "

How to keep your rocks together 

There are several violations right there.

Why are so many people moving?

Sometimes even river scum can look like modern art.

More botanical gardens

In progress 

25 years of growing roots and wings

At the water company office 

Ya gotta do what ya gotta do.

Lancaster Ave, allegedly 

Alley cat on patrol

A few more photos of Tollbooth . . .

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And a few more of Tuesday evening's garage fire...

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[LNP | LancasterOnline] The Columbia Water Company (CWC) is applying to the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection to paint tanks

The Columbia Water Company (CWC) is applying to the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection to authorize a Tank Painting Project involving painting and miscellaneous repairs for three above ground water tanks in the CWC system: Columbia Tank, Columbia, PA, 17512; Manor/Mountville Tank, Mountville, PA, 17554; and Coffee Goss Tank, Marietta, PA, 17547. This project is being considered for an environmental review categorical exclusion. There will be no impacts to user fees as a result of this project. Project documents are available for review at Columbia Water Company, 220 Locust Street, Columbia, PA, 17512. Public comments must be submitted in writing within 30 days of the date of this publication and directed to: dlewis@columbiawater.net or David T. Lewis, P.E., President and General Manager, Columbia Water Company, P.O. Box 350, Columbia, PA, 17512.

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Firefighters respond to fire incident Tuesday evening

 

CBFD 80 and other departments responded to an incident at a garage in the 400 block of Avenue G Tuesday evening (7/30/24) just before 8 o'clock. Smoke emanated from the roof, but no flames were visible. A firefighter ventilated the roof, and others eventually removed the garage door to investigate inside. No official word on the cause has been released yet.

Columbia woman speaks at Trump rally

Tiffany Hall, a self-described single mother of four young kids, blasted the Biden administration’s “disastrous liberal policies” for leaving the working class behind.

Hall, a school paraprofessional from Columbia, attacked Democrats’ education policies. “Biden and Kamala Harris feel the government knows better than parents. Being an educator and a parent, I strongly disagree,” she said.

Last year, Hall ran unsuccessfully for a seat on the board of the Columbia Borough School District. 

[Source: LNP/LancasterOnline]

Deeds Recorded - Columbia Borough - July 29, 2024

Ester Fares conveyed 1328 Manor St. to Ronan Paniago Rocha and Monike S. Rocha for $256,000.

Ozories Botros Ibrahim and Ozories B. Ibrahim conveyed 302 Perry St. to Laila Tanuos and Ereen Rizk for $1.

Randy L. Leonard conveyed 1241 Central Ave. to Dawn L. Smith for $305,000.

About Town - July 28, 2024

This week's photos of Columbia

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Time for some ice cream!

Going up the hill

   

 Watch out for that DANGEROUS HIGH VOLTAGE!

A racist statue in the window of Burning Bridge Antiques 

Really.

 

The Reading and Columbia Railroad building on Bank Avenue.

Here's some of what's inside:

 

A whole lotta space and a little of this and that . . .

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The last banner hung, #635

LandStudies, Inc. shored up the banks at Shawnee Run to inhibit erosion.

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Close up

This is what you do with those extra bricks.

 

Trash TVs

A State Police officer monitoring the Veterans Memorial Bridge again

There's a 10-ton weight limit in effect.

He thinks he's hidden.

And of course he is.

A cat bird meowing

Artsy metal chairs on North 6th

Cleaning up at River Park

Sailing along

 This is precisely what the Founding Fathers didn't want.

Sunflowers

Off to the car show, or goin' surfin'?

Out for a drive - to the car show?

Is this considered litter?

More black eyed Susans

Still no one at 4th & Chestnut

Old style gate post

Old style posts

Moving Sale notice on the mailbox

There are a lot of these around this year.

 

[LNP | LancasterOnline] Fireworks did not cause the Tollbooth Antiques fire: police

This Columbia Spy photo of an empty fireworks container was taken behind the Tollbooth Antiques building a week before the massive fire there. The container may have fueled speculation that fireworks were involved. 

Columbia's police chief told borough officials Tuesday that fireworks did not cause the fire that tore through Tollbooth Antiques on Chestnut Street last week.

Chief Jack Brommer said during a borough council meeting that the investigating state police fire marshal said the cause of the fire has not been determined, but fireworks have been ruled out.

"(The fire marshal) has not reached a conclusion yet as to the cause, but I can comment that he is confident that fireworks were not the cause of the fire," Brommer said. "So I know there has been a lot of speculation about that, but once again, he is very confident that fireworks were not the cause."
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