About Town - October 27, 2024

 This week's photos of Columbia 

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

A mural in progress at Lancaster Distilleries at 230 North 4th Street 

And after a little more progress, the mural looked like this.

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Students from Park Elementary walked down Locust Street as part of an evacuation drill on Thursday morning. 

Patriot Towing was on the ramp helping to remove steels beams from a boat on Saturday morning.

A burnt page among the fallen leaves

This car is actual size.

Two informational plaques like this one were recently removed without explanation: one at South 2nd & Locust, and one at South 5th & Avenue N.  Two at Columbia River Park, one at Rotary Park, and one at Columbia High School still remain. 

(Actually, the one shown here, which is at Rotary Park, should be removed, since it's virtually unreadable. The others appear to be in good shape. )

At long last, the 300 block of Avenue G has been cleaned up and weeded.

No dogs are allowed in Locust Street Park.

But who will enforce the rule?

This e-bike rider blew through every stop sign on Manor Street. The one shown here is at Plane & Manor. 

This plane was meandering over the area for a while last Sunday afternoon, as shown on the map below:

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Part of the 500 block of Chestnut was dug up again, this time so that UGI could install a gas service. 

Dirty smoke at the former Colonial Metals

A steamy get-together 

Well-meaning donors have been leaving items besides clothing and shoes at this collection bin at 4th & Chestnut.  Let's hope they don't start leaving old furniture and trash, as happened at the bin that used to be at North 6th & Poplar. That bin had to be removed as a result. 

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Some folks like to save their spaces for the Mardi Gras parade, as shown here, even going so far as duct taping their blankets to the sidewalk. 

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Clint Eastwood's on the 200 block of Locust. 

An old-time seed cleaner at Tollbooth Antiques 

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Quirky clouds and jet trails

Cosmic Zorro left his mark.

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Halloween stuff . . .

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Down at the borough farm on Blue Lane

There's a firing range there.

This is where your yard waste bags go after being collected. 

The waste gets turned into mulch.

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How are noise pollution laws enforced in Lancaster and Pennsylvania? [Lancaster Watchdog] | Local News | lancasteronline.com

One of the more frequent topics readers contact The Watchdog about is noise. Music blaring from vehicles, and vehicles modified to … well, to annoy.

Can there be another reason for an exhaust system modified to sound like gunfire?

It's not just in Lancaster city, but the problem is acutely noticeable in the city given how compact the city is and the amount of traffic.

At times, your Watchdog can even feel the sound: Around 4 p.m. on some days in the LNP | LancasterOnline office at 101NQ, someone catches a red light at Orange and Queen, and the low rumble of bass can be felt as the Watchdog is clickety-clackety typing away.

The Watchdog is not a killjoy. A week ago, he attended a rock concert. This is about time and place and respect.

MORE:

https://lancasteronline.com/news/local/how-are-noise-pollution-laws-enforced-in-lancaster-and-pennsylvania-lancaster-watchdog/article_0a21a31a-931f-11ef-b2f1-2778ddc2a25b.html 

Parade winners

 

Lancaster County Board of Elections, District Attorney hold Press Conference on Attempted Voter Registration Fraud in Lancaster County | Lancaster County District Attorney's Office

https://lancaster.crimewatchpa.com/da/11617/post/lancaster-county-board-elections-district-attorney-hold-press-conference-attempted-voter 

Restaurant Inspections - Columbia Borough - October 25, 2024

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

Parma Pizza & Grill, 232 Locust St., Columbia, Oct. 18. Fail. The person in charge did not demonstrate adequate knowledge of food safety in this food facility as evidenced by this noncompliant inspection. The owner/person in charge has failed in his duties by not ensuring employees can wash their hands properly by having the water turned off at the hand-wash sink in the front service area. Food employees are not able to wash their hands due to the water being turned off at the hand-wash sink in the front service area. An employee's open beverage container was observed on a pizza preparation table in the back. Food employees observed preparing food while not wearing a beard cover. Genoa salami and pepperoni were held at 52 F and 54 F, respectively, in the pizza station, rather than 41 F or below as required. Commercially processed, refrigerated, ready-to-eat, time/temperature-control-for-safety food (hot dogs), located in the walk-in cooler and held more than 24 hours, is not being marked with the date it was opened. Refrigerated, ready-to-eat, time/temperature-control-for-safety food (assorted foods) prepared in the food facility and held for more than 24 hours, located in the walk-in cooler and the pizza station, are not being date-marked. Refrigerated, ready-to-eat, time/temperature-control-for-safety food frozen by the facility (deli meats and lasagna) and then removed to thaw for use is not being date-marked when it is removed from the freezer. No labeling observed on two bottles of clear liquid stored in the pizza preparation area. Observed a nonfood-grade paint brush, with noticeable rust, being used to apply garlic and oil on baked items. Old food residue observed on the can opener blade. Observed dust and webbing on the exhaust pipe over the pizza preparation table. Observed a metal scouring pad in the hand-wash sink in the front, indicating uses other than hand-washing. The hand-wash sink in the back food preparation area was blocked by several stacked buckets and not accessible at all times for employee use. The ceiling in the back storage area is not finished, observed plastic draped in some areas due to ceiling leakage, and holes observed in the insulation sheets. Exposed insulation hanging from the open ceiling tiles in that food storage area in the back. Back door to the outside, located in the food storage area of the food facility is being propped open. Paper towel dispenser empty at the hand-wash sink in the back food preparation area. Observed a live mouse running across the floor in the basement. Old unused equipment stored in the food storage area in the back, should be removed from food facility. Extreme clutter observed in the food storage area in the back. A working container of cleaner was stored on the same shelf with boxes of brownie mix in the front service area.

[Source: LNP/LancasterOnline]

Agenda - Columbia Borough Council Meeting - October 22, 2024

The meeting packet is HERE.