This week's photos of Columbia
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Here's a side view.
A little later, the car was parked briefly at 4th & Locust.
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This vehicle was out for a spin recently.
The Locust Street bus shelter was removed on March 26, 2025 by workers from the South Central Transit Authority.
Columbia Spy took a photo of the dismantling, (shown above). At the March 27, 2025 borough council meeting, resident Sharon Lintner asked why the shelter was taken down. Mayor Leo Lutz replied that it was removed due to the expiration of a contract, as well as the cleanliness of the shelter. Some residents speculate that there's more to the story. One theory is that it was removed due to unhoused people lingering there. If that's the case, then it's a mean gesture to remove it, and doing so won't prevent people from gathering there, anyway. All it does is inconvenience bus riders in bad weather.
Three other shelters remain in the borough: this one at St. Peter Apartments...
...this one at Trinity House Apartments...
...and this one on North 3rd, near Linden. At this point, there's no word on whether or not they'll remain.
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Back in the day, the house was Jim Morton's barbershop and later, Lee Splain's barbershop.
And here's a second new smoke shop. This one is at 236 Locust Street.
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And now there's even a massage business.
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This yellow Penske truck was parked the wrong way for a few days on North 5th, just up from Locust Street.
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Blue Oyster Cult sang about HIM.
He appears on a new banner at the State Theatre Vintage Emporium.
Here's another look.
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Council has discussed possible issues with truck traffic at the planned innovation park on Manor Street, but a small army of trucks has been going to and fro at the lot at 4th & Manor.
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Some heavy clouds gathered the other day.
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Note: On February 29, 2024, Shamrock Environmental announced it had acquired JG Environmental.
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The Elks Lodge
Rotary Park regulations
Raven Ridge was at Columbia Crossing on Saturday.
Steps at the DAC were repaired/replaced.
Another date marker on a downspout at the DAC
Watch out for that man-eating minotaur on the highway.
Eric and his mom want to buy your house.
Free Halloween costume
Stars & stripes on a star
Coming in September
Some bricks at the bridge plaza are lifting and/or sinking.
Just for fun, here's a look at one of the cannons.
Does anyone use chains on their tires anymore?
This is some sort of mythological creature.
Hola
Forklift vs car: Who would win?
We may never know, because the confrontation was avoided using the time-honored tactic of an illegal left turn.
Cleaning the camera in front of borough hall
AEG was under the bridge last week.
This is their surveyor's camera.
A peek inside the front door of the historic society.
Skelly on North 9th is decked out for Easter.
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Todd Stahl was on the trail and sent these photos:
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