COLUMBIA SPY

Like Adamstown, New Oxford and Hanover, Columbia has a thriving antiques community. For locals and out-of-towners alike, it's become a destination for people looking for old furniture, knick-knacks, memorabilia and other items with a bit of history. MORE: http://lancasteronline.com/news/local/something-old-something-new-columbia-reinvents-itself-as-an-antiques/article_0f7e1776-b56c-11e4-88cd-4bede49cae5d.html

On March 1, New York photographer Francis Smith will embark on an eight-month journey through 33 states to capture the essence of 50 towns, cities, counties, ships and universities, all of which share Columbia as part of their names. MORE: http://mobile.columbiamissourian.com/?articleRedirect=1?http://www.columbiamissourian.com/a/184991/photographer-francis-smith-plans-to-capture-a-countrys-columbias-to-document-america/

Emergency crews responded to a head-on collision between two vehicles on the Veterans Memorial Bridge this afternoon shortly after 3 o'clock.  The bridge was shut down to traffic from both Lancaster and York Counties for several hours.

A fundraising idea for Columbia? After new pro-gun signs were vandalized in Conoy Township, leaders hope to sell similar ones to benefit local nonprofits. GO HERE FOR MORE: http://m.lancasteronline.com/news/local/conoy-township-pro-gun-signs-vandalized-leaders-hope-to-profit/article_802c4624-b20f-11e4-8eec-8ff8c213908d.html?mode=jqm Here's a link to a video interview that says it all: http://www.nranews.com/home/video/cam-and-company-2015-stephen-mohr-welcoming-good-people-to-town/list/featured-videos

"We have no place to go to tax anybody anymore. ... The little bit more that we would get wouldn't bail us out," said Laura Cowburn, business manager for Columbia Borough School District. Her district has the same Act 1 index as the city district: 2.8 percent. That's the highest index in the county. MORE: http://m.lancasteronline.com/news/local/extreme-tax-hikes-not-expected-outside-city-school-district/article_10c155d0-b224-11e4-9d1e-0b6109b3b8aa.html?mode=jqm_gal#&ui-state=dialog

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Columbia Borough Council voted 5-2 Feb. 9 to approve a resolution for the sale of its wastewater collection system  to the Lancaster Area Sewer Authority for $8.6 million. MORE: http://lancasteronline.com/news/local/columbia-borough-council-oks-sale-of-sewer-plant-to-lasa/article_3c520012-b145-11e4-879e-03f303d2b1c2.html