COLUMBIA SPY

A reader from Marietta wrote to LNP with a concern about milkweed being mowed in Columbia at the Route 441 interchange of Route 30. The reader's worries,  which appeared in a letter to the editor , were about the impact on monarch butterflies since the distinctive black and orange butterflies lay their eggs on the underside of milkweed leaves. The larvae become striped caterpillars that eat the leaves as they develop into butterflies. MORE: http://lancasteronline.com/insider/lancaster-watchdog-utility-pole-replaced-in-ephrata-township-butterfly-habitat/article_7c090e4c-89d0-11e7-9d3c-d37d4926f87a.html

Bob Hollister is starting his second year as superintendent of both Columbia and Eastern Lancaster County districts, and said the districts have made "extraordinary efforts" to work with parents. But as of Friday afternoon, he said, there were about 100 Columbia students who will not be able to attend classes Monday. MORE: http://lancasteronline.com/insider/without-vaccinations-about-columbia-borough-students-will-be-barred-from/article_807346f0-89f3-11e7-a0ca-e31ba0d32f72.html

You have people coming from far away to use this wonderful resource in our midst. Why do they have to die or be maimed while doing so?  MORE: http://lancasteronline.com/opinion/columnists/safety-is-lacking-near-the-northwest-lancaster-county-river-trail/article_5539701e-88d5-11e7-91cb-5be16f514bdf.html

His diversely styled works will be part of the  United Artists Behind Bars  exhibit opening Friday at the Columbia Market House, as part of the  Rivertowns Fourth Friday  events. MORE: http://lancasteronline.com/features/entertainment/columbia-market-house-hosts-united-artists-behind-bars-exhibit-opening/article_d6589460-8748-11e7-a72b-7b802e2f761e.html

GO HERE: http://lancasteronline.com/news/local/columbia-man-sentenced-up-to-years-in-prison-for-selling/article_ba6d03d6-8805-11e7-a542-a3ddbea6f8a9.html