COLUMBIA SPY

In June, the Hersheys helped to establish Our Home of Hope, and the mortgage holder this month sold the property to the new nonprofit. MORE: http://lancasteronline.com/ insider/new-nonprofit-saves- columbia-s-nd-chance-home- from-closing/article_32541ba2- e664-11e7-9134-eb0b0a22e5ba. htm l

In Columbia Borough, Eberly Myers would raze an empty, four-unit apartment building at 134 Locust St. and construct a four-story building there, with 33 apartments all offering views of the Susquehanna River. Columbia Spy reported on this story previously  HERE . MORE:  HERE .

Emergency crews responded to a two-vehicle Class 2 accident Sunday morning just before 11 o'clock at Route 462 and Washington Street. A Toyota Camry sustained front end damage and a Jeep had rear passenger side damage.

The clock plaza on Saturday morning. Dislodged bricks can be seen at the corner of the wall. The clock plaza at 5th & Chestnut recently sustained damage from two separate incidents on two consecutive days. A hit-and-run occurred Saturday evening shortly after 7 o'clock in which a cast iron casing was broken completely off one of a row of bollards. Neighbors reported hearing a loud bang and found pieces of the casing a few minutes later but no vehicle at the scene. Police responded promptly and investigated. The end bollard in a row of bollards, with broken casing. A piece of the cast iron casing   The "pine cone" and mount at the top of the bollard are now unstable. Another view, showing the damaged bollard on the end of the row. In a previous incident, a vehicle hit the plaza wall, dislodging several bricks (shown below) shortly after 6 o'clock Friday morning. A witness reported seeing a vehicle pulled over on Chestnut Street by a C...

The eastbound lanes of Route 30 in Columbia are closed briefly Sunday morning after a one-vehicle rollover crash, according to emergency dispatch reports. MORE: http://lancasteronline.com/news/local/one-vehicle-rollover-briefly-closes-route-east-in-columbia-no/article_008bbf7a-e8a4-11e7-ad5e-43bc77eeed85.html

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Records now show all three branches of Pennsylvania state government have settled sexual misconduct allegations since 2010, claims that included unwelcome touching, kissing and lascivious comments. The running total of disclosed payments to settle claims and investigate complaints over the past eight years now stands at more than $369,000. MORE: http://lancasteronline.com/ news/pennsylvania/disclosed- state-costs-for-sexual- misconduct-claims-top-k/ article_15ec3f0b-86a6-5b13- b63f-87b25b8c8ccf.html

Saturday marked the last day of business for the market house at 15 S. Third St., leaving representatives of the borough government to decide next month whether the 19th-century building with the semicircular dome can be put to another commercial use. MORE: http://lancasteronline.com/news/local/customers-vendors-say-goodbye-to-columbia-market-house/article_a0eaff3e-e841-11e7-b82f-938384ea0b07.html