Tuesday, July 7, 2026

NOTICE OF MEETING CANCELATION


 
The Borough of Columbia Council meeting, scheduled for Tuesday, July 7, 2026, at 7:00 pm, has been canceled.

A large number of attendees were expected, for which the Borough Council chambers cannot properly accommodate.  The Borough received late notification of the increased attendance and was unable to properly post a change of meeting location in the newspaper. 

The Borough plans to relocate the meeting scheduled for July 14, 2026, at 7:00 pm to a larger venue.  Information on the change of venue will be posted on social media and in the Lancaster Newspaper in advance of the meeting.

Agenda — Columbia Borough Council Workshop — July 7, 2026

The meeting packet is HERE.

Monday, July 6, 2026

Deeds Recorded — Columbia Borough — July 6, 2026


Riverfront Innovations LLC conveyed 400 Kinderhook Road to Sproul Jordan, Martin Victoria L. for $350,000.

Michele L. Hank conveyed 1011 Locust St. to Hank Michele L, Myers Bradley K. for $1.

Milton P. Scott conveyed 322 Union St. to Jacqueline R. Sheeran for $145,000.

Andrew W. Fahringer conveyed 322 N. Sixth St. to Fleckenstein Richard J, Mahaffey Sheila M. for $250,000.

Sunday, July 5, 2026

About Town — July 5, 2026

This week's photos of Columbia 
Click on photos to see larger, sharper images.

JOE LINTNER | COLUMBIA SPY 

Here are a few more photos from last Sunday's bridge burning event...














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Thirty people including three council members showed up Wednesday night at Lancaster Distilleries on Fourth Street to participate in a community discussion on data centers. 

The primary focus was the former McGinness property at 1020 Manor Street. Residents and other citizens have expressed opposition to a data center being constructed there.

The evening began with members of Lancaster Stands Up presenting an informational slideshow. This was followed by group discussions which at one point veered off topic into what people "wanted to see" at the property. Some of the suggestions would actually cost the borough money, bring increased maintenance, and bring in very few tax dollars. 





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Firefighters and police responded to a building alarm on the 500 block of Union Street Thursday afternoon, July 2, 2026. Dispatch records show the call went out just before 3 p.m. as a "high occupancy" building incident, drawing a large mutual-aid response. Crews were seen working at a rowhome near 506 Union Street, running hoselines and a ventilation fan onto the property.






This was the temperature that afternoon.

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Look up, but don't trip over this cone.

Xed out

In remembrance 

The river was a few feet below normal on Friday morning. 

Yep, it was pretty low.

Haulin' scrap

No data center 

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