Monday, February 19, 2018
Jim Warner, who transformed waste authority into national model, built community projects, to retire
Lancaster County's Underground Railroad heritage celebrated with programs, new markers
Columbia Borough officials are working to preserve the Underground Railroad history on the Susquehanna River waterfront.
African-Americans seeking freedom, and aided by Underground Railroad volunteers, came to Columbia across the Susquehanna at the site of an old wooden bridge there.
"That's so important in the Underground Railroad story," says Randolph Harris of the African American Historical Society of South Central Pennsylvania. Nearby are ruins of locks and a dam that were part of a canal system that was also part of the Underground Railroad, he says.
"The old piers and the old canal ruins are part of a new (riverfront redevelopment) plan that's being worked on by Columbia Borough," Harris says. "They will do whatever they can to preserve those ruins. I'm confident they're going to do a nice job of telling the story ... to the educational and economic benefit of the area."
Manheim Township foresees 'potentially lengthy and costly legal process' in tax collector lawsuit
Out of 17 school districts in the county — only Conestoga Valley doesn't collect school property taxes in-house.
Sunday, February 18, 2018
Borough to undertake major lighting project at $300,000+
"The Committee asked for Rebecca to work with Ron Miller to provide the cost for the street lighting project to run either from the Rt. 462 Bridge to Union Street or from the Rt. 462 Bridge to Malleable Road."
Saturday, February 17, 2018
Borough once again treats roads in advance of snow
The highway department treated borough roads today with a brine solution, ahead of the approaching snow. Weather.com forecasts 1-3 inches for our area, tonight into tomorrow morning.