Friday morning in Columbia - May 21, 2021

The docks are in at Columbia River Park.

Newly placed buoys are just off the cul-de-sac at River Park.

Why?

Difference of opinion?

(There's a lot of that going around lately.)

Killdeer on the rails, as usual

The Veterans Memorial Bridge, as seen from the Union Street boat ramp

Two bridges and a buoy

Out at the Zion Hill Cemetery . . .

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Entrance to the "secret" water company storage tanks

Don't go here.

A bamboo forest?

Fallen down

Susquehanna Valley Nursing and Rehab Center

A closer look

Heroes work here.

Sinkhole in progress

Deeper and deeper

One of several modular units being transported along Route 462 this morning

(See the clip at the end of this post.)

The DAC is being pressure-washed in preparation for painting.

 

Seven oversized loads from MODLOGIQ passed through town this morning, 

headed west on Route 462.

Midweek Update - May 20, 2021

Some sights About Town this morning . . . 

 

The DAC steeple was being inspected.

The issue was discussed at last night's HARB meeting.

No decision has yet been rendered on how to proceed.

The docks are going in!

Bye-bye, Visitors Center, but man, that grass!

Not exactly amber waves of grain. 

More like verdant waves of grass(?)

And this is why you should always look both ways before crossing the tracks.

Agenda - School Board/Borough Council Joint Meeting - May 24, 2021

 

Driver takes out two porches, car overturns near Glatfelter's

A vehicle accident near Glatfelter's Field damaged two porches on neighboring properties at about 2:30 this morning. According to a neighbor, the driver was heading west on Route 462 when he apparently lost control of the vehicle and drove onto the sidewalk, narrowly missing a utility pole. In the process, two porches - at 1129 and 1133 Lancaster Avenue - were hit, causing their roofs to collapse, and the car overturned. The driver reportedly suffered only minor injuries. The porch roof at 1129 Lancaster Avenue has been removed.

Agenda - HARB Meeting - May 19, 2021

 

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Columbia Borough 2021 Primary Election Results

Democratic

Republican

Democratic

Republican

Republican (unopposed)

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Bootleg Antiques welcomes Al Capone and other bootleggers to Columbia

Al Capone has returned to Columbia, at least in photographic form. Bootleg Antiques, at 135 Bridge Street, is currently displaying images of Capone and other bootleggers in its first floor windows. Also hanging there are fellow Depression-era gangsters John Dillinger and "Baby Face" Nelson. Like Capone, Nelson was involved in bootlegging, and Dillinger may have been also, since he was partners with Nelson at one point.

Legend has it that Capone was a frequent visitor to Columbia in the 1920s and 30s, when the town was known by some as "Little Chicago."