Sunday, December 19, 2021
'A significant gift': Local woman's collection of warped plants from around TMI headed to Smithsonian
Mary Stamos admitted she had no grand plan for her collection of misshapen plants when she first began plucking them from the area surrounding Three Mile Island nuclear power plant in the wake of the partial meltdown in 1979.
She simply planned to preserve the warped vegetation to share with her neighbors, believing the plants' abnormal appearances were the result of radiation released during the accident — radiation that she feared could also have ill effects on the people living in her community.
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Columbia man indicted by federal grand jury on drug trafficking charges: Justice Department
A Columbia man has been indicted by a federal grand jury on charges of drug trafficking, according to the U.S. Department of Justice.
Jose Alvarez-Carrillo, 65, was indicted on two counts of distribution of methamphetamine and one count of possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine on Dec. 15, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania said in a news release.
Alvarez-Carrillo committed the offenses in York County between April and May 2021, said U.S. Attorney John C. Gurganus.
The case was investigated by the FBI and state police.
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Wrightsville Borough Council vice president says he is intentionally skipping meetings
In the waning days of their terms on Wrightsville Borough Council, members Rick McDonald and Frederick Smith Jr. have skipped two or three meetings, leaving the York County council without a quorum.
And Smith, who is council's vice president, said that for him it's intentional. He disagrees with council President Eric J. White's approach to filling a seat on Borough Council and two upcoming vacancies on the Wrightsville Municipal Authority.
"The filling of these three vacancies by a lame-duck council are great injustices in my opinion, which I could not stop by being present and voting," Smith said in an email. "But I could stop them by not being present at all. So that is what I have chosen to do."
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The National Christmas Center is designed as Columbia, Pa. in the 1940s
The National Christmas Center might be the largest collection of Christmas artifacts in the world and it has reopened with a grand new holiday exhibition.
The space is designed as the owner's hometown of Columbia, Pa., from the 1940s, with storefronts decorated for the holidays.
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Saturday, December 18, 2021
'A significant gift': Local woman's collection of warped plants from around TMI headed to Smithsonian
Mary Stamos admitted she had no grand plan for her collection of misshapen plants when she first began plucking them from the area surrounding Three Mile Island nuclear power plant in the wake of the partial meltdown in 1979.
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Friday, December 17, 2021
3 COLUMBIA CEMETERIES WILL HAVE WREATHS ACROSS AMERICA CEREMONIES THIS WEEKEND
Three cemeteries in Columbia will have Wreaths Across America ceremonies this weekend.
Mount Bethel Cemetery, 700 Locust St., Columbia, will host a Wreaths Across America event at noon Saturday, Dec. 18, to honor veterans, living and deceased, from all branches of the military.
Community members are invited to participate by laying wreaths on graves of veterans throughout the ceremony. There are more than 600 veterans buried at Mount Bethel Cemetery.
Retired Army Sgt. Major Spike Gaylord Grant will emcee the program. Several retired veterans will lay wreaths, as well: Harold Thomas, Coast Guard; Sandra Duncan, Air Force; LuAnn Grant, Army; Harry Knighton, Navy; Jason Price II, Marines; George Biagio, Merchant Marines; and Albert Storm, representing POW/MIA.
Jerry Breneisen will play taps, and Vet21 will provide the 21-gun salute. There will also be a color guard.
To support Mount Bethel Cemetery, visit wreathsacrossamerica.org/PA0358P
Zion Hill Cemetery's ceremony will be at 1 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 19, at the cemetery, 553 N. 5th St., Columbia.
Zion Hill is a restored historic cemetery that is dedicated to the 18 African American residents of Columbia who served in the Union Army during the Civil War. The ceremony will feature a color guard from the Lancaster Fencibles; a 21-gun salute by the 30th Pennsylvania Volunteers; speakers Mark Stivers, Columbia borough manager, and Sharon Lintner, of Columbia Borough Council; and two members of the Columbia Historic Preservation Society, historian Christopher Vera and Tony Williams, reading the names of the interred.
The Wreaths Across America ceremony at Laurel Hill Memorial Gardens, 845 Laurel Hill Road, Columbia, will be at 2 p.m. Sunday, December 19.
Mount Bethel Cemetery, 700 Locust St., Columbia, will host a Wreaths Across America event at noon Saturday, Dec. 18, to honor veterans, living and deceased, from all branches of the military.
Community members are invited to participate by laying wreaths on graves of veterans throughout the ceremony. There are more than 600 veterans buried at Mount Bethel Cemetery.
Retired Army Sgt. Major Spike Gaylord Grant will emcee the program. Several retired veterans will lay wreaths, as well: Harold Thomas, Coast Guard; Sandra Duncan, Air Force; LuAnn Grant, Army; Harry Knighton, Navy; Jason Price II, Marines; George Biagio, Merchant Marines; and Albert Storm, representing POW/MIA.
Jerry Breneisen will play taps, and Vet21 will provide the 21-gun salute. There will also be a color guard.
To support Mount Bethel Cemetery, visit wreathsacrossamerica.org/PA0358P
Zion Hill Cemetery's ceremony will be at 1 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 19, at the cemetery, 553 N. 5th St., Columbia.
Zion Hill is a restored historic cemetery that is dedicated to the 18 African American residents of Columbia who served in the Union Army during the Civil War. The ceremony will feature a color guard from the Lancaster Fencibles; a 21-gun salute by the 30th Pennsylvania Volunteers; speakers Mark Stivers, Columbia borough manager, and Sharon Lintner, of Columbia Borough Council; and two members of the Columbia Historic Preservation Society, historian Christopher Vera and Tony Williams, reading the names of the interred.
The Wreaths Across America ceremony at Laurel Hill Memorial Gardens, 845 Laurel Hill Road, Columbia, will be at 2 p.m. Sunday, December 19.
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