Month: May 2013

LANCASTERONLINE
Mullen Books has opened a used book shop in Columbia at 121 Walnut St.

Mullen Books specializes in used and rare books devoted to the arts, including fine art, decorative art, architecture and photography. Most books sell for less than $15.

Mullen Books is primarily an online bookseller, maintaining an inventory of nearly 80,000 books housed on the second floor of the building.

Owner Kevin Mullen, who has been selling books for some 20 years, said he had planned to continue selling books only online, but after renovating the first floor of his building for a possible tenant, he decided to open his own retail shop there.

MORE HERE:
http://lancasteronline.com/article/local/849541_Mullen-Books-opens-shop-in-Columbia.html

LANCASTERONLINE
Kozee Kandles Boutique has opened in Columbia at 436 Locust St. The shop, which has three boutique rooms, features handmade soy candles and accessories and also carries soaps, sprays, lotions, dog treats and incense.

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http://lancasteronline.com/article/local/849525_Kozee-Kandles-opens-in-Columbia.html

LANCASTERONLINE

http://lancasteronline.com/article/local/849098_Motorcycle-crash-victim-identified-as-Columbia-man–43.html

LANCASTERONLINE
A soldier's life in 1863 and Columbia's role in the Civil War will be the focus this weekend during an encampment in the borough's Locust Street Park.

The “Living History Civil War Encampment” will be held from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday, May 18 and 19. Sponsored by the Old Columbia Public Grounds Company, the event will feature educational history, musket demonstrations and more by the 1st Pennsylvania Reserves, Company E, a Civil War re-enactment group.

“The encampment is being held as a prelude to the local activities planned for later in June memorializing the 150th anniversary of the burning of the Columbia-Wrightsville bridge by local residents and the Pennsylvania State militia,” said Glenn Bachert, a Public Grounds Company member.

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http://lancasteronline.com/article/local/849076_Columbia-to-host-Civil-War-encampment-this-weekend.html

YORK DAILY RECORD
In the Susquehanna River, smallmouth bass populations have plummeted, with catch rates of adults falling 80 percent between 2001 and 2005, according to the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission.

Subsequent studies by the commission have found that populations have not recovered.

This decline prompted the state agency to impose emergency regulations that prohibited fishing for the species in much of the river from May 1 to June 15, 2012, and again this year.

MORE HERE:
http://m.ydr.com/yorkdaily/db_32169/contentdetail.htm?contentguid=BCyxlXIk

http://www.abc27.com/story/22234585/un-eat-more-insects-good-for-you-good-for-world

LANCASTERONLINE
The federal government has refused to overrule Pennsylvania officials and declare the Lower Susquehanna River impaired.

The Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission, the private Chesapeake Bay Foundation and some environmental groups and anglers had implored the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to go over the head of the state Department of Environmental Protection and make the impairment listing, citing a drastic decline in the river's prized game fish, the smallmouth bass.

Such a listing would force the state to draw up a cleanup plan for the river.

But EPA accepted DEP's list of 7,009 impaired waters, which does not include the Susquehanna River.

However, apparently reacting to feedback from EPA and others, DEP changed its final listing on the Susquehanna's status.

DEP's original draft list had designated a 100-mile section of the Susquehanna, including Lancaster County's portion, as “unimpaired.” The final list submitted to EPA changed the listing to say there was insufficient water-quality data to make an impairment determination.

MORE HERE:
http://lancasteronline.com/article/local/848865_Feds-won-t-call-Susquehanna-River-impaired-despite-drastic-decline-in-smallmouth-bass.html