Month: February 2015

More from the shooting scene

Alleged shooter Ashley R. Curry (far left) in the Columbia Plaza parking lot immediately after the shooting.

After waiting at the front of her vehicle, Curry retreated inside and locked the doors. In the photo above, she can be seen speaking to a witness while waiting for police to arrive.

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Columbiapaonline.com has the rest of the story.

GO HERE:
http://www.columbiapaonline.com/2015/02/05/columbia-plaza-shooting-the-rest-of-the-story/

Shooting at Columbia Plaza

Columbia Borough Police, guns drawn, arrived on the scene of a shooting in the Columbia Plaza parking lot today. A woman was shot in the abdomen allegedly by another woman at about 4:30 p.m. after an argument. West Hempfield and Manor Township departments also responded. Emergency personnel on the scene administered first aid to the victim who was then taken by ambulance.

Tax credit programs provide a boon to Lancaster County Catholic schools

The Opportunity Scholarship Tax Credit specifies that funds be used to help students from schools in the lowest 15 percent of scorers on the state’s math and reading tests.
For the 2014-15 opportunity scholarships in Lancaster County, that included 12 schools in School District of Lancaster and two in Columbia Borough School District.

‘A really intriguing piece of local history’ | Woodstock Sentinel Review

(Photo: Heather Rivers)
WOODSTOCK – It’s an intricate and relatively rare piece of Woodstock history that many local residents aren’t even aware exists. The clock receives annual maintenance by John Shantz, owner of Stratford’s Antiques in Time, who studied his craft at the School of Horology in Columbia, Pennsylvania.

What I Saw – February 1, 2015

Some shots from around town today . . .
 A woodpecker, camera-shy

 A crow, aloof

 A case, high and dry

 About that sidewalk ordinance . . .

 Ancient TV set

 STUMP AVE

 The new phone books are out – in force

 What was once a TV is now a trash receptacle

 A pajama person . . .

 walking barefoot . . . 
when the temp is still below freezing.
 Posted along Route 462

I was reminded of the rich variety of wildlife we have in the borough when I spotted a red fox today.  Those are his footprints above.  I won’t say where, because some yokel is liable to trap him, skin him and sell his pelt so someone can make a pair of gloves. He needs his fur more than we do.