Month: April 2015

CEDC presentation 6 p.m. this Wednesday at 200 Locust

The nonprofit Columbia Economic Development Corporation hired a team of mostly Lancaster County redevelopment experts to explore Columbia, interview its business, government and other leaders, and plot a way forward for the underused downtown, said executive director Janice Nikoloff.
The consultants will make a public presentation of their findings 6 p.m. Wednesday, April 8 at 200 Locust St., Columbia.

What I saw recently

 Antique light fixture in Avenue I

 Sidewalk worship service on Walnut Street

 Let’s hope we get some good ones soon.

 Replacing a utility pole near Manor School

 Classic car on Manor

 Brucekie’s dress code.
This should become a borough ordinance.

 The former Vigilant Fire Company, now the Amvets

 Apparently, the ghosts of history still reside there.

 Alley(way) cat

Stirrin’ up dust at the Columbia Water Company 

 Whatever this is at Tollbooth Antiques

 Back to that utility pole project

Two more original bridge light fixtures spotted, this time in York County on Lucky Lane . . .

Speaking of the bridge, here’s a view from Mount Pisgah.

Cops will watch Craiglist deals in hopes of cutting crime

Columbia police went so far as to post a Facebook message to residents, urging them to do in-person Craigslist business at their station.
“The transaction can take place in our lobby,” Brommer said. “They don’t need to bring the merchandise inside.”

Columbia's Jerome Ellis recalled as one of the county's greatest athletes

When Jerome Ellis died of cancer earlier this year at age 66, he had long since left his athletic career behind.
But his tremendous accomplishments on the track, the basketball court and the football field at Columbia High School in the mid-1960s still live vividly in the minds of those who remember him.

What I saw recently

 A batmobile speeding out of frame

 At the trail services building

 Buggy

 Skating – in defiance of the edicts!

 This one

and this one (?)

 Complaint on Ironville Pike

 Heading back to the station

 Another unattended circular saw

 Soggy phone books

 Time for a bath

 In a private puddle

 All alone

 Well, that didn’t pan out!

 Police

 and citizenry

 Lunar eclipse

 Patient passenger

 Stuck in time

 Sounding off

 Bypass construction

So why not convert this abandoned lot at 2nd & Bridge for parking?