Month: July 2015

About Town June Wrap-up

Some shots from around town in June and elsewhen . . . 

Welder at the Columbia Water Company
 Pressure washing the bus stop near Third & Linden

 A ladder to a stairway to a walkway at Columbia Water Company
(Your money at work)

 Conversation

Artillery near 304 Union 

We initially thought this was the artillery piece to be substituted for our existing piece in the plaza of the Veterans Memorial Bridge, as discussed at a council meeting last year.
Columbia Spy checked the plaza and found that no substitution had been made for the existing piece.

 Seen on the side of a bomb car
Keep this number handy. We might need it.

 Goin’ fishin’

 This used to be a common sight around town.  Not so much these days.

 OK . . .

 Councillor kayaking

 Crows plotting

 Rufus T. Firefly

 Caught one

 Hawk surveying

 Bumperless

 Lost and cranky

 Cutting concrete on Central Avenue

 One squirrel’s trash is another squirrel’s . . .
Well, never mind.

Columbia Borough School District would see the highest per-student increase in Wolf's plan

Columbia Borough School District would see the highest per-student increase in Wolf’s plan: $331.
 It would receive the second highest per-student increase under the GOP plan, but less than half of what Wolf proposed: $112.
Business Manager Amy Light said Columbia didn’t count on Wolf’s increase in the 2015-16 district budget. School boards must pass their budgets by June 30, before state funding is solidified.
“We can’t submit on what we hope. We have to submit on what we are relatively certain of,” said Light. Columbia’s budget included a 2 percent tax increase.