Month: September 2015

FDNY Battalion Chief Helmet protected two firefighters on 9/11

      (Photo taken in 2012 at 9/11 Memorial Museum, NYC)

From the exhibit shown above:
“On the morning of September 11, 2001, Battalion Chief Brian O’Flaherty witnessed the hijacked Flight 175 strike the South Tower of the World Trade Center from his post in the Brooklyn Navy Yard. Chief O’Flaherty responded to a command center inside the Marriott Hotel (3 WTC), a strategic location between the two towers. When the South Tower collapsed, showering steel and other debris onto the hotel, O’Flaherty was wounded. He gave his battered helmet to Battalion Chief Edward Henry, who had lost his own helmet during the chaos. Henry left the lobby, intent on aiding those in distress, while O’Flaherty remained inside to provide assistance to the injured. Both men survived, despite injuries, a fact that Chief O’Flaherty attributes in part to the helmet that protected them both.”

Wright's Ferry Mansion's newly acquired treasure

Wright’s Ferry Mansion has recently acquired a four-poster bed from the Queen Anne period that takes its place among the mansion’s already impressive collection of Queen Anne and William and Mary-era furnishings.
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Legislation proposed in PA to allow teachers to carry guns

Pennsylvania Sen. Don White proposed a bill last September that would allow school districts to permit their staff to carry firearms in schools.
Senate Bill 1193 would allow school district officials to “establish policy permitting school personnel access to firearms in the buildings or on the grounds of a school” as long as they are properly licensed and certified.

Vendors needed for Market House Fall Festival

Vendors Needed!

Arts and crafts vendors wanted.

Looking especially for arts and crafts vendors for this event.

The Historic Columbia Market House is hosting a one to three-day Fall Festival special event! You can choose to participate for one, two or three days. Columbia has a Mardi Gras/Halloween parade on the first night of the festival at 7PM  just one block away and there is always a busy crowd on that night! This year we want to carry that excitement of the festival throughout the weekend!

EVENT CONTACT: Susan Worby atsworby15@comcast.net

or 717-538-6965 (Email is the preferred method of contact.

Historic Columbia Market House
15 South 3rd Street,
Columbia PA 17512

About town

Some recent shots from around town . . .

 Free stuff!

 No really!

 On the lookout for slumlords . . .
He seems to be “cawing” out a name.
What is it?
You can almost hear it . . .

 Makeshift skateboard ramp
What would OSHA say?

 Found in Locust Street Park
These won’t be getting handed out there any time soon.

Looking for that lucky number

Bypass work progressing

Work on the Route 441 bypass project continues to progress.  Stone has been laid on the road from Route 30 to Bridge Street. A retention basin has also been added, with new sod around the perimeter. Completion of the project was originally slated for this fall, but some estimates have pushed the date into early 2016, due to lack of materials.