Month: December 2015

About town

Photos from around town this afternoon . . .

New playground equipment is being installed at Rotary Park.

Santa was on break, but his helper was helping run the Toys for Tots drive near the Veterans Memorial Bridge this afternoon. The goal is 5,000 toys by week’s end.

The lot is done at 401 Locust. Now to finish the planters . . .

That bike that’s been chained for two weeks near the entrance to the bridge – it’s now on the other side.

About the auto parts store at the Plaza:
Shelves stocked, doors locked.

Sidewalk along the front of the Plaza stores:
A disgrace. The gum, dirt, and spit need to be power-washed.

Lancaster County DA asks police to hold off on body cameras for a year

Reasons to wait
In his two-and-one-half page memo, Stedman cited the following concerns:
Pennsylvania’s wiretap law:
“… it is currently unlawful for anyone to record events inside a private home without the consent of all parties. Thus, the police must either obtain consent or turn off the recording whenever they enter a home. Obtaining consent could be time consuming and of course result in someone refusing to talk to the police and thus hamper an investigation. If the police are engaged in a pursuit which enters a home, they must either stop the pursuit entirely, stop the pursuit turn the recording off, or break the wiretap law. None of these options are good and each will be counterproductive to justice and public safety.”

Santa's at the bridge and he needs your help

Santa’s back in town. He’s down at the Veterans Memorial Bridge, where he’ll be all week, collecting toys for tots. With the help of 961SOX, he’ll be working every day until 6 p.m. receiving toys before staying overnight in a trailer near Columbia Rotary Park. Santa hopes to reach his goal of 5,000 new, unwrapped toys in the annual Toys for Tots campaign.
Go HERE for more information.

One-man band performs at Sunday market

Sounding like several musicians at once, one-man band Nick DiSanto played the Columbia Market house today to the delight of visitors. With a Gretsch resonator guitar and a variety of other instruments (including a harmonica and bass drum), DiSanto played a number of classic popular songs during his performance.
He’ll be performing at the Market House again next Sunday.

Santa Claus came to town this morning

Santa Claus came to Columbia Saturday morning to the joy of his adoring fans who braved the cold to await his arrival.  The venerable old elf rode through town on a vintage 1948 fire truck owned by the Columbia Borough Fire Department as children led the way. Before returning to the North Pole, he traveled to the former Viggies firehouse where breakfast was served to his hungry followers.

Breakfast was sponsored by the CCFD Auxiliary Columbia QRS.