Year: 2015

Vehicle into fire hydrant on Route 441

Emergency personnel and water company employees responded to the scene of an accident along Route 441 where a vehicle had sheared off a fire hydrant this afternoon. It took over three hours for crews to clear the scene and attend to the damaged hydrant. The accident scene was near a residence across from Sam Logan’s bait shop.  Fire police shut down Route 441 between Plane and Mill Streets.
 As seen from the intersection of Route 441 and Mill Street.

 This helpful fellow radioed Columbia Fire Police Captain Mike Rhodes at our request to see if we could access the scene, but the captain replied in the negative, because “There’s nothing to see.”
Really?

Oh, there’s the captain now. 
Sorry, captain, but where there’s a will . . . 

 Another shot from 441 and Mill.

The repaired/replaced hydrant, and safety cones.

Unfortunately, no one placed signage at the scene where abundant water remained on the road.
At the time this photo was taken, the temp was already down to 32 degrees.

California Borough hires new manager – Sam Sulkosky

California Borough in Washington County, PA has a new manager in town, and he has some ambitious plans for economic development and recreation.
Samuel Sulkosky, 52, originally from Indiana County, was tapped to fulfill the roles as manager, secretary and treasurer. He spent the past 14 years working in government and most recently served as manager of Columbia Borough in Lancaster County.

Despite birders' protests, feds approve plan to raise water level behind Safe Harbor Dam

“It looks like big money will trump the welfare of the shorebirds. The effort to protect the Conejohela Flats started back around 1998, and after 17 years, this is how it ends.”
Birders today along Route 441 at the culvert near Blue Lane . . . 

Cleaning up

Borough road crews were cleaning streets today.  Salt, trash, and other debris have accumulated after a long and trying winter. At last night’s borough council meeting of the whole, Borough Manager Ron Miller said that 300 tons of “anti-skid” was applied to the town’s roads this season, and that it will take a few weeks to remove it all.  He asked residents to bear with crews as they work to tidy things up.