Trolley ridership up, advertising added

According to trolley owner and driver Andre Underhill, ridership on the trolley has begun to pick up over the last few days. Columbia Spy also noted an advertising banner on the back of the car, as well as a recent visitor to the trolley.

                 Advertising on the trolley

A recent visitor, sporting an appropriate bowtie

Standing on the politician’s platform.
Could he do any worse than Hillary or Trump?

Units investigate bad smell

A lingering malodor triggered an investigation for over an hour this afternoon at Trinity House Apartments on Mill Street. Several units responded, including rescue 80 and truck 80 and four police cars. According to a building resident, emergency personnel ventilated the ninth floor in an attempt to disperse the odor, which had been present for about two days.

Bank donates home to veteran

Good things do happen in Columbia. According to a Facebook post by Bobby Schoelkopf, the Bank of America (and the Veterans Association of Real Estate Professionals) donated a house to army veteran Kristina Arnold, a single mother of two. The house is furnished and was recently renovated.  A crowd gathered outside the property at 319 Perry Street this morning to celebrate the occasion.

(Photos by Bobby Schoelkopf. Used with permission.)