Year: 2017

Columbia mourns loss of Mary Loreto

Mary Juliette (Nobile) Loreto, 91, passed away on Wednesday, July 19, 2017 surrounded by her loving family. She was the wife the late Arthur A. Loreto, Sr. who preceded her in death in 1984. A proud lifelong Columbia resident, she was the daughter of the late Michael and Mary Carmella Russo Nobile.

MORE:

http://lancasteronline.com/obituaries/mary-juliette-nobile-loreto/article_50c4818b-c4ec-52a2-8f8c-c959e455faf1.html

Former Columbia Weatherman Paul Douglas to co-host radio show

He got me on the pay phone with his boss as WHEX (Columbia, PA), a daytime station that literally shut down at night. He asked me my name and I said “Douglas Kruhoeffer.” There was a long pause. “You don’t understand. Our DJs are so stupid they’ll never be able to say your name. They can’t even say their own names. If you want to get $25 a week, you’ll have to change it.” So Paul Douglas was born. I was a senior in high school and I was hooked.

MORE:

http://m.startribune.com/weatherman-paul-douglas-is-back-on-the-twin-cities-airwaves-as-wcco-radio-host/435656193/?interstitial=true

About Town

Recent pics from around Columbia . . .
Awning’s eye view of Hotel Locust
Check, please.
Spell check, that is.
Unless it’s forbidden to exchange locks of hair.
Cloud hand pointing the way
Weeds ahoy!

And here as well, on the 600 block of Chestnut . . .
and all over town, really.

Blasting out of frame in the no-wake zone.

Trolley peeking around the pier

 Just visiting

 Imitation Gibson guitar and empty-headed plastic person –
a fitting tribute to today’s music.

 Norfolk Southern holding up the works down at the crossing

Dig it!

“Fancy banner” at the antiques store

Baby bunny on Chestnut
(Momma was nearby.)

Wait, what?

Some get their own parking, deserved or not.

Station renovation

Overview of Wrights Ferry Bridge,
as seen from the 441 bypass.

New ADA-compliant curb at South 2nd & Union
Here’s the other side.
Meanwhile, at 7th Street & Purples Lane, this crossing leads to a wheelchair-accessible curb – but no sidewalk! 

Except for a few small exceptions, curbs and sidewalks are required along all streets in Columbia, according to borough ordinance.

Trolley heading down Walnut
Biker gang
Remember to feed the meter when you park downtown during business hours.
Even here, in the space with the yellow line. You know, the yellow line that designates a NO PARKING area but has a parking meter anyway.  Even if you slug the meter, they can still ticket you – right?

The famous “Columbia double-park”
in which a driver “cannot find a suitable parking space” along the curb
but instead parks in the street.
No, really – no parking spaces available!
Even more sticker shock
Newly shorn
Buddhist monk
Innovative use of a bedsheet?
 Up on the rooftop
Crow with crow’s feet
First watch
Morning rays on Laurel Hill Road
 Is this on the list?
Looks like Reddy Kilowatt is back – two of them, in fact.

Hey, there he is now!

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Nuns hold vigil to oppose pipeline

About 100 opponents of the Atlantic Sunrise Pipeline project gathered for an evening vigil at an outdoor chapel in West Hempfield on Sunday. Nuns from the Adorers of the Blood of Christ, who oppose the Williams Company’s plan to route the pipeline through their land, led the gathering through speeches, music, and prayer. Members of Lancaster Against Pipelines were also present to show support for the nuns’ stance.

According to today’s LNP: “Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Co. took the nuns to court on Monday for an injunction granting them the right to seize the land via eminent domain. The nuns, who oppose the pipeline, have filed a counter injunction to block the seizure.”

Sister Mary Ellen Wurth
 Ann Sensenig and husband Daniel Erdman performed at the vigil.

Mark Clatterbuck of Lancaster Against Pipelines spoke at the vigil.

The group’s pledge of resistance.

Sister Mary Ellen Wurth spoke to the crowd.
The 87-year-old said she caught a ride to make the 800-mile trip to Columbia from the Ruma, Illinois chapter of the Adorers of the Blood of Christ.

Sister Martha Wachtel led prayers.

To conclude the ceremony, attendees attached ribbons to the rope around the chapel grounds.

Land Ethic of the Adorers of the Blood of Christ