Year: 2019

Columbia Borough School District is considered "newly diverse."

Columbia Borough School District is considered “newly diverse.”
In 1995, enrollment was 1,411. The racial makeup of the student body was 88.9% white; 4.3% Hispanic; 6.6% black; 0.3% Asian.
In 2017, enrollment was 1,362. The racial makeup of the student body was 57.9% white; 27.4% Hispanic; 8.3% black; 0.7% Asian; 5.7% multi-racial.
This district was not given an integration score.

https://www.pennlive.com/news/2019/09/racial-diversity-in-our-schools-how-has-it-changed.html

Building alterations questioned in Historic District

[Submitted photo]
Zoning and Planning Officer Jeff Helm (above, right)  talks to a worker at Clean Quarters laundromat Wednesday night about a possible ordinance violation. Wood trim was reportedly removed from the building’s exterior and replaced with plastic and painted over, constituting a violation in the borough’s historic district. No permit had been issued for the project, and the alterations were not reviewed by the Historic Architectural Review Board. The building is located at 207 Locust Street.

Seen today – Banners, fluid spill (Tuesday, September 17, 2019)

Several rectangular banners announcing the upcoming Bridge Bust were recently hung near the bridge plaza.
 A truck owned by Republic Services left a trail of hydraulic fluid this morning on Sixth Street, from Locust to Maple. Some of the fluid was tracked onto the 500 block of Chestnut. Police, fire police, and borough workers blocked off the area with vehicles as crews from the borough and Republic applied absorbent and swept up over the course of several hours.

Lancaster County Judge Candidate Paulson Supports Justice for All; Hosts Separate Debate Forum

Lancaster County Court of Common Pleas Candidate Greg Paulson will not participate in the candidate forum hosted by LNP and the Lancaster Bar Association on October 23rd. The venue, Lancaster Bible College, has a history of discrimination against the LGBTQ community, making it unclear if the venue is truly open and welcoming to all.

“As a judge, I’ll be asked to provide equal justice under the law to each and every individual in my courtroom, and it is my commitment that they will receive it. I cannot therefore participate in a forum that is not welcoming to all equally in a venue that is far from impartial. My campaign made every effort to encourage a change of venue so that I and the entire community would feel welcome to participate but we were ultimately unsuccessful,” said Paulson.

All voters should hear directly from candidates for public office so that they can make an informed choice at the polls in November 5th. Paulson will be holding his own live online forum on his campaign Facebook page the same evening (October 23rd) starting at 7pm. The video will remain posted for all Lancaster County residents to see.


[Source: Press release]

Legal notices for upcoming HARB and Zoning meetings

Legal Notice

Notice is hereby given that at 7:00 PM on September 18, 2019, the Historical Architectural Review Board of the Borough of Columbia (HARB) will hear the application of William Pflumm involving property located at 155 Bridge Street requesting approval of plans to complete exterior painting of building in council chambers of Borough Hall, 308 Locust Street, Columbia, PA.

If you are a person with a disability wishing to attend this meeting and require an accommodation to participate in the meeting, please contact the Columbia Borough Office at 717-684-2467 to discuss how the Borough may accommodate your needs.
Publish Date 9/17/19

Legal Notice

The Zoning Hearing Board of Columbia will meet on Wednesday, September 25, 2019 at 7:00 PM, in the Municipal Building at 308 Locust Street, Columbia, PA, to consider the following application(s) and/or appeal(s):

Doolittle Investments LLC/Valued Inc d/b/a Floyd’s of Leadville is requesting special exception(s) and/or variance(s) to change the use to manufacture and/or bulk process hemp buds for extracting CBD oil at the property at 185 N Front Street in the Riverfront Commercial (RC) zoned district.

If you are a person with a disability wishing to attend this meeting and require an accommodation to participate in the meeting, please contact the Columbia Borough Office at 717.684.2467 to discuss how the Borough may accommodate your needs.
Publish Dates 9/10/19 and 9/17/19