Year: 2019

Governor Wolf to visit Columbia Wednesday morning

PA Governor Tom Wolf

Governor Tom Wolf will make a stop in Columbia Wednesday to visit two areas in the borough undergoing revitalization efforts, as part of a push he is making across the state.

The sitting governor will begin a short tour at 10 a.m. at Hotel Columbia/Locust, 309-315 Locust Street, in Columbia. It will be followed by a tour of a home on the 300 block of Cherry Street that is undergoing redevelopment with funds from the Lancaster Land Bank Authority.

More HERE. 

Drivers narrowly avoid head-on collision, bollard gets knocked over

Two drivers barely avoided a head-on collision this morning at 5th & Chestnut, but a bollard at the clock plaza didn’t fare too well.

An SUV was facing west at the intersection as the driver was waiting to pull out from the stop sign, when another driver, traveling east on Route 462 attempted to enter a one-way stretch of road on the 500 block of Chestnut.  The SUV driver turned slightly as she saw the approaching car that subsequently sideswiped the bollard, knocking it loose. (The same bollard was damaged in a traffic incident at the plaza several months ago.)

Neither driver was injured, but the vehicle that hit the bollard, a Lexus LS 430, had severe front-end damage and had to be towed from the scene.

Columbia Borough Deeds Recorded March 18, 2019

Columbia Borough
Christina E. Walk conveyed 1144 Locust St. to Carsten Management LLC for $90,320.
Elwood N. Earhart Revocable Living Trust and Elwood N. Earhart conveyed property on a public road to Valley View Capital LLC for $140,000.
Randy Lee Leonard, Paula A. Cabrera and Paula A. Leonard conveyed 1221 Central Ave. to CNA Construction LLC for $120,000.
John D. Reitzel, John K. Reitzel and Mary Lou Reitzel conveyed property on Maple Street to Mary Lou Reitzel for $1.
Peter Geltz conveyed 806 Plane St. to Tyler A. Stark for $68,500.
Dane A. Kraft conveyed 658 Plane St. to Revolutionary Performance Marketing LLC for $34,220.
Bradley E. Emig and Laura L. Emig conveyed 210 S. Fifth St. to Loyalty 1St Real Estate LLC for $25,000.
Nagwan N. Ayoub and Medhat S. Eskandar conveyed 316 N. Third St. to Hilary K. Gears for $127,000.

About Town 3/17/19

This week’s photos from around Columbia
(Tap/click on photos for larger, clearer images.)

 Plate removal

 Let’s hope someone killed the power.

 Commemorative brick?

 More found art

 New or vintage?

 Fallen angel

 Bar, and its partner . . .

Grill

 Patterns

Navy flag, right next to the apostrophe abuse

 Here’s a closer look.

 Illuminated vase

 Go in the back way, ladies. It’s not proper for a respectable lady to be seen entering a hotel through the front door.

 Wall marker

 Up, up, and away!

 Tracks looking for a vanishing point

 Power poodles
(Can you find the cat?

 A horse is a horse, of course, of course – unless it’s a statue.

Proud and mighty star at Laurel Hill

 Showing signs of age. Rumor has it, repairs will be done this summer.

 Auf wiedersehen, for now

 The former Poplar Street School – located on . . . which street?

 Hopefully it’s empty.

 Mating forklifts?

 Ready for summer – or winter?

 And if someone needs to access this box quickly?

 Soon to be the home of K.T. Graham

 Along the side: a temporary shelter?

 In Columbia parlance: a “burn barrel”

 Signs of decay

 There are many of these markers around town. Most of them contain +s. This one has a -.

 Break out the muzzle!

 Sign of spring

 Dirt-filled pot on a chair – 
What about it?

 Totaled

 As in – never?

 Lucky folks

 Fire at the bottom of Manor Street, also known as the sun

Places downtown

 Reflections

 One guy in the hole with three “advisors” watching

 The opposite of the universal gesture

 A bit out of town, but this is what happens when reality doesn’t agree with expectations.

 Out for a walk

 Sidewalk work

 Memorial graffiti where he was lost May 7, 2010

 Hurt fence post

 Notice of eviction

 409 Walnut

 Meanwhile at 433 Walnut – four mailboxes and a Knox Box

 Sticker shock!

 Soon to be for sale on Chestnut

 Billowing across the bridge

 Heavenly horse?

 Yellow submarine?

 The fence along Linden that was damaged by high winds a few weeks ago – now secured with washline rope. What could go wrong?
 More signs of life at CMX (formerly Colonial Metals)

 Movin’ out?

Pilin’ up?

 More contributions to Mattress City, USA, aka Columbia

 This one’s been in Avenue I for close to two months.

 More of the same

 Here’s a couple of sofas.

 Here’s one on Locust.

 This is right across the street on Locust.

 Down at the Living Stones operation . . . 

 Sacks of stones

 Sacks and sacks of stones

Canada geese and tundra swans traveling together
 More traffic troubles on the 300 block of Cherry
[Submitted photo]

Ditto
[Submitted photo]

Street Sweeping to Resume | Columbia Borough Police Department

The Borough of Columbia will resume street sweeping on Monday, March 18, 2019.  All vehicle owners should adhere to posted signage on each block indicating the days of the week and times for sweeping.  Tickets will be issued for violations. The Borough and Police Department greatly appreciate your cooperation in helping to keep our Community clean! Source:  Columbia Borough Police Department

Sourced via CRIMEWATCH®: https://lancaster.crimewatchpa.com/columbiapd/10552/post/street-sweeping-resume-0

https://lancaster.crimewatchpa.com/columbiapd/10552/post/street-sweeping-resume-0

SVCC gets new shed after old one is demolished by speeding pickup truck

The Susquehanna Valley Chamber of Commerce got a new and larger shed Wednesday afternoon, a few days after its previous shed was demolished by a speeding pickup truck Sunday morning. The truck, traveling east on Route 30, was being pursued by a Columbia Borough Police officer, when the driver failed to negotiate an exit ramp. The truck slid through a field of wet grass and into the shed, demolishing it. Columbia Spy reported on the incident HERE.
Unfortunately for the SVCC, the driver was not carrying insurance. The organization will now have to pony up several thousand dollars before its deductible is met and its own insurance kicks in, according to Director Beverly Shank. The new shed was purchased from Glick Woodworks of Mount Joy, which made the delivery and provided the setup.

Randy Velez took the following four photos of the aftermath of the accident.

Howard Stevens submitted these two photos of tire tracks in the grass where speeding drivers routinely fail to negotiate the curve of the exit ramp off Route 30.