Candidates have been announced for the May 21 primary election. Here are Columbia’s:
The complete list can be dowloaded HERE.
Candidates announced for May primary
Year: 2019
Columbia Concerned Citizens Association is adding members Wednesday & Thursday
PLCB agents raid 717 Social Club and close it down
PLCB agents and State Police raided the 717 Social Club at 401 South 2nd Street about 10 a.m. Tuesday and spent several hours loading alcoholic beverages and other items onto a truck parked out front. Signs were posted on all entrance doors, declaring that the club is permanently closed.
The venue, a non-profit private club, was denied a liquor license by Columbia Borough at a public hearing a few months ago. According to Bruce L. Murray II, co-owner of the building, the non-profit donated over $22,000 to the community last year. He expressed disappointment at the PLCB decision to close the club permanently. Murray provided Columbia Spy with letters of thanks and support for the club, which are shown at the end of this article.
Bruce Murray provided the following letters of support and thanks from individuals and organizations that received donations from 717 Social Club last year.
Columbia Borough Meetings – Week of March 11, 2019
IT'S SUNSHINE WEEK 2019 (MARCH 10-16)
Sunshine Week is a national initiative spearheaded by the American Society of News Editors to educate the public about the importance of open government and the dangers of excessive and unnecessary secrecy. (Wikipedia)
About Town 3/10/19
This week’s photos from around Columbia
(Click/tap on photos for larger, clearer images.)
Giant cat face at the animal shelter-to-be
Here’s a long view.
Earlier this week
Yep – snow again
Part way down that sidewalk at the high school
The work week: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday
The great thaw
Looks like Living Stones Masonry got its zoning application approved for 53 North Front Street. Columbia Spy reported on it HERE.
Skids full of stones were unloaded on Friday at the former home of Take Away Refuse.
Here’s a look inside the building.
And a look outside
That can’t be right – a downspout but no gutter to empty into.
Mr. and Mrs. Merganser
Backside
(Hotel Locust)
Parley
Giving the evil eye in a sidewise glance
Photo of a photographer
Giant fruit fly invades town.
Happy guys from across the river
There go those ethereal tundra swans again.
And here are some lowly Canada geese, with a seagull trying to blend in.
He happens to be an amputee.
Water leaking from an electrical box
That can’t be good.
Foggy tree line
And another – with a soft glow in the middle.
Here’s a long shot.
Tundra swans yet again
More tundra swans
And a few snow geese thrown in for good measure
Huge tree root causing all manner of trouble on the 500 block of Chestnut
Time to drug test that snake?
Everything but the kitchen sink.
On second thought, there might be one in there.
Pickup truck wipes out Visitors' Center shed during police pursuit, officer cuffs driver
An out-of-control pickup truck demolished a storage shed at the Visitors’ Center shortly before 9 a.m. Sunday. The truck was reportedly being pursued by Columbia Borough Police traveling east on Route 30 when the driver lost control near the exit ramp at Linden Street, and the truck slid across a small grass field into the shed.
According to a witness, the pursuing officer handcuffed the driver as he exited the truck.
[Above photos by Howard Stevens]
Howard Stevens posted a video of the crash on Facebook:
Letter writer lists council's inappropriate actions, says council and mayor are dividing the community
Don't forget to set your clock forward tonight
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LNP applauds Columbia residents for questioning Borough Council's private meetings
Sunshine needed
We applaud the Columbia residents who recently questioned why the Columbia Borough Council was holding information sessions in private prior to most of its public meetings.
Resident Sharon Lintner helped create the Columbia Concerned Citizens group and is seeking a seat on council in this year’s election. She filed a complaint with the Lancaster County District Attorney’s Office alleging council violated the state’s open-meetings law — known as the Sunshine Act — when it voted in a closed-door meeting in November to fund a proposed new position. (Lintner is a former LNP correspondent.)
The DA’s office decided not to investigate, saying it could not prove there was intent to violate the law. But it sent the borough a letter warning that future allegations would be investigated.
“We are suspicious of how much is going on behind closed doors,” Lintner told LNP last month.
Council President Kelly Murphy told LNP the board doesn’t deliberate or vote during information sessions.
We hope this is the case. And we’re cheered that folks in Columbia are keeping an eye on the workings of their elected officials.
This is a good moment to point out that Sunday is the start of Sunshine Week, an annual celebration of access to public information. According to sunshineweek.org , a website filled with great tools, ideas and resources, “Sunshine Week lasts seven days, but it’s up to all of us to keep the sun shining on government all year.”
SOURCE:
Columbia Spy 