Year: 2019

Black Olive's award from CBFD for Outstanding Local Business

Mike Sivri, owner of Black Olive Family Diner, shows the Outstanding Local Business Award he received from the Columbia Borough Fire Department, which held a recognition banquet on February 16.  Columbia Spy posted an article on the banquet HERE, which stated the following:

Fatih “Mike” Sivri, owner of Black Olive Diner, received the Outstanding Local Business Award. Black Olive, at 15th Street and Lancaster Avenue, opened in August 2016, and Mike has helped the fire department by offering food on extended incidents, monetary donations, and individual member discounts on meals. In December 2017, Mike gave a donation to the fire company, which Columbia Spy reported on HERE.

Citizens meet to discuss community concerns

Columbia citizens met at the National Watch & Clock Museum on Sunday to discuss community concerns.
Columbia Concerned Citizens Association meeting was held yesterday March 3, 2019. Where dozens of local residents packed Columbia’s historic Watch and Clock Museum yesterday to talk about some things that are important to them in their community.
Front and center was a recent ordinance enacted by Borough Council to approve “a commercial revolving loan program” where borough money is loaned to private business owners.
This contentious policy, in conjunction with a $2.4 million shortfall in the borough budget, has residents worried.
MORE HERE:

http://farmfresh.media/breaking-news-columbia-pa/

About Town 3/3/19

This week’s photos from around Columbia
(Click/tap on photos for larger, clearer images.)
Yak yak yakkin’
Columbia’s Underground Railroad Heritage

Zion Hill Cemetery

Final resting place of many local African-Americans, 
some of whom fought for the Union in the Civil War.

Cryptic sign

This sign continues to rust into something interesting.

More of the unique statuary at Mount Bethel Cemetery . . .

Two of our former teachers . . .

John Houston Mifflin’s head upon a stand

Here’s a closeup of the old gent.

Looks like the guy in the back is holding a baseball bat to clobber any stray rebels coming across.

Giant angel out for a walk

Skyward!

Class of 1968
(Locust Street Park)

One of Columbia’s many pine cones

North 4th Street hill

The sidewalk ends here, and there are hedges where the sidewalk should be.

Web of shadows on Commerce Street

Lotsa barrels

Busted shutter on the steps

Tightening up

Where’s the rest of the sign?

Striped propellers for your striped airplane
Ghost sign, less ghostly than most

Radiometer

Santa Pig!

Out at the Visitors’ Center
Cardinal creeping around . . .

Here’s one at Our Lady of the Angels.

Sign under the overgrowth
Old “Old Glory”
Swans, lotsa swans

Cloudy day

Off to Middle Creek!
Time for a cleanup
Clever sign

Up on the rooftop, click, click, click
Go solar!
Surveillance video shows that this fence at the Turkey Hill Experience was damaged by high winds on February 24 at 10 p.m.
[Photos by Howard Stevens]

Turkey Hill might need to call in “The Fence Expert.”

The Home of the Keeley Stove Company, North 2nd & Maple. Several of the stoves still “reside” at the Columbia Market House.
[Submitted photo]


Veterans Memorial Plaza in the snow…

[Photos by Todd Stahl]

Bike Tour: Susquehanna River Towns Central to Industry & Underground RailroadRSVPA

Bicycle 22 miles, primarily on the Northwest Lancaster County River Trail, learning stories of African Americans and others active in thriving industry and the Underground Railroad during the 18th and 19th centuries. Fee charged, advance registration required.
MORE:

https://rsvpa.witf.org/event/bike-tour-susquehanna-river-towns-central-to-industry-underground-railroad/