In a county-wide first for a school district, the Columbia Borough School Board has voted to adopt a “Volunteer Firefighters Tax Credit Program.”
At its October 19, 2023, the Columbia Borough School Board voted to adopt a “Volunteer Firefighters Tax Credit Program” with the goal of encouraging membership and service in the community’s volunteer fire company.
Program criteria must be met in order to qualify. Details are shown in the screenshots below:
The Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture, 866-366-3723, uses a risk-based inspection reporting process for restaurants and other food handlers.
Griddles Malt Shoppe, 315 Locust St., Columbia, Oct. 20. Pass. Food employees observed preparing food, not wearing proper hair restraints, such as nets, hats or beard covers. Observed raw shell eggs stored above raw beef in the reach-in cooler. Observed single-service, single-use articles stored in the back hallway, directly on the floor, and not 6 inches above the floor.
Stover’s News, 24 N. Third St., Columbia, Type 2 follow-up, Oct. 20. Fail. The person in charge did not demonstrate adequate knowledge of food safety in this food facility as evidenced by this noncompliant inspection. Prepackaged subs, sandwiches, sliced cheese, and sliced ham are not labeled to clearly indicate any “Big 9” allergen ingredients and/or the allergen warning statement; repeat violation, March 31, 2022, and Oct. 13. Prepackaged subs, sandwiches, sliced ham, sliced cheese, and packaged ice are not labeled properly with the name of product, ingredient statement and distributed by statement; repeat violation, March 31, 2022, and Oct. 13. Food facility does not have available sanitizer test strips or test kit to determine appropriate sanitizer concentration; repeat violation The inner lid of the chest freezer is missing leaving exposed insulation, risking food and ice to possible physical contamination. Observed a slimy, black residue inside the ice maker; repeat violation, Oct. 2 and 13. The hand-wash sink in the food preparation area is being used as a food preparation sink as evidenced by observed roll and a bag of liquid from deli meat in the sink.
We have brought you 4 years with 0 school district tax increases, yet we were able to ensure the financial stability of the district. Despite no tax increase we were still able to offer our teachers a new contract with competitive wages and benefits as well as placing a renewed focus on curriculum and instruction.
After years of neglect when it comes to curriculum, we have laid the necessary groundwork and are poised to continue to see improvement in student growth and performance.
What we are doing is working and to stop the forward momentum now would be detrimental to our students and community.
Amber Lebosky, Amber Wantz and Bradley Wantz conveyed property on Houston Street to Clara Ramirez Detabar for $160,000.
Roy R. Kline Jr. conveyed 142 N. Seventh St. to Jamie L. Anderson for $135,000.
Crissy A. Anderson conveyed property on Walnut Street to Crissy A. Anderson and David Anderson for $1.
Karen S. Ohrel and George Ohrel conveyed property on South Fifth Street to Peter Keith Greer for $235,900.
The estate of Anthony Jaden Hernandez and the estate of Anthony J. Hernandez conveyed 618 Walnut St. to Jacob Scott Kessler and Christa Ann Kessler for $180,000.
The estate of David Rivera-Morales conveyed 313 N. Second St. to Jrheller Com LLC and Jr. Heller LLC for $134,000.
This is the interior of the Chief Uncas, a boat once owned by a beer tycoon and available for charter on the Susquehanna. More photos appear at the end of this post.
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Not a bad idea
Cloudy day
Clear day
Here’s a new – and better – look for the bank behind the high school.
The project was part of the school district’s capital improvement plan.
Frontier flying low over Columbia
Here’s some info on the flight, obtained about 30 seconds later . . .
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Lucky hunter, unlucky deer
Heavy cloud, no rain
Roof cat
Free wood down by the bridge
Double-barreled
Tilden Township Police at Columbia Borough Hall
Another roof cat
More progress at the Wright’s Ferry Mansion
Wooden roof tiles
Used flags
The level of citizen attendance at borough council meetings is disappointing.
Candidates Brad Chambers, Aimie Kellers, and Nate Roach attended this meeting to hear about the budget. Candidate Kelly Murphy did not, same as last time.
The Bust Maker’s Market was a success. These are photos of the setup on Saturday morning . . .
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Cape Cods in Columbia
Crow(s) on a railing at the Lloyd Mifflin House. They’re not real crows, of course. Real ones are shown farther down on this post.
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Here are a few Halloweenish photos (in Columbia except where noted) . . .
Wrightsville
Hallam
This one looks hand-painted.
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Here are some real crows, about to fight over a french fry.
Here’s one atop the Elks.
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Here are the rest of the Uncas photos . . .
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‘Til next time . . .
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On Friday night and early Saturday morning, Columbia Borough Police received two reports of shots fired that have yet to be confirmed.
In the first incident, a resident reported hearing a single shot at around 8:05 pm in the vicinity of 2nd and Cherry St.
The second incident occurred around 2:30 am, where two individuals heard what they believed to be multiple shots fired rapidly in the 800 block of Chestnut Street.
If you have any information related to these incidents, please reach out to the Columbia Borough Police through Crimewatch or by calling 717-684-7735.
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