Author: SPY
Columbia School District: No tax increase expected for the 5th year in a row
When: School board meeting, March 5.
○ What happened: Residents of Columbia Borough School District are not likely to see their real estate taxes go up in 2024-25, Business Manager Keith Ramsey told the board. This would be the fifth consecutive year for no tax hike.
Quotable: “A lot of work goes into analyzing costs and utilizing funds for the district,” Ramsey
said. “Through this process, we are working toward reaching district and developmental goals that are student and sustainability minded.”
[Source: LNP/lancasteronline]
Deeds Recorded – Columbia Borough – March 18, 2024
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Glenn A. Peifer and Mary R. Peifer conveyed 332 Union St. to Glenn Alvin Peifer, Mary Rebecca Peifer and Peifer Family Trust for $1.
Glenn A. Peifer and Mary R. Peifer conveyed 325 S. Third St. to Glenn Alvin Peifer, Mary Rebecca Peifer and Peifer Family Trust for $1.
Mildred J. Dosch conveyed 212 Perry St. to Daniel S. Kline for $110,000.
[LNP | LancasterOnline] Coach Kerry Glover resigns after leading Columbia boys basketball to 2 district championships
Columbia boys basketball coach Kerry Glover, who brought District Three championships back to the hill, has resigned after eight seasons.
Glover decided to step down 18 days after leading the Crimson Tide to the Class 3A title. He also won districts in 2022, ending the school’s 28-year drought.
“It makes it worthwhile knowing all the work we put in amounted to something on the court and more importantly off the court,” Glover said. “I can say I know I did right by my guys. They got something out of it.”
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About Town – March 17, 2024
This week’s photos of Columbia
(Click/tap on photos to see larger, sharper images.)
That’s a mighty long fire truck. According to a source in the know, it’s a tiller ladder truck that is privately owned. Such trucks are actually more maneuverable than regular ladder trucks or aerial towers.
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Columbia Rivertowne Antique Center sign
A fill-up for the trees
The weather’s been warmer, and these nasty things have been out and about.
But so have these kinder, gentler bugs . . .
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Barriers for keeping vehicles off the bank at River Park
Shadow of a lamppost
Peace
It’s still there – a lock for securing the fence.
Gnomes in the grass
Happy Easter and other messages . . .
Another drawing by a budding artist on the 200 block of Walnut
Lotsa wood at Tollbooth Antiques
Rusty hub and spokes
Faded directions – but we all know what to do.
Bethel
Chapel at Holy Trinity Cemetery
Cross
Side window
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The Foresters got a new sign.
Pitcher
$40K+ and there it sits.
A sub-compact copter?
STOP
It’s an Excess Height Car.
REGULATIONS
Gulfstream G600 flying low
Cameraman on the job at Columbia River Park
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Keep our waterways clean.
Coming Soon
STOP EMINENT DOMAIN
On the door
Improvise or Die
Coming soon
New on the 400 block of Locust
Rose is coming back.
WIC
Someone dropped a paver.
Two towers
Atop the Elks
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A reader submitted this photo.
Here’s a closer look.
The daffodils are bursting forth, which means it’s officially spring, despite what the calendar says.
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On Saturday morning, the Wrightsville Fire Company and the Glen Rock Fire Company practiced their Boat Operations skills under the direction of staff instructors of WhiteCap Water Rescue Training. The boats are Glen Rock’s.
[Photos: Todd Stahl]
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Learn about the Cuffs Run project at this free community event
Columbia coach Karl Kreiser calls it a career, and he’ll leave a large legacy in Crimson Tide’s proud basketball programs | Girls’ basketball | lancasteronline.com
Kreiser tendered his resignation last week after coaching in Columbia’s storied basketball program for nearly three decades, breaking out of the shadow of his dad, the late Elmer Kreiser, the former Crimson Tide boys coach and school administrator who helped mold Columbia into a basketball powerhouse.
“He taught me how to play and he taught me how to coach,” Kreiser said. “Not only was he my father, but he was my best friend, too. I wanted to please him. I would do anything to please him — including being successful in coaching. That’s all I ever wanted to do.”
Turns out Kreiser was pretty good at coaching. Just like his dad.
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Columbia pledges continued cooperation with ICE – One United Lancaster
COLUMBIA — Pitching the measure as a rebuke to Lancaster city enacting a “Welcoming City” ordinance, Columbia Borough Council on Tuesday passed a resolution pledging full cooperation with any and all federal immigration enforcement.
The vote was 6-0; Councilwoman Joanne Price was absent.
Columbia has been cooperating with Immigration & Customs Enforcement all along, city officials and Chief Jack Brommer said, so the resolution doesn’t materially alter existing practice. By making an explicit public declaration, however, the borough can signal to its citizens that it is paying attention and that “this is where we stand,” Council President Heather Zink said.
Lancaster City Council’s action, taken in February, was likewise a codification of already existing policy. For some time, the city has barred elected officials and employees, including police, from asking about immigration status in almost all instances, unless obliged by law or court order.
“I believe that codifying that long-standing policy into an ordinance makes our city a better place because residents will not be afraid to report crimes or make other requests to the city government,” Lancaster City Council President Amanda Bakay said.
She expressed disappointment at Columbia’s resolution and contended it is based on misinformation about Lancaster’s ordinance, “which is plentiful.”
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