Project plans and comment forms will be available until Oct. 17 at https://lanc.news/BridgeMeeting under the “resources” section. The website also includes an 11-minute video showing how PennDOT plans to replace the bridge deck, barriers, horizontal beams, and vertical columns above the arches during construction.
The same information will be available at an open house scheduled for 5 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at Columbia Market House, 15 S. Third St. in Columbia. No formal presentation will take place. Meter parking in Columbia will be free after noon on Tuesday for the meeting.
Columbia’s Brad Chambers at the Columbia Market House in April 2023 [Columbia Spy file photo]
Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro has officially endorsed Brad Chambers for the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in District 41, which includes East Hempfield Township, West Hempfield Township, Mountville Borough, Columbia Borough, and part of Manor Township.
Governor Shapiro joins 41 other Pennsylvania elected officials, community leaders, labor unions, and organizations in endorsing Brad Chambers’ candidacy for the State House. This rapidly growing coalition reflects the momentum behind Chambers’ campaign and his commitment to advancing the issues that matter most to working Pennsylvanians.
“This campaign has always been about the people of the 41st and ensuring that their voices are heard in Harrisburg,” said Chambers. “I’m honored to have the support of Governor Shapiro and so many others who share my vision for a Pennsylvania that truly works for Lancaster County’s working families.”
The Pennsylvania House Democratic Campaign Committee (PA HDCC) has identified Chambers’ race in HD-41 as “one of the most competitive races in the state.” With all 203 seats in the Pennsylvania House up for election in 2024, and Democrats holding only a narrow one-seat majority, Chambers’ race is crucial to expanding that majority.
“Defending and expanding our majority in the State House is essential to continuing the work already started for Pennsylvania’s families,” said Chambers. “Under the leadership of Governor Shapiro and House Democrats, historic strides have been made in public education, workers’ rights, and economic growth. But there’s so much more to accomplish, and I’m ready to advocate for the people of Lancaster County in Harrisburg.”
ABOUT BRAD CHAMBERS – Brad Chambers is running for the State House in Pennsylvania’s 41st District. Brad is committed to building a Pennsylvania that works for Lancaster’s working families—not just the wealthy and well-connected. He’ll focus on lowering housing costs, healthcare and prescription costs, and property taxes, fully funding our public schools, and safeguarding reproductive rights and workers’ rights.
Ron Harper, Jr. stands outside a political rally at Columbia High School, April 30, 2018. [Columbia Spy file photo]
A judge has ruled that the Lancaster County Board of Commissioners violated Pennsylvania’s Sunshine Act when it failed to fully identify public commenters and the subject of their remarks in published minutes describing three public meetings last year.
The ruling, filed Aug. 29, followed a 15-month legal battle in which the plaintiff, Ron Harper Jr., represented himself in court. Harper’s victory was narrow, in that county court Judge John Kuhn ruled in his favor on only one of several claims in his suit.
The judge ordered the commissioners to change minutes from 2023 meetings held April 26, May 3 and May 24. Harper successfully argued that three commenters who spoke at those meetings did not have their names and remarks adequately described in published minutes as required under the Sunshine Act. Harper was not one of the commenters referenced in those meetings.
