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Carrie A. Vigeant and Thomas M. Vigeant conveyed 625 S. Tenth St. to Jason Hicks for $213,000.
Gabrielle Barger conveyed 530 Manor St. to Brandon Heikes and Brittany Neidigh for $262,500.
Justin M. Palatucci and Madison C. Palatucci conveyed property on Walnut Street to Nicholas Isaac Mast and Emily Lizette Gutierrez for $249,900.
J Michael Properties LLC conveyed 734 Walnut St. to John Williams for $206,000.
This week’s photos of Columbia
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The heron is back at his post.
Reflections under the bridge
Life Jacket Zone, slowly fading
Sky over the DAC
They’re not chemtrails; they’re contrails.
Another Columbia woman in the military
Light bulbs hanging over the back fence
There they are.
What happened to the post office flag?
Kayaks at the canoe shack
Morning glories
Looks like it says, “Lancaster Creative Factory Artists.”
Yes, it’s the law.
This just can’t be right.
Public Art Station at Columbia Crossing
Did someone get their wires crossed?
Rainbow protruding from a cloud
A bucket of Tidy Cat and a “botanical garden “
How to keep your rocks together
There are several violations right there.
Why are so many people moving?
Sometimes even river scum can look like modern art.
More botanical gardens
In progress
25 years of growing roots and wings
At the water company office
Ya gotta do what ya gotta do.
Lancaster Ave, allegedly
Alley cat on patrol
A few more photos of Tollbooth . . .
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And a few more of Tuesday evening’s garage fire…
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The Columbia Water Company (CWC) is applying to the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection to authorize a Tank Painting Project involving painting and miscellaneous repairs for three above ground water tanks in the CWC system: Columbia Tank, Columbia, PA, 17512; Manor/Mountville Tank, Mountville, PA, 17554; and Coffee Goss Tank, Marietta, PA, 17547. This project is being considered for an environmental review categorical exclusion. There will be no impacts to user fees as a result of this project. Project documents are available for review at Columbia Water Company, 220 Locust Street, Columbia, PA, 17512. Public comments must be submitted in writing within 30 days of the date of this publication and directed to: dlewis@columbiawater.net or David T. Lewis, P.E., President and General Manager, Columbia Water Company, P.O. Box 350, Columbia, PA, 17512.
CBFD 80 and other departments responded to an incident at a garage in the 400 block of Avenue G Tuesday evening (7/30/24) just before 8 o’clock. Smoke emanated from the roof, but no flames were visible. A firefighter ventilated the roof, and others eventually removed the garage door to investigate inside. No official word on the cause has been released yet.
Tiffany Hall, a self-described single mother of four young kids, blasted the Biden administration’s “disastrous liberal policies” for leaving the working class behind.
Hall, a school paraprofessional from Columbia, attacked Democrats’ education policies. “Biden and Kamala Harris feel the government knows better than parents. Being an educator and a parent, I strongly disagree,” she said.
Last year, Hall ran unsuccessfully for a seat on the board of the Columbia Borough School District.
[Source: LNP/LancasterOnline]
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Ester Fares conveyed 1328 Manor St. to Ronan Paniago Rocha and Monike S. Rocha for $256,000.
Ozories Botros Ibrahim and Ozories B. Ibrahim conveyed 302 Perry St. to Laila Tanuos and Ereen Rizk for $1.
Randy L. Leonard conveyed 1241 Central Ave. to Dawn L. Smith for $305,000.
This week’s photos of Columbia
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Time for some ice cream!
Going up the hill
Watch out for that DANGEROUS HIGH VOLTAGE!
A racist statue in the window of Burning Bridge Antiques
Really.
The Reading and Columbia Railroad building on Bank Avenue.
Here’s some of what’s inside:
A whole lotta space and a little of this and that . . .
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LandStudies, Inc. shored up the banks at Shawnee Run to inhibit erosion:
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Close up
This is what you do with those extra bricks.
Trash TVs
A State Police officer monitoring the Veterans Memorial Bridge again
There’s a 10-ton weight limit in effect.
He thinks he’s hidden.
And of course he is.
Artsy metal chairs on North 6th
Cleaning up at River Park
Sailing along
This is precisely what the Founding Fathers didn’t want.
Sunflowers
Off to the car show, or goin’ surfin’?
Out for a drive – to the car show?
More black eyed Susans
Still no one at 4th & Chestnut
Old style gate post
Old style posts
There are a lot of these around this year.
This Columbia Spy photo of an empty fireworks container was taken behind the Tollbooth Antiques building a week before the massive fire there. The container may have fueled speculation that fireworks were involved.
Columbia’s police chief told borough officials Tuesday that fireworks did not cause the fire that tore through Tollbooth Antiques on Chestnut Street last week.
Chief Jack Brommer said during a borough council meeting that the investigating state police fire marshal said the cause of the fire has not been determined, but fireworks have been ruled out.
“(The fire marshal) has not reached a conclusion yet as to the cause, but I can comment that he is confident that fireworks were not the cause of the fire,” Brommer said. “So I know there has been a lot of speculation about that, but once again, he is very confident that fireworks were not the cause.”
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Bob Smith (left) and Bob “Bull” Warfel finished out the Hometown Heroes Banners project today with a total of 635 banners hung.
Today marks the end of the Hometown Hero Banners project – for now. Bob Smith, who spearheaded the project, and Bob “Bull” Warfel, who hung the banners, are “hanging it up.” The last banner – number 635, of Charles E. Weigel, Sr., was hung at 9th & Locust today.
The project began in 2022 when Smith noticed that a few other area municipalities had hung banners recognizing military personnel past and present. Smith, along with Roger Wallace and Don “Granny” Arndt decided Columbia needed to step up and do the same. Smith then approached council, which gave its blessing, and the orders began coming in.
The first banner hung was that of Raymond C. Wallace Jr, who parachuted into Normandy on D-Day. His banner was hung on the corner of 3rd & Locust in September 2022. (Wallace passed away last year.)
Public Works Manager Jake Graham (now also serving as interim borough manager) helped with scheduling, manpower, and equipment.
“I want to give a big shout-out and thank you to Jake Graham,” Smith said. “Jake was very important in coordinating this whole thing. Without his help, I wouldn’t have been able to do it.”
Bob Warfel finishes hanging the last banner, #635.
Smith also thanked Bob Warfel. “Bob’s a tremendous help,” Smith said. “He handled the banners with respect and just did a great job.” Warfel said it was “an honor” to help with the project.
Smith thanked Robin Gamby, whom he called his “computer wiz,” for coordinating the orders.
He also thanked Roger Wallace for doing the financial work and for making the VFW available for storage of the banners.
Last but not least Bob gave special thanks to Donald “Granny” Arndt, who was with the project at the beginning. “Donny passed away on October 25th, 2023,” Smith said. “Rest in peace.”
Smith said the project could resume sometime in the future.
Thanks, Bob and Bob!
Columbia’s Emergency Operations Center (EOC) trailer
“Why wasn’t our incident command center used?” That was the question raised by Council Vice President Eric Kauffman at Tuesday night’s Columbia Borough Council meeting in regard to last week’s tragic fire at Tollbooth Antiques. Kauffman was referring to the borough’s Emergency Operations Center (EOC) trailer for managing responses to emergencies in Columbia. Kauffman said the fire went to six alarms. Council President Heather Zink also wondered why the unit wasn’t used and said that a lot of money was spent on the equipment. After a brief discussion, the question went unanswered by other officials present.
The EOC trailer, purchased for $40,200, has seen limited use since its acquisition in early 2023. Former Borough Manager Mark E. Stivers bypassed council to secure a grant toward the purchase, as documented by Columbia Spy HERE. Lancaster County Commissioners subsequently approved the grant of $28,140 in ARPA funds towards the project aimed at establishing a mobile Emergency Operations Center in Columbia.
In addition to the county’s contribution, the borough’s ARPA funds supplied $12,060 for the purchase, which includes the trailer and technical equipment. Ongoing costs for maintaining the EOC will fall on borough taxpayers. Currently, the trailer remains at the borough maintenance building along South Front Street.
TextMyGov
On a different note, TextMyGov was not used during the Tollbooth fire. Although it was discussed at Tuesday’s meeting, no explanation was given for why it wasn’t employed for the emergency. Council President Zink noted on the night of the fire that nothing appeared on the service. “Shoot, we don’t have anything on TextMyGov, and none of us have the ability to do that,” she said. (It’s unclear who has that ability.)
TextMyGov is an emergency alert system designed to inform the public about emergencies, road closures, etc. Council had voted in 2022 to implement the service, at a yearly cost of $5,500.
ARPA funding documentation for EOC trailer
