Jesse Bennett conveyed property on Spruce Street to Alic Walch for $227,000.
Aljo Properties LLC and Angela N. Tatum conveyed property on South Second Street to Joseph A. Hunter for $180,000.
Amy L. Shue and Amy L. Cunningham conveyed 742 Plane St. to Amy L. Cunningham for $0.
Ladies with lenses
When you want to be left alone.
Bicycle built for two
Speaking of bicycles, bike symbols were recently stenciled along the first block of Walnut Street, at Columbia River Park, indicating the way to the trail.
Like so
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Seaweed in the Susquehanna? Yep.
Bunny at breakfast
No one seems to be enforcing the bridge restrictions.
Nope
A crew checked the bridge this past week.
This van was part of the crew.
Traffic was down to one lane on Thursday.
The weight limit
A worker sprayed a trouble area.
X marks the spot.
Traffic person on the Columbia end of the bridge
Workers brought in this large bucket/crane assembly . . .
Inspectors focused on the north side.
Another crew continued taking core samples this week.
Meanwhile, at 10th & Manor
Progress continues at the Habitat for Humanity project on South 5th.
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No house construction yet in this lot on South 9th, but here’s the first hint of a possible garage.
Takedown in Locust Street Park
This mobile emergency operations center was purchased recently, as Columbia Spy reported HERE.
More pet owners need to do this.
We all know what goes on in a small town.
Jasmine Kelliehan, CEO of A Perfect Gift, was an event organizer.
The Fifth Street Community Fun Day on Saturday drew several dozen visitors, despite the sweltering weather. The event featured a variety of attractions, including a yard sale, games, health screenings, free food, a clothes giveaway, a bounce house, live music, a garden tour, and even a tattoo artist. To accommodate the festivities, two blocks of Fifth Street were temporarily closed.
Pastor Wayne Scott of Ashley Tabernacle COG, and Aniyah
Tattoo artist Keisha Finnie
Portfolio of Keisha’s work
Contact information
Dane McQueeney provided haircuts.
Councilwomen Joanne Price and Barb Fisher looked after the rock table.
Here are a few of the rocks painted by children.
Ladybug painted by Barb Fisher
Rock painter tries her hand.
Devin offered samples from the garden.
The bounce house
Jasmine Kelliehan gave a tour of the community garden, shown here and below.
A few of the items offered at the yard sale
Music for the event . . .
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Riverview Terrace, 33-unit apartment building at 132 Locust Street, was recently sold for $5,900,000 to Roman Empire Holdings LLC, according to public documents. It was previously owned by 789 Main Street LLC.
The building was listed for $8,200,000 in November 2022, shortly after construction was completed. In January 2023, the price was reduced to $7,900,000.
One prominent local development firm claims rising interest rates and restrictions on building and demolition in Lancaster city’s historic district – not internal financial issues – have led it to indefinitely shelve its plans in the city and Columbia.
Lancaster County-based Eberly Myers, which once proposed high-end apartments for young residents, has sold most of its real estate portfolio in the county after losing two properties to foreclosure by lenders.
According to one of the partners in the firm, the decision to sell the properties was motivated more by recent economic trends than the foreclosures. Benjamin Myers said recent increases in interest rates are “sucking the life” out of real estate development in general, which has led the group to indefinitely shelve its plans to develop apartments in Lancaster County.
MORE: HERE
PennDOT workers posted several signs at the entrance to the Route 462 Veterans Memorial Bridge today to remind drivers of the 10-ton weight limit currently in effect. PennDOT imposed the limit on Monday, July 17, after discovering deterioration at various parts of the bridge. The PennDOT press release about the issue is posted below.
PennDOT press release on Route 462 Veterans Memorial Bridge weight limit:
Weight Limit Posted on Route 462 Veterans Memorial (Columbia-Wrightsville) Bridge in Lancaster County
07/17/2023
Harrisburg, PA – The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) announced today a weight limit has been established on the Route 462 Veterans Memorial (Columbia-Wrightsville) Bridge over the Susquehanna River connecting the Borough of Wrightsville, York County and the Borough of Columbia, Lancaster County.
The bridge has not previously had a weight restriction. The new restriction will limit the weight of each vehicle to 10 tons except for emergency vehicles permitted by the Department. Vehicles exceeding the posted weight limit are suggested to use Route 30, an approximate 8.7-mile detour, or other alternate route. In addition to regulatory signs specific to this 10-ton weight restriction, the Department will enact a truck detour for Route 462 to assist in routing trucks safely across the river.
Trucks traveling eastbound from the Wrightsville (west) side of the river should take eastbound Route 30 to the Prospect Road exit, then turn right and head south to Route 462.
Trucks traveling westbound from the Columbia (east) side of the river should take westbound Route 30 to the Route 462/Wrightsville exit, then turn left and head south to Route 462.
The weight restriction was implemented after a routine inspection uncovered deterioration to the primary load carrying members of the open spandrel concrete arch spans along portions of the bridge. The Department is working towards interim repairs to the bridge and will re-evaluate the posting while repairs are being made.
Creating the weight restriction will reduce strain on the bridge and will preserve safe passage until more significant interim repairs can occur. Given the necessity to change the design scope of work on the bridge, now potentially including bridge deck, floor beam and column replacement, work on the bridge for the permanent condition is now not anticipated to occur until 2025.
The historic Route 462 bridge was built in 1930 and is classified as being in fair condition. Approximately 11,548 vehicles use the bridge daily, with 5%, or 601 trucks anticipated to be affected by this posting. The remaining 95% of traffic is anticipated to be below this limit and can continue to use the structure without restriction.
Motorists can check conditions on major roadways by visiting www.511PA.com. 511PA, which is free and available 24 hours a day, provides traffic delay warnings, weather forecasts, traffic speed information and access to more than 1,000 traffic cameras. 511PA is also available through a smartphone application for iPhone and Android devices, by calling 5-1-1, or by following regional Twitter alerts accessible on the 511PA website.
Subscribe to PennDOT news and traffic alerts in Adams, Cumberland, Dauphin, Franklin, Lancaster, Lebanon, Perry, and York counties at PennDOT District 8.
Information about infrastructure in District 8, including completed work and significant projects, is available at District 8 Results. Find PennDOT’s planned and active construction projects at PennDOT Projects.
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CONTACT: Dave Thompson 717-418-5018, dmthompson@pa.gov
At the June 27, 2023 Columbia Borough Council meeting, Council President Heather Zink announced that borough meetings will no longer be livestreamed due to issues with Comcast and Facebook. Instead, meetings are to be recorded and posted on the borough’s YouTube channel the next day. However, the July 11, 2023 meeting, held two weeks ago, has not been posted, and neither has an explanation. Fortunately, Columbia Spy has posted an audio recording of the meeting HERE.
(To be fair, a video recording of the first meeting under the new procedure (July 6, 2023) was posted, although a day late.)
Without livestreaming, residents will no longer be able to view meetings in real time, unless they attend in person, and not everyone is able to do so. Posting video recordings is a second best option, but one that residents might be left with – if only borough officials would do it in a timely manner. Otherwise, transparency will take another hit from an already secretive borough government.
When Stacy Emminger helped form Donegal Substance Abuse Alliance (DSAA) a few years ago, she knew she wanted to someday expand the program beyond its Mount Joy location. That someday is now.
DSAA will open a satellite location in Columbia on Tuesday, Aug. 15. It will be located inside the Columbia Market House, 15 S. Third St., and will be open on Tuesdays from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m
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