Workers from East Coast Contracting spent several hours on Tuesday installing a new sign at the Columbia Market House. The sign, which was mounted on the Third Street side, is part of a $2 million renovation of the historic structure. The building is scheduled to open officially some time in the spring of 2021.
The Columbia Borough Fire Department is proud to announce its officers for the 2021 term that will be effective on January 06, 2021. The membership would like to thank the outgoing officers for all their hard work and dedication to the department.
Elected Departmental Officers:
Trustees – William Keyser, John Klinestever, Mike Zercher, Dave Mosteller, Mat Philips
Member-at-Large – Appointed by the Board in January
Fire Chief – Scott Ryno
Appointed Departmental Officers:
Kerry D. Glenn conveyed 131 N. Third St. to WGMC Properties LLC for $90,000.
Amos B. Beiler conveyed 249 N. Third St. to Shamika L. Gray for $280,000.
Perfect Realty LLC and Samson Bergman conveyed property on a public road to Jason C. Foster and Jill L. Foster for $75,000.
Timothy J. Merrill conveyed 529 Union St. to QP JB Invest LLC for $1.
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At the wheel of the Route 18 bus, Denise Smith, 64, departed Lancaster’s Queen Street Station with two riders at 12:10 p.m. Friday on a run to Elizabethtown that would prove routine in every way but one: it was her last after 41 years.
A pleasant, reserved woman, wearing a scarf, gray fleece and black facemask, Smith kept to a tight schedule on a winding, two-hour, 45-mile roundtrip through snow-blanketed Landisville and Mount Joy to Elizabethtown’s Amtrak station. Then she headed back the same way to Lancaster. All told, she transported 10 riders.
“Be safe out there,” said one as he got off in Mount Joy with a companion who used a walker.
Time has taken its toll on St. Paul’s Episcopal Church.
Built in 1885, the historical church building at 340 Locust St., Columbia, has weathered rain, snow and wind for over a century. Faced with a growing list of repairs and a lack of funds, the church is struggling to keep its doors open.
“The most urgent structural repair needing to be done is the roof,” says the Rev. Patrick Peters, priest at St. Paul’s.
If something isn’t done soon, he says, the building will need to be vacated due to safety concerns. He knows the roof protects the structure of the building and church artifacts as well as those who gather for worship. St. Paul’s leaking roof affects the interior as well as exterior of the building.
Peters says he’s seen a lot of upgrades to the church buildings in his almost 18 years as church rector.
The necessary roof repairs are estimated at $300,000, Peters says. This involves replacing ridge caps, flashings, valleys and gutters on the 135-year-old gabled slate roof. The main problem appears to be the masonry wall under the capstones on the roof peaks which will need to be rebuilt.
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