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Author: SPY
About Town 11/1/2020
This week’s photos of Columbia
A few Halloween decorations from around town:
South 2nd Street
South 2nd Street
Locust Street
Chestnut Street
Chestnut Street
Central Avenue
Locust Street
Revelers celebrated Halloween on the 900 block of Locust Street on Saturday.
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Off to the races . . .
What does it mean?
In case anyone’s counting
Meanwhile in Wrightsville, a worker keeps a broom from falling.
200 block of Locust
Embrace it.
That nasty traffic circle is gone.
Black Lives Matter
Some campaign signs around town:
A Trump Train passed through Columbia on Halloween:
See a video of the Trump Train in Columbia HERE.
Online/Absentee Ballot Tracking
COLUMBIA BOROUGH SCRUBS LIVESTREAM OF ZONING HEARING BOARD WITHOUT EXPLANATION
From Columbia News, Views & Reviews
“Wouldn’t you know it? The borough “cleaned” the video from its facebook page. It’s like the meeting never happened!. No explanation, no mea culpa, nothing … The video that was there just evaporated. Wonder what else is missing? Have comments been removed? Why is this borough administration acting like this?”
Halloween treats at the library – Saturday, October 31, 9 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Police seek public’s help to ID man who punched a woman in central Pa. – pennlive.com
Columbia Borough police officers are looking for a man who punched a woman in the eye on Oct. 24 and then left the scene.
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Flinchbaugh, Joseph Andrew – (1 count) Criminal Mischief | Manor Township Police Department
On Tuesday, October 20, 2020 at 0900hrs., Officer Colleen Tatara responded to the Leisure Lanes Self Storage for a vandalism report. Ofc. Tatara learned that a renter had damaged eight fire extinguisher boxes that are mounted on storage units, causing nearly $600.00 in damage. Through her investigation, Officer Tatara learned that a Joseph Flinchbaugh 41 Y.O.A. had done the damage. Ofc. Tatara located Flinchbaugh sleeping in a storage unit and took him into custody. Flinchbaugh was charged with 1 count of Criminal Mischief.
Sourced via CRIMEWATCH®: https://lancaster.crimewatchpa.com/manorpd/11406/arrests/flinchbaugh-joseph-andrew-1-count-criminal-mischief
'It's just time to leave': Columbia superintendent explains decision to part ways with district earlier than expected | Local News | lancasteronline.com
For Tom Strickler, serving as Columbia Borough School District’s lame duck superintendent just wouldn’t work.
The school board earlier this month hired Ashley Mercado, principal of Wickersham Elementary School in Lancaster, to replace Strickler. Instead of sticking it out until the end of the year when his contract expired, Strickler went on paid administrative leave.
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