Author: SPY

Columbia Borough Deeds Recorded August 17, 2020

Marc Newmin and Luann Newmin conveyed 226 Lawrence St. to Brandon Micheal Hoffman for $142,000.

Dennis E. Gaus and Roxanne M. Gaus conveyed property on Locust Street to Kinsmen Holdings LLC for $220,000.

Citizens Bank NA and Citizens Bank of Pennsylvania conveyed 519 Union St. to Renewed Concepts LLC for $58,000.

Kerri L. Landis and Joseph Grzybicki conveyed 113 S. Fifth St. to Kechemia Latoya Barnaby and Audrey F. Barnaby for $95,500.

Lancaster County Tax Claim Bureau and Donna L. Short conveyed property on a public road to Lancaster County Land Bank Authority for $1,000.

Brian K. Fake conveyed 422 Union St. to Columbia Catholic Housing For The Elderly II Inc. for $105,000.

Anthony J. Spinelli and Andrew Spinelli conveyed property on North Fourth Street to Real Blocks Inc. for $90,000.

Timothy M. Hess conveyed 1020 Cloverton Drive to Timothy M. Hess and Lindsey M. Brenner for $1.

Ryan J. Dejesus conveyed property on Manor Street to Megan Walgren for $75,000.

Todd M. Kramer and Diana L. Kramer conveyed property on South Eighth Street to Jenetta D. Harris Tomoney and Jenetta D Harris Tomoney for $150,000.

Anthony J. Freiler and Carmen Y. Freiler conveyed property on South Eighth Street to Julian S. Lintner and Danye A. Cooper for $130,000.

Citizens address borough council on housing, police reform, and Black Lives Matter

Columbia School Board Director Robert Misciagna explained why affordable housing must be a focus for governments everywhere. With millions expected to be evicted from their homes by the end of the year, it has only become more urgent for municipalities to implement measures that will make rent and mortgage payments more affordable for their citizens. The increases in the cost of housing have far exceeded those of incomes. Every day Americans find it more and more difficult to balance increases in rent with their need to buy groceries, buy clothes, pay loan payments, and fulfill other necessary expenses. Affordable housing measures are just as important in Columbia as they are everywhere else.

Mark Temons is a member of the Lancaster NAACP and a cofounder of the Lancaster Peace Action Network, as well as a Columbia resident. Although Mark’s five minutes were up before he made his conclusions, he makes some amazing points about the need for 21st century police reform. I am certain that we will continue to see him fighting for these changes in Columbia in the foreseeable future.

Becky Young, a Columbia Borough School District School Director, spoke last week at a Borough Council Meeting in order to respond to false claims that Black Lives Matter is a hate group.

About Town 8/16/2020

This week’s photos of Columbia

(Click/tap on each photo to see a larger, sharper image.) 

On for the ride
Artists at work

Pointing skyward
Looks like someone moved in at the old firehouse on 4th.
Ready for concrete at 4th & Locust
And there it is.
A job, well . . . done

But what will happen with this lot?
Meanwhile, across the street on Locust:
An entrance to a parking area

Messagemobile

Great blue heron

Gone fishin’
Seeing double

In training

Heading to shore

New color at Columbia Presbyterian
Part of Avenue I is blocked off for Market House construction.
Ready for a pour

A hornets nest on a gravestone

They’re not murder hornets, but if you get too close they might try to murder you anyway.
Wanna get rid of that old TV?
Just dump it in the alley.

Another one bites the dust – sawdust, that is.
At Locust Street Park

Still there at Rotary Park

Here’s a sign with a different kind of message.

Mighty high crane

Tiger swallowtail showing off
Profile shot

Grasshopper lazing about

Some reflections:


Leaning a bit
Masked cow
Get your temp checked here.

Safety requirements
None of these are present-day U.S. Flags:
Are we currently great?