Right now, he says, agencies are approaching the issue on a piecemeal basis and are looking for guidance as to how they can comply with the law and support public health.
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Here's which Lancaster County schools are implementing online instruction amid coronavirus shutdown
Columbia Borough: Optional educational resources can be found on the district website. Teachers and administrators are going through online professional development and regularly reaching out to students online and by phone.
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About Town 3/22/2020
This week’s photos of Columbia
Let’s start out on a cheerful note.
Looks like God’s really mad at us.
Some folks are taking measures to try to stay safe…
… such as wearing masks to guard against coronavirus, also known as COVID-19, also known as SARS-CoV-2.
By the way, what are we supposed to call it?
(No wonder folks are confused.)
Here’s a fatality on one of the Civil War bridge piers, but not from coronavirus. An aggressive Canada goose repeatedly attacked it last week.
But have no fear, Leonardo is here.
And for added protection, the zombie squad’s on the job.
As a further precaution, a technician was making sure our cameras are in working order:
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Historian Randy Harris boldly strode through River Park one day this week.
Parking on Sundays only – for some.
Parked contractor vehicles in 4th Street are causing traffic distress.
Sheriff in town
Over at the Market House:
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Uh-oh, this can’t be good.
A few signs of the times:
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Last call for a while
Quartermasters making a last collection
Double vision?
Read and heed
Columbia Presbyterian Hands across the Street offered grab and go lunches this week.
These black vultures found a different kind of grab and go lunch on Purple’s Lane.
Haven’t seen one of these in a while.
What was once a store sign is now a somewhat abstract painting.
Builders at work
Falling apart
Well-rooted
Long and winding
The U.S. military is watching over us. That’s a comforting thought.
(Isn’t it?)
Steps to a higher education
People at River Park, enjoying the nice weather
Docks ready to go
But seriously, where have those big stones gone?
Quite a few are missing from this pier.
Grab and go meals for students were offered at Park Elementary…
…around back at the loading area.
A major star at Laurel Hill
Out for a walk
Another shot of the Walnut Street vehicle fire
Our historical marker at the bridge plaza is “upstanding” again.
Mourning dove, apparently not mourning or grieving
Up on the rooftop
Lost in thought
Over at 401-403 Locust Street:
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Red-tail overhead:
Four from Todd Stahl up on the trail:
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Sunday morning, March 22, 2020:
On the road again
Public internet?
So… toilet paper isn’t the only thing folks are loading into their shopping carts.
State Police to Assist in Enforcement of Closure of Non-Life-Sustaining Businesses, Encourages Compliance
The governor has directed the following state agencies and local officials to enforce the closure orders to the full extent of the law:
- Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board
- Department of Health
- Department of Agriculture
- Pennsylvania State Police
- Local officials, using their resources to enforce closure orders within their jurisdictions
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https://www.media.pa.gov/Pages/PA-State-Police-Details.aspx?newsid=520
Agenda – Columbia Borough Council Meeting – March 24, 2020
Download the council packet HERE.
Firefighters respond to vehicle fire on the 500 block of Walnut street
Emergency personnel responded to a vehicle fire on the 500 block of Walnut Street shortly after 2 p.m. today. Firefighters quickly extinguished the blaze.
Lancaster Turkey Hill employee tested positive for coronavirus
LANCASTER, Pa. (WHTM) — A Turkey Hill employee in Lancaster tested positive for coronavirus.
Turkey Hill announced the employee worked at the 410 East Chestnut Street location in Lancaster. They say they are taking all appropriate steps following guidance from local health officials.
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PA Governor orders closure of physical locations of all non-life-sustaining businesses in the state
Coronavirus quarantines and your legal rights: 4 questions answered | Thursday Morning Coffee
Pennsylvania is now up to 133 confirmed cases of COVID-19 and the state, sadly, has seen its first fatality, a resident of Northampton County. On Wednesday, U.S. Rep. Matt Cartwright, D-8th District, announced he’d gone into self-quarantine after coming into contact with someone suffering from the illness. And the rest of us are working from home or are in our own form of self-isolation.
Which got us thinking: So what is quarantine, anyway? And what are your legal rights when the government tells you to Netflix and couch it? We’re turning things over to University of Oregon Legal Research Professor Latisha Nixon-Jones, who has some answers. She wrote the piece below for The Conversation, where it first appeared.
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Distilled spirits groups ask Gov. Wolf to reconsider his coronavirus-related shutdown of the state stores
The Distilled Spirits Council and the American Distilled Spirits Association sent a letter to Pa. Gov. Tom Wolf on Wednesday afternoon urging him to reconsider his decision to close all of the Fine Wine & Good Spirits stores.
Those closures took place at 9 p.m. Tuesday.
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