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About Town 5/17/2020
This week’s photos of Columbia
Floyd Landis and passenger out for a spin
Rollin’ on down the road
Topaz Martofel’s Mother’s Day balloon display at Park Elementary
3 claimants to the same tree –
Call the lawyers!
High and dry down by the river
The Veterans Memorial Bridge was closed briefly this week due to a vehicle accident in Wrightsville.
Speed racer on Locust
More signs of the times
When your Stars and Stripes become Stars and STRIPS
Just tie one of the strips to the pole.
In this case, someone might need to call.
(By the way, does anyone “dial” anymore?)
Getting wired at Borough Hall
Probably not a congregant
Friendly passenger
Work continues at the Columbia Market House.
Here’s a temporarily boarded-up doorway.
Here are some boarded-up windows.
(As seen from the first block of Avenue H)
Here’s one that should be boarded up at the former Amvets building.
Things aren’t looking too good in there.
Break time on the 500 block of Manor
The objective is to get from point A to point B, no matter the means.
OK, here are some pretty flowers.
Heron sighting over the National Watch & Clock Museum
A good idea that was carried out well. All utility poles should look like this.
Sidewalk seating on South 4th –
Take a load off.
Stop signs take years to develop character.
Forgotten building?
(Avenue H)
There’s even a see-through roof.
Here’s a closer look.
FREEFORM
?
The entrance to The Bear’s Inn behind Union Street
A closer look
The former Shawnee Fire Company
Instituted 1874
Rebuilt 1883
Time for some TLC?
Those are some big numbers.
Renovations in Pleasant Avenue
A “good morning” from a cat that’s more polite than some people.
Quarantine affects each of us differently.
Construction at Columbia Mini-Storage
Four Wheel Drive
Get it?
They’ll do it every time.
Bats have gotten a lot of bad press lately. Maybe this one couldn’t bear the strain.
Road and sidewalk work on South 2nd –
Unfortunately, the brick sidewalk has been removed.
Columbia Strong
A reader submitted this 1918 school tax notice. The numbers speak for themselves.
Those were the days.
Washing the Mercedes
Congratulations 2020 Seniors!
Sign here on the 1300 block of Manor Street
At least five municipalities are pushing back against Lancaster County's GOP-led move to defy Gov. Wolf
At least five municipalities, including three led by Republicans, are rejecting the GOP-led effort to defy Gov. Tom Wolf and partially reopen Lancaster County this week.
Elected officials in Ephrata, Denver, Columbia, Marietta and Lancaster city have taken stands in opposition to a plan to begin gradually allowing businesses to open before Wolf lifts the most severe restrictions on the county.
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County OKs $24.4 million for contact tracing, testing 1,000 people a day
The Lancaster County commissioners have agreed to spend more than $24 million in federal emergency money on contact tracing and testing hundreds of thousands of residents for COVID-19. But the testing won't be in place by Friday, when they plan to defy Gov. Tom Wolf's order and begin reopening the economy.
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As Lancaster County prepares to reopen, coronavirus case count remains twice the level Pennsylvania says is safe
With 30 new coronavirus cases on Wednesday, Lancaster County edged no closer to meeting a key state metric that local officials have decided to disregard as they prepare to partially reopen the local economy on Friday.
Lancaster remained at more than twice Gov. Tom Wolf’s requirement for no more than 50 new coronavirus cases per 100,000 population over a two-week period. Reopening with a higher rate of new cases is unsafe, the governor has said.
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Columbia Borough School Board makes changes to proposed budget
When: Columbia borough school board meeting, May 7.
What happened: During a meeting held remotely on Zoom, the board adopted a $27.13 million proposed general fund budget for the 2020-21 school year with no tax increase.
Overview: The school district’s real estate tax rate is set at 26.46 mills. Taxpayers with an average assessed property would pay $2,470 in taxes. Overall, the district projects revenues of $26.09 million in 2020-21, down 1.73% from 2019-20, and predicts $27.13 million in expenses, up 1.94% from the current year.
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Deeds Recorded May 11, 2020
Donald D. Proper Sr. conveyed 524 S. Ninth St. to Lands Re LLC for $155,000.
David E. Shope and Diane Shope conveyed 507 Union St. to Valley View Capital LLC for $72,000.
Isabel Rosado Reyes, Jesus Carrero Hernandez and Isabel Rosado conveyed property on a public road to BHI Properties LLC for $1.
Kurt Maier and Patricia L. Maier conveyed 121 N. Fourth St. to Coby Geiselman for $193,000.
Marcos L. Fontanez conveyed 912 Houston St. to Roland Forrest for $127,500.
Richard G. Bransby Jr. conveyed 851 Wright St. to Kevin Woleab for $100,800.
Deborah D. Wagner conveyed 631 Union St. to Deborah D. Wagner and Edward F. Leschke Jr. for $1.
Neil Lien and Kristina Lien conveyed 544 Cherry St. to Mark A. Fleischmann and Yin Myo Tun for $160,000.
Na Bee Yi conveyed 429 Chestnut St. to Chris Michael Porter and Robyn Patricia Porter for $299,900.
Participation Info for 5/12/2020 Borough Council Meeting
Please join the meeting from your computer, tablet or smartphone.
https://www.gotomeet.me/HeatherZink
You can also dial in using your phone.
United States (Toll Free): 1 877 568 4106
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Access Code: 227-052-605
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https://global.gotomeeting.com/install/227052605
Wolf threatens funding, license cuts if counties move to reopen in Pa. without his approval
Pa. Gov. Tom Wolf suggested funding could be slashed for counties that move to the yellow phase of his color-coded reopening plan before they are given the approval to do so.
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About Town 5/10/2020
This week’s photos of Columbia
Baby Yoda says, “May the 4th be with you!”
(Balloons by Topaz Martofel)
(Balloons by Topaz Martofel)
Flagmen flagging at 4th & Locust
The Market House project resumed this week.
Wrightsville is in Columbia.
This woodpecker just got a grab and go lunch.
Make your request.
Yes, thank you
Free food on South 2nd
Stop signs aren’t always red. Some are kind of tan and nicely textured.
The watcher is still there on Bank Avenue.
The flying horse is still there in Avenue J.
So is this one.
Well . . . NO
The project at 4th & Locust has resumed.
(There are some strange items within the arch.)
(There are some strange items within the arch.)
At work on the third floor
Some use the lift.
Enjoying the weather
Leading by example
You scream, I scream, we all scream at Coffee & Cream.
And suddenly – no screaming, just satisfied silence
Under the Deere
Out for a ride
Ready . . . set . . .
Young cliff swallows have left the nests on the Veterans Memorial Bridge. The adults were looking after them at Columbia River Park the other day.
Columbia Spy previously reported on the swallows HERE.
Spy vs Spy
At 7th & Walnut
Americana
In gear
Masked, alas, too late
You don’t see many of these nowadays.
Trample those weeds!
Or you could spray ’em.
Fallen stones on Union
Native Americans in the window
Columbia Proud and Clothing Optional
More Americana
Avenue L is sturdy and well constructed.
Other ones, not so much.
Broken panes, broken dreams?
The tale of a tail
The end
Ticket to ride
The name comes from this song.
The name comes from this song.
On Thursday, Columbia Borough First Responders offered this parade as a tribute to Healthcare Heroes and the Columbia community:
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