The convenience store shown above at 26 North 4th Street is now open for business.
Seen Today (12/16/19) Convenience store at 26 N. 4th Street is now open
Author: SPY
Rezoning Ordinance to be considered for adoption at December 16 Special Council Meeting
Hearing Notice
Notice is hereby given that the Ordinance summarized below will be considered by Borough Council of the Borough of Columbia for adoption following a zoning hearing pursuant to the Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code to be held at a special meeting of Council on Monday, December 16, 2019, at 7:00 p.m. in Columbia Borough School District’s Administration Building located at 200 North Fifth Street, Columbia, Pennsylvania: An Ordinance to repeal the Airport District Overlay, including deletion of the Airport Hazard Area Map and height limitations associated with the Airport Overlay District; to include a provision for space between rooftop solar panels; to amend the official zoning map of the Borough of Columbia to designate certain areas presently designated High Density Residential (HDR), Medium Density Residential Business (MDRB), and Riverfront Commercial (RC) to Downtown Commercial (DC); to change the area known as the Linden Street Gateway from Low Density Residential (LDR) to Downtown Commercial (DC) District; to change 301?325 North Seventh Street from Medium Density Residential (MDR) to Institutional/?Residential (INSR) District; to change Cloverton Drive west of Kinderhook Road and Hilmar Circle from Rural Residential (RR) to Medium Density Residential (MDR) District; to change the 1200 block of Locust Street from Rural Residential (RR) to Institutional/?Residential (INSR) District; to change 530 South Fourteenth Street from Low Density Residential (LDR) to Highway Commercial (HC) District; to change the zoning of certain parcels on the 1100 block of Manor Street as well as 740 South Twelfth Street from Medium Density Residential (MDR) to Light Business (LB) District; to change 700, 704, and 706 Manor Street from High Density Residential (HDR) to Light Business (LB) District; to change the properties located at 3 Shawnee Avenue, 622 Union Street, and 600 Avenue N from High Density Residential (HDR) to Highway Commercial (HC) District; to change 400 Union Street from High Density Residential (HDR) to High Density Residential – Multi-Unit (HDRM) District; providing for the repeal of inconsistent ordinances; providing for the severability of the ordinance; and providing that the ordinance shall take effect in accordance with Pennsylvania law. A complete copy of the Ordinance may be inspected at the Municipal Building, 308 Locust Street, Columbia, PA during regular business hours and the Lancaster Law Library, located at 50 North Duke Street, Lancaster, Pennsylvania during regular business hours.
Columbia Borough
By: Neil L. Albert, Esquire
Borough Solicitor
[Source: columbiapa.net]
Crowd braves the rain to lay wreaths at Mount Bethel on Saturday
A crowd of people withstood the rainy weather December 14, 2019, to pay homage to those who served the country in Columbia, PA.
John Hinkle Jr. welcomed volunteers and the Catholic War Vet Color Guard presented the American flag.
Sergeant 1st Class Karen Zercher (Army),1st Class Petty Officer Owen Brunner (Navy), Corporal Jeffrey Detz (Marine), Staff Sergeant Nicholas McCarty (Air Force), 3rd Class Petty Officer, Thomas J. McCarty (Coast Guard), and 2nd Engineer George Biagio (Merchant Marine) presented decorated wreaths for their branch of service. Sergeant Albert C. Storm Jr. (Army) presented a decorated wreath for POW/MIA veterans.
A resolution was made to honor of Chief Warrant Officer 4 Edmund J. Wickenheiser Jr.
Ending the ceremony a gun volley by Vet 21 and taps played by Frost Umble.
As rain continued to fall, families stayed to lay wreaths at the veterans’ graves. Over 600 veterans are laid to rest at Mount Bethel Cemetery and every single one of them received a wreath. People throughout the community made monetary contributions to make sure every veteran grave was decorated.
Friends of Mount Bethel Cemetery organized it, but it’s about all the people who volunteer and sponsor wreaths, to make it happen in Columbia.
Everyone who placed a wreath said the veteran’s name out loud so they are never forgotten.
Wreaths now lay inside Mount Bethel Cemetery.
[Photos and text submitted by Jane Moore]
About Town 12/16/19
This week’s photos of Columbia
Awww, he’s so thirsty he had to drink from the creek.
That face looks familiar.
Could it be…?
Nah . . .
Or could it?!!!
Santa’s hiding back there.
But next day, there he was, checking on wish lists.
Yet another of the thousands of photos of the bridge
New look for the chief’s car
Christmas bells
Ring-a-ling
NO PARKING 12/9/2019 – 2/9/2020
Filling the hole at the bottom of Locust
Packin’ it down
A spectator watches the action.
Another truckload
Bat in the belfry
Patriotic Bobcat
Creche at the Columbia Church of God
In some places, Halloween’s still hanging around.
Christmas basket
Spindly reindeer
Line of stars at Lloyd Mifflin’s house
Speaking of Lloyd Mifflin, here’s one of his landscapes, complete with atmospheric perspective.
Just kidding. It’s a rubber bumper on one of the docks stored under the bridge at River Park.
Construction is still going on at the LGH facility on North 7th.
Note the changes in traffic patterns.
Gone for good?
In a row
Paintball practice?
(From last week)
That’s one way to block the street.
There it goes – the wrong way at the bridge plaza.
It was heading towards Santa’s encampment but then backed up again.
Coupla guys out at the Civil War pier
More progress at Floyd’s of Leadville on Bridge Street
Tracks in the snow
Santa has the power to change the course of traffic.
There’s his encampment now at Rotary Park.
Unfortunately, he doesn’t have the power of correct spelling.
Still hangin’ around in Avenue G
Mobile homes on the tracks – That means they really are mobile.
Sidewalk dumpster
Foggy bridge
And at 11th & Locust last Tuesday there were many black vultures:
[Photos submitted by Robyn Waugh]
Bleed Blue Law Enforcement Blood Drive to be held January 13
The blood drive will be held January 13 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Columbia Borough Fire Department on Manor Street.
Central Penn’s Marqel Wansley named USCAA Player of the Week – pennlive.com
Congratulations to Marqel Wansley for being named the USCAA men’s Division II Basketball Player of the Week.
The junior guard from Columbia, Pa., played two phenomenal games last week, as he helped Central Penn College defeat Bucks County Community College and Villa Maria. Against the Bucks County Centurions, he scored a triple-double––16 points, 10 assists and 10 rebounds—in an 84–52 road victory for Central Penn.
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Fundraiser by Steve Lenox : Memorial Fund for Detective Joseph Seals
We are heartbroken at the loss of yet another police officer killed in the line of duty.
This week it hits us again right here at home in Jersey City.
The officers involved came to work Tuesday, December 10, like they did every day, seeking to make our city safer.
They were ambushed by criminals, one was assassinated.
Despite the warlike situation they were placed in these men and women saved countless lives through their heroic efforts. We are proud of them all.
Detective Joe Seals won’t be returning to his family, his wife and five children are in mourning.
The JCPOBA has set up this GoFundMe page to accommodate all of the generous offers of support we have received in the hours since this incident.
All of the dollars raised will go directly to the Seals family, helping them cover education, housing, and other expenses for the five children that Joe loved so dearly.
https://www.gofundme.com/f/for-det-seals-and-his-family
Author Visit and Book Signing at the Library December 16
Wansley leads Central Penn College to victory with 39 points – pennlive.com
Marqel Wansley’s hot shooting powered the Central Penn men’s basketball team to an 85–69 victory over visiting Villa Maria Saturday. The junior guard from Columbia, Pa., exploded for 39 points, hitting 6/6 (!!) from beyond the arc. In the first half, he scored 23 of the team’s 40 points.
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Wreaths Across America at Mount Bethel Cemetery – Saturday, December 14, at noon
The Wreaths Across America program will go on as scheduled Saturday, December 14, rain or shine, at Mount Bethel Cemetery – starting at noon.
Mount Bethel Cemetery Announced as an Official Location for the 2019 National Wreaths Across America Day
The cemetery will join more than 1600 participating locations across the country on Saturday, December 14, 2019 to proclaim “Everyone plays a part”.
Columbia Falls, MAINE, and Columbia, PENNSYLVANIA—December 14, 2019 —National nonprofit Wreaths Across America [WAA] announced today that Mount Bethel Cemetery in Columbia, PA will be joining in the effort to support the mission to REMEMBER, HONOR, TEACH, as an official location for 2019. This is the THIRD year that the cemetery will participate in this national event.
In 2018, nearly 1.8 million veteran wreaths were placed on headstones at 1,640 participating cemeteries around the country in honor of the service and sacrifices made for our freedoms, with each name said out loud.
This year, the ceremony, held simultaneously across the country at more than 1,600 locations, will be on Saturday, December 14, 2019. Beginning at 12 noon, at 700 Locust Street, Columbia, PA, master of ceremonies JOHN HINKLE will acknowledge seven branches of military service and a resolution to Ed Wickenheiser. Included will be the Catholic War Vet color guard, a bugler to play taps and a 21-gun salute.
The Friends of Mount Bethel Cemetery plans to raise enough funds to place 690 remembrance wreaths on the headstones of all the local heroes laid to rest at Mount Bethel Cemetery. Our goal is to place a live balsam fir wreath at the headstone of every veteran buried there spreading patriotism and commemoration for the ultimate sacrifices they made for our country. Mount Bethel Cemetery has veterans from the Revolutionary War and every US conflict up to and including Vietnam.
“Every donation and wreath sponsorship is a meaningful gift from an appreciative supporter who knows what it means to serve and sacrifice for the freedoms we all enjoy,” said Karen Worcester, executive director of Wreaths Across America. “We are so grateful to the community of Columbia, PA for participating in our mission to Remember, Honor and Teach.”
National Wreaths Across America Day is a free event, open to all. For more information, to donate or to sign up to volunteer, please visit www.WreathsAcrossAmerica.org.
About Wreaths Across America
Wreaths Across America is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization founded to continue and expand the annual wreath-laying ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery begun by Maine businessman Morrill Worcester in 1992. The organization’s mission – Remember, Honor, Teach – is carried out in part each year by coordinating wreath-laying ceremonies in December at Arlington, as well as at hundreds of veterans’ cemeteries and other locations in all 50 states and beyond.
Location Coordinator MBC:
Jane Moore
[717]-575-9760
Columbia Spy 