G.E.D. Prep Classes – Tuesday & Thursday at the Library
Author: SPY
Fire on 500 block of Manor Street – Feb. 10, 2020
Photos submitted by Leslie Deeg Fritz
Crews fight fire in Columbia on Monday night
Emergency units are responding to a house fire in Columbia on Monday night.
The fire was called in around 6 p.m. and was reported to be in the 500 block of Manor Street.
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Child care center plans June start, discounts for low-income Columbia Borough families
A nonprofit child care center offering income-based discounts for those who live in Columbia Borough has set a June 1 start date.
St. John Neumann School for Children and Families will serve up to 112 children ages 6 weeks through kindergarten at 401 Locust St. in Columbia.
Families can visit stjohnneumannschool.com to request more information and to get an estimate on how much tuition might cost.
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Agenda – Columbia Borough Council Meeting – February 11, 2020
About Town 2/9/20
This week’s photos of Columbia
The Market House, night lights, birds, and other curiosities
River lookout
Open door policy at the Market House project
(Not really! The workmen don’t want anyone hanging around. Makes ’em nervous.)
(Not really! The workmen don’t want anyone hanging around. Makes ’em nervous.)
The bricks are being taken up from the floor.
This is the view from the 3rd Street side.
Here’s a view from the opposite end.
The bricks were skidded up, shrink-wrapped and put out back. Some will be reused.
Here’s a few more at the back door.
And more inside
As well as a few stragglers.
The broken ones get thrown into the dumpster.
Here are some more skids, ready to go.
At last count, the cost of the Market House project is a little over $2 million. Half of that money is coming from a state grant, and Columbia Borough is responsible for the rest.
Here’s Columbia’s bakery – The Flour Child.
Message at Mount Bethel
Watch that first step!
And all the other ones, too.
Directions to the hidden parking lot in Avenue H.
Room for another light at Rotary Park?
Ready for hook-up
Iron Butterfly
(Not really iron, but some will get the reference.)
You can bury your old milk can, but it might rise again.
Part of the downtown streetscape – 300 block of Locust
More streetscape
CHI at night
How many borough officials would walk down one of Columbia’s downtown alleys alone at night?
Overhead moose looming large
Buy this building for the Columbia Creative Factory.
St. Paul Episcopal
Historic Avenue J
Room to grow on the 100 block of Walnut
So this is a thing . . .
Christmas lights well after Christmas
Not a bad idea . . .
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Life finds a way.
Municipal motorcycle parking – Who knew?
These guys are hanging around again.
So is Guy Fawkes.
Not just another pretty face
Valentine’s Day letters
The badass starling gang
Young robin just in time for spring
This adult cardinal, too
Ghost sign on Bank Avenue
Watcher at the window
Window fan
There’s a Hurricane coming soon.
Dunkin’ Columbia – Unfortunately, it’s not in Columbia.
Blood Drive to be held at NAWCC March 5
Columbia Borough School Board reviews LCCTC's proposed budget
Keith Ramsey, chief of finance and operations, presented the Lancaster County Career & Technology Center’s proposed budget for the 2020-21 school year. If approved, the district would contribute $488,700, up 14% from the current school year.
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Can you identify the man who tried to use a counterfeit bill at Andy's Market?
Columbia Borough Police are attempting to identify the male suspect in the picture, who attempted to use a counterfeit $100 bill to purchase merchandise at Andy’s Market. Businesses and residents be on the lookout for counterfeit currency depicted in the attached photograph.
If you have information regarding the male please contact the Columbia Borough Police at 717-684-7735 or text LANCS to 847411
Date: Saturday, February 8, 2020
Reference ID: CB-20-00758
Case Status: Current
Case Type: Criminal
Source: Columbia Borough Police Department
Sourced via CRIMEWATCH®: https://lancaster.crimewatchpa.com/columbiapd/10552/cases/counterfeit-bill
How much per person would your municipality pay under Gov. Wolf's State Police fee proposal?
Under Gov. Tom Wolf’s latest proposal to make state police funding more equitable — since 67% of municipalities in Pennsylvania rely solely on state police coverage — his administration wants to assess a tax on each municipality based on its population, median income and whether it has its own local police force.
COLUMBIA BOROUGH WOULD PAY $19169.92. THAT’S $1.85 PER PERSON FOR STATE POLICE.
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