Author: SPY

Deeds Recorded — Columbia Borough — March 16, 2026

Anderson Jamie Leigh conveyed 147 N. Seventh St. to Reformed Properties LLC for $10.

Jamie L. Anderson conveyed 142 N. Seventh St. to Reformed Properties LLC for $10.

JBS Homes LLC conveyed 267 S. Fourth St. to Heather Schroll for $240,000.

Jacqueline H. Ziegler conveyed 935 Chestnut St. to Smith Nathan Evans, Burke Angela for $385,000.

Evangelisti Keith, Evangelisti Genesis N. conveyed 318 Maple St. to Genesis N. Evangelisti for $1.

Pizzolo John P, Pizzolo Jonn P, Pizzolo John, Pizzolo Jonn Patrick conveyed 325 Cherry St. to Todd M. Kramer for $136,643.

Burmar Real Estate LLC conveyed 222 N. Third St. to FMJ Real Estate LLC for $160,000.

About Town — March 15, 2026

This week’s photos of Columbia 

Click on photos to see larger, sharper images. 

JOE LINTNER | COLUMBIA SPY 

The Rawlinsville Fire Company did water rescue training at Columbia River Park Saturday morning. 

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A new store is about to open(?) at 5th & Cherry. 

It’s located where Lively’s store used to be.

There were some colorful skies Thursday evening. 

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Columbia has a dog shit problem. 

Sign down!

(7th & Maple)

Here’s the other side.

Building project on South 9th —

There’s not enough room to install a handicapped ramp, so the owner has agreed to pay the borough a sum of money instead of installing one. Why didn’t anyone catch this issue before the project was underway?

High winds created whitecaps. 

This graffiti took some effort. 

This vulture is still liking the chimney on the 500 block of Chestnut Street. Its mate must have flown off.

When you don’t have room to complete your u-turn, just block the street until traffic moves.

This guy — possibly the owner — was checking out the “mystery boat” the other day.

The oil containment boom is still there.

Officials placed it in the river a little over a week ago. See the March 8, 2026 “About Town” for the backstory. 

At the Columbia Post Office . . .

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A nice view

Strange clouds

Colorful clouds at sunset last Sunday . . .

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Someone wasn’t respectful. 

More photos from the Walnut Street fire on Thursday . . .

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Like the shirt says

Howard Stevens sent this video of unsafe passing on Linden Street. Some drivers run through the stop sign at the Route 30 off-ramp onto Linden. Howard says every resident’s car has been totaled on Linden, from the ramp to 4th Street.

Todd Stahl sents some pics from the trail the other day . . .

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Restaurant Inspections — Columbia Borough — March 13, 2026

Nouveau Tea, 403 N. Third St., Columbia, March 5. Pass. Soap was not available at the hand-wash sink in the bread making room and the employee restroom. A working container of hand sanitizer was stored on the same shelf with equipment in the front service area. Paper towel dispenser empty at the hand-wash sink in the bread making room and the employee restroom.

Columbia Mini Mart, 26 Fourth St., Columbia, March 4. Pass. Observed two gallons of whole milk and six half-gallons of whole milk beyond the sell-by date being offered for sale. Facility has test strips for quaternary ammonia, however, only has bleach available.

Structure fire on Walnut Street draws multi-department response Thursday morning

JOE LINTNER | COLUMBIA SPY 

Emergency personnel from more than a dozen fire companies responded to a working structure fire Thursday morning at 727 Walnut Street. The alarm was dispatched at 9:07 a.m. as a Building-High Occupancy-1A incident.

Upon arrival, firefighters found the main structure at 727 Walnut Street heavily involved. Residents at the structure and homes on either side of the burning structure were evacuated while crews worked to contain the blaze. Firefighters were ultimately able to extinguish the flames.

The 700 block of Walnut Street and Avenue G were closed during the operation. 

The response drew units from multiple agencies across the region, including Rescue 26, Tower 40, Engine 80, Ladder 80, Utility 801, Rescue 80, Fire Police 80, Traffic 80, Engine 907, Tower 64-2, Tower 75, Traffic 75, Rescue 71, Rescue 41-1 York, Engine 41 York, Rescue 905, Rescue 79-1, Engine 07-1, Air 07, Traffic 76, Fire Police 10, and Engine 10.

Information sourced from emergency dispatch records, Thursday, March 12, 2026, 09:07 and on-scene reporting.