Author: SPY

Council unanimously disapproved a request for the inter-municipal transfer of a catering club license for the 717 Social Club at 401 South 2nd Street. The license would have allowed the club to charge for alcoholic beverages. Currently, drinks are paid for by donation. The borough solicitor will present “findings of fact and conclusions of law” in support of the decision at the November 12 council meeting. 

Council voted to “de-prioritize” the purchase of the McGinness property on Manor Street from its economic development plan. Specs on the property can be found HERE.

Council voted to release $100,000 to the Columbia Borough Fire Department from the department’s capital improvement escrow fund for the purchase of new fire equipment. 

Council voted to consent to the acquisition by the Lancaster County Land Bank Authority of the following borough properties: 

• 32 South 9th Street (vacant for over two years) 
• 838 Houston Street (vacant for one year, condemned January 2016) 
• 318 South 3rd Street (vacant for three years) 
• 332 Locust Street (condemned May 2017) 

https://lancaster.crimewatchpa.com/columbiapd/10552/cases/robbery-2

 Photo op

(Front and Walnut)

 Things discarded

(Laurel Hill)

 Fall has fallen

Or has it? 

Note to Mother Nature: Fall is a season in its own right. Please do not jump right over it again like you did this year, i.e., hot and humid one day, cold and windy the next.

But the Beatles sang:

 Bricking up earlier this week at 208-210 Locust

Going out on a limb on a lift for a light –
Well, someone’s gotta do it.

(Columbia Shopping Center)

 Note the door at the Wine & Spirits Store.

 Maybe someone needed a drink really bad.

 Not such a precise cut around the lock, however.

(The door glass has since been replaced.)

 Spell check, please

 The Columbia Plaza parking lot continues to leak.

Here’s another look.

 More PennDOT guys hanging out down at our bridge

 Leaf detail

 So, is this how we park in Columbia?

 Like this?

There’s a fluid spill in the lot.

Let’s hope the rain holds off here.

(3rd and Locust)

 Sprucing up

(First block of Locust)

 Sprucing up

(Town Square)

 Super Lion

(South 2nd)

 Sickly lion, possibly with a case of measles

(South 2nd)

When gentle persuasion fails…

 Decommissioned cop car?

(South 2nd)

 Date stone at the Buddhist temple

 Flags

(Cherry Street)

 Don’t litter.

 Construction at the American Legion

 Picking up the pieces

(Front and Bridge)

 There’s that red-tailed hawk again.

 His favorite vantage point – atop the Elks

 PennDOT painted lines on Route 462 this week.

 Two trucks did the job.

 Safety cones were placed at the intersection of North 5th and Chestnut to keep drivers off the wet paint.

 Some drove over it anyway.

 The dotted lines were painted at the intersection to discourage drivers from making illegal left turns, and from driving the wrong way on the one-way block of Chestnut Street.

 Dapper ‘do

 Halloween parade – October 25

 Christmas food box delivery – December 16

 The whole way down on South 2nd

 Sign down

(Walnut and Commerce)

 Sign down

(Front Street)

 Time for a cleanout

(Near Commerce Street)

 Lime leaching at the bridge

 Farm equipment
(Bridge Street)

 Stocked up with mayflies

(North 3rd and Avenue H)

 Bell tower

(Salem UCC)

 Food donation at the back door

 Atop Our Lady of the Angels

 God bless America – all 42 states.

 Looks like Aument fell flat.

 Time for a new sign

(Manor Street)

 Time for a new sign

(Plane and Barber)

Misdirected sign – or some sort of religious message?
(Avenue F)

You don’t need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows. Just check the wild turkey.

 Spiderman’s house?

(Cherry Street)

 Historic sidewalk

(Cherry Street)

 There’s a tree growing in front of this tree.

(South 6th)

Folks still aren’t grasping the concept. This isn’t donating; it’s dumping.

Like the sign says

 There was a lot of air traffic this week.

 Here’s a warthog flying over on Saturday.

All the activity might be due to the military planning an emergency airdrop of vowels and consonants for Joe’s Steak Shop.

Cardinals don’t migrate south in the winter and are therefore known as winter birds.

Goodwill on the highway

Looks like red vehicles are all the rage this season.

Including this one on North 4th

Columbia Stands Up likes Jess.
So does Columbia Spy.

Meanwhile, down at Hickernell Headquarters

(Where is Dave, anyway?)

On Thursday, neighbors and friends attended an open house at the Columbia Market House.
(It’s bigger on the inside.)

 Cesar adds a few dabs.

(Eastern Drillers)

 And here’s a partial unveiling of a painting on Locust.

G-rated flicks only, please

 At times, boredom could set in.

But it’s wise to keep the 3D glasses at the ready.

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At the Air BnB – visitors from Florida

(1102 Locust)

 And later in the week, three different vehicles – 

Neighbors aren’t happy with this operation and complained at recent borough meetings.

Sometimes, the clamor in this town is enough to wake the dead.

(Chestnut Street)

https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/pennsylvania/articles/2018-10-10/legendary-creature-to-be-celebrated-in-pennsylvania

Frerichs, a Lancaster City native, moved to Columbia after acquiring the former Long’s Funeral Home at 855 Chestnut Street about two years ago. Since then, he has performed extensive renovations of the property, which was condemned when he bought it. He currently lives there with his wife and children.

Riding on a fire engine is a fantasy for most kids, but last night it became a reality for those visiting Columbia Borough Fire Department’s Open House. Before climbing aboard the trucks, however, children collected several fire safety related items to fill the backpacks they received there. They also got close-up looks inside an ambulance, police car, and a QRS vehicle. Sparky the Fire Dog greeted guests, many of whom posed with him for photos. Although activities were designed to be fun, education remained at the forefront to teach children (and adults) about fire prevention and safety. Several kids even braved entering a fire safety trailer filled with smoke to learn how to escape a fire. Free food and refreshments were also served at the event.

https://fox43.com/2018/10/10/man-facing-charges-after-falsely-reporting-he-had-been-shot-in-columbia/

https://www.njherald.com/article/20181010/AP/310109864