Author: SPY

ROUTE 462/VETERANS MEMORIAL BRIDGE CLOSURES | Columbia Borough Police Department

The Route 462/Veterans Memorial Bridge between Columbia and Wrightsville will be closed temporarily on the following dates and times:

Friday, October 5, 2018 – Closed from 6:30pm-9:00pm for an event

Saturday, October 6, 2018 – Closed from 4:00am-6:00pm for an event

https://lancaster.crimewatchpa.com/columbiapd/10552/post/route-462veterans-memorial-bridge-closures

About Town

This week’s photos from around Columbia . . .
The lion’s share of the morning light
(Chestnut Street)
Hurt sign
(7th Street and Purples Lane)

Mirror, Mirror
(4th & Locust)

Looks like Warren Buffett will make a few more bucks.
(Front & Bridge)

Back door to Lazy K
(Avenue H)

All decked out
(Walnut Street)

Sign of fall
(Walnut Street)

Another Knox Box takes hold.
(Walnut Street)

Rinse and spit.
(Locust Street)
Architectural features
(Locust Street)
More of the same

Go home, Weather Vane – You’re drunk.
(Bank Avenue)

Seams, it seems.
(South 2nd Street)

Workin’ on the railroad
(2nd & Mill)

At the controls

All aboard

A couple standing far too close to a fast-moving train on a rainy night

Summer’s end

Don’t cry over spilled paint.
(Florence Street)
Ditto
(South 5th)

Ignore the sign. Looks like he made a break for it.
(Mill Street)
Datestone at Mt. Zion AME Church

And another

Over at Ashley Tabernacle – two datestones

Ashley Tabernacle
(South 5th)

12:44 p.m., Eastern Backyard Time
(South 5th)

A lot to unpack here
(Walnut Street)

Even the spiders got rained out.

Another fog photo

So, who’s supposed to be mowing this?
(North 2nd)

Boot . . . 

Leg
(Bridge Street)

Golden Arches
This flagpole is dedicated to veterans.

And here it is.
This one at the post office needs some looking after.

Not the Uffington White Horse – just one of many decorative hitching posts that seem to be everywhere around town.
(Union Street)
(Nope, don’t do it.)

Stars on the side
(Concord Avenue)
More signs of fall
(Concord Avenue)

Cracking/peeling paint with a sign underneath
(South 6th)

Sorry, guys – Ya gotta go!

Doorway arch
(North 3rd)
Bridge arch

Confederate flag plate and Yankee candle
(Bridge Street)

The sinkhole is sinking again.
(Bridge Street)

Date step?
(2nd & Walnut)

Unattended equipment – What could possibly go wrong?
(Walnut Street)

Really?

Signs down on North 7th

Datestone
(Locust Street)

OK – That works.
(Walnut Street)
That’s one way to rope ’em in.
(By the way, what’s that SCCA sign still doing there?)
In Heaven, there is no beer.
(Laurel Hill Cemetery)

Building materials?
(North 6th)

Moon trapped in a treetop
(Laurel Hill Road)

Trailer park?
(Purples Lane)

We received the following two photos, accompanied by the caption: “320 South 2nd Street. The hole gets bigger every time the street sweeper goes over.”

Columbia Police are looking for a man charged with stalking and making terroristic threats

On 9/27/18 the Columbia Borough Police Department obtained an arrest warrant for Austin Dean Hoffman, 22, of Columbia for charges of stalking and terroristic threats.  Anyone with information as to Hoffman's whereabouts should contact the Columbia Borough Police Department at 717-684-7735 or text LANCS to 847411.  Note:  All parties are considered innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.

Date: 

Thursday, September 27, 2018

Case Status:

Case Type:

Case Region:

https://lancaster.crimewatchpa.com/columbiapd/10552/cases/arrest-warrant-stalking-and-terroristic-threats

About Town

This week’s photos from around Columbia . . .


Bikers from several motorcycle clubs attended the funeral of Tim Williams on Saturday morning at Holy Trinity Church. He was a Life Member of the Thunderbird Motorcycle Club.
His obituary is HERE.
About 30 bikes belonging to visitors lined up in the lot.
(Holy Trinity Church is on the right.)
Burial was at Holy Trinity Cemetery.

Visitors lined up to pay their respects.

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More of Columbia’s historic houses – topped by various spindles

 They come in different shapes.

 Pointy

Pointier

And MIA

This one came with a red-tailed hawk.
Shown here observing a moment of silence
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 New net needed

 Relaxation’s Transportation – Says it right there.

Sign in the alley
 Where did that come from?

 It sprang up recently – and suddenly – at the intersection of Franklin Street and Franklin Road. The previous structure at this location burned down a few years ago.

 Rock-solid watchdog
 Rock-solid watchfrog

Lion in town square
 Shadow cat?

Owned by this “shadow” person?
(Note the missing fingers.)

 New rockers at Columbia Crossing
 Across the river

 A wink and a nod

 Possible Mitch McConnell sighting?

 FREE – 
Wood you believe it?
 Power washing the boat ramp 

 Men In Black

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A walk up the river trail . . .
 The tube runneth over.

 Flutterby on flower

 Under the bridge
 Up at the old furnace

 A look inside

 Hiding place?

 Entrance and exit

 Sunlit

 Looking up

 Back outside

 West Hempfield

Spare rails?

Onward to the tunnel!
Up close

Right on through

Sign, sign, everywhere a sign

 Blubbery growths on a rotting log

Lichen City . . .

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 We’re told this is a mechanical tire changer.

Another one of those painted rocks

 For your kitchen counter

 New sidewalk on the 500 block of Walnut
Tuned in

 Once again, but a different driver this time
(See last week’s “About Town.”)

Tube near the tracks

 This might set a precedent.

 Fallen stone slabs on the 500 block of Chestnut

 Fancy fence

 Ornate gate

 Another view of the Market House

Catnap

 Busy window

 Busy scene

 Escort service

 BBQing the chickens at CBFD

 Diplomat
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 Out on Purple’s Lane- Foam was found in the water here on Friday.

 Supposedly, fish were killed here due to exposure to the chemical foam from a fire department training exercise at Columbia High School.

 In other news, looks like things at this outfall have fallen apart.

Here too.


The following photos were submitted to Columbia Spy:

At CVS

Poor housekeeping uptown

Poor housekeeping downtown