Volunteers are needed to pick up the wreaths from Wreaths Across America at Mount Bethel Cemetery. Scheduled clean up is JANUARY 27th at 10AM. For more information contact jmoore1115@gmail.com or 717-575-9760.
UPDATE 4:30 PM: A FIRE OFFICIAL HAS CONFIRMED FLOODING IS DUE TO HIGH WATER LEVEL IN SUSQUEHANNA, NOT WATER MAIN BREAK.
UPDATE 11:35 AM: WGAL REPORTED THIS MORNING THAT THE WATER ON THE ROADWAY WAS DUE TO ICE JAMS ON THE RIVER. THE REPORT OF A WATER MAIN BREAK WAS FROM EMERGENCY PERSONNEL SCANNER CHATTER.
FRIDAY JANUARY 26, 2018, 4:17 AM: REPORTED WATER MAIN BREAK AT INTERSECTION OF ROUTES 441 & 999. VEHICLE IN WATER; PERSON TRAPPED.
ADAM AMER, AGE 41, OF HELLAM, WAS CITED FOR REGISTRATION & CERTIFICATION OF TITLE REQUIRED AND FOR OPERATION OF VEHICLE WITHOUT OFFICIAL CERTIFICATE OF INSPECTION, AT LANC. AVENUE AND CHERRY STREET, 1/24/2018.
CHRISTINA M. DAVIS, AGE 42, OF COLUMBIA, WAS CITED FOR DRIVING WHILE OPERATING PRIVILEGE IS SUSPENDED OR REVOKED, IN THE 400 BLOCK OF NORTH 3RD. STREET, 1/25/2018.
EDWIN J. RIVERA-COLON, AGE 25, OF LANCASTER, WAS CITED FOR OBEDIENCE TO TRAFFIC-CONTROL DEVICES & REGISTRATION & CERTIFICATION OF TITLE REQUIRED, AT LINDEN STREET AND NORTH 3RD. STREET, 1/24/2018.
DAQUAN JOSE DUARTEZ, AGE 22, OF COLUMBIA, WAS CITED AT 13TH. AND MANOR STREETS, 1/24/2018, FOR RESTRAINT SYSTEMS; DRIVING WHILE OPERATING PRIVILEGE IS SUSPENDED OR REVOKED; AND FOR STOP SIGNS AND YIELD SIGNS.
CELEIDA PARKER, AGE 61, OF COLUMBIA, WAS CITED AT UNION STREET AND LANCASTER AVENUE, FOR OPERATION OF VEHICLE WITHOUT OFFICIAL CERTIFICATE OF INSPECTION, 01/24/2018.
SHANNON LYN RAMOS, AGE 32, OF WASHINGTON BORO., WAS CITED FOR DRIVING WHILE OPERATING PRIVILEGE IS SUSPENDED OR REVOKED, ON NORTH 2ND. STREET AND LINDEN STREET, 01/24/2018.
JOSEPH ANTHONY BURGOS, AGE 23, OF COLUMBIA, WAS CITED FOR RETAIL THEFT AT ANDY’S MARKET ON CHERRY STREET, 01/24/2018.
ERIC WILLIAM SATHER, AGE 30, OF MOUNTVILLE, WAS CITED FOR REGISTRATION & CERTIFICATE OF TITLE REQUIRED, AT 3RD. AND LINDEN STREETS, 01/24/2018.
Seventy-five percent of the 439,691 dispatches were for police. Nineteen percent were for EMS, and six percent were for fire.
A Red Rose access bus was involved in a two-vehicle accident at North 5th and Chestnut Street this afternoon at about 4:15. According to Columbia Borough Police, the bus, which was heading west on Chestnut, collided with a car heading north on Fifth. The bus sustained front end damage and had to be towed from the scene. No reports of injuries. No information available on the make, model, and condition of the car involved.
Another two-vehicle accident occurred at the same intersection this past Sunday.
EMPLOYMENT NOTICE
The Borough of Columbia is accepting applications for Seasonal Part-time Trolley/Bus drivers. Must have high school diploma or Ged, valid Class A or B CDL license with passenger endorsement, a clean driving record, experience as a school bus driver or public transit operator preferred. The successful candidate(s) will be required to obtain a CDL Medical examination/certification every two years by a specified physician. Current pay rate is $15.00/hour. Applications and job descriptions are available at the Columbia Borough Municipal Building, 308 Locust Street, Columbia, PA 17512.
Borough Offices: 308 Locust Street, Columbia PA 17512 | Phone: 717-684-2467
The case was brought by voters who alleged state lawmakers had unfairly gerrymandered congressional district boundaries in 2011 to produce a map favorable to Republicans. The GOP holds 13 seats to the Democrat’s five even though registered Democrats outnumber registered Republicans statewide.
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