Author: SPY

3 birds with one stone – All in a day's work

Columbia River Park and Columbia Crossing were shut down today – and here’s why:
Paving
Traffic lights
Barricades
Rholan Paving paved the lower section of Walnut Street, from the railroad tracks to the cul-de-sac, while Norfolk Southern and PennDOT worked on synchronizing traffic lights and barricades. Barricades have occasionally malfunctioned, lowering and lifting randomly. When they descend, traffic lights turn red in all four directions and stay that way, until the barricades lift and stabilize. Traffic lights also turn red in all directions when a train passes and the barricades operate properly. The situation has often caused confusion and chaos with impatient motorists who ignore the lights and drive through. Two sets of lights for traffic exiting the park reportedly change to red too quickly.
Today’s attempts at improvement are shown in the photos below:

Hundreds brave the weather in search of the perfect brew

About 500 participants braved the heat and humidity to sample beer from 24 different brewers at the Rivertown Hops beer fest in Columbia on Saturday. Brewers and food trucks lined Locust Street from Second to Fifth in downtown Columbia from 12 to 4 p.m.

Live entertainment included Mississippi blues group Anthony “Big A” Sherrod & the Cornlickers and the nationally known group Ton-Taun.

The event was sponsored by the Susquehanna Valley Chamber of Commerce.

Council President Kelly Murphy and Councilman Cle Berntheizel attended to show their support for downtown Columbia.

 24 brewers set up shop on Locust Street Saturday afternoon.