Author: SPY

Lantern Tour Classic To Benefit Nonprofit Cemetery


“There is a lot of history in this cemetery,” noted Mount Bethel Cemetery board member Claire Storm. The cemetery dates from the 1720s, and it is known as the oldest burial ground in continual use in the Columbia area.

Board members hope to highlight the history of the cemetery with a dash of Halloween excitement during the upcoming Haunted Lantern Tour Classic.
The cemetery, located at 700 Locust St., Columbia, will make a suitably spooky site for the tour, scheduled for Friday and Saturday, Oct. 23 and 24. Tours will be conducted every half hour beginning at 7 p.m., with the last tour setting out at 10 p.m. The tour will last approximately one hour.
Tickets are available by calling 684-6196. Tour size is limited, so interested individuals are encouraged to make reservations as soon as possible.
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Two Lancaster County school districts seek loans, consider cuts amid state budget impasse

Columbia Borough School District is looking at its loan options, Superintendent Carol Powell said in an email Tuesday. About 48 percent of Columbia's budget comes from the state.

Using loans will create unplanned costs — from interest rates and fees — for the district, Powell said.

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http://lancasteronline.com/news/local/two-lancaster-county-school-districts-seek-loans-consider-cuts-amid/article_f6202b96-776e-11e5-9094-83f78a36392b.html

Columbia Market House Trust RFQ released

The Columbia Market House Trust (Trust) is seeking developers’ Statements of Qualifications to assist the trust in re-purposing, redeveloping and managing the Market House as the centerpiece of Downtown Columbia. The Market House is owned by the Borough and managed by the Trust, a non-profit volunteer group.

The purpose of this Request for Qualification or “RFQ,” is to identify the developer that would provide the best fit for achieving the development goals established by the Trust and the Borough of Columbia for the historic Columbia Market House. This approach is based on the premise that this type of development is relationship based and not merely a transaction.
The complete RFQ can be viewed HERE.

(The last page features a QR code that can be scanned – and a URL – to access Jerry Musser’s “drone’s-eye” video of Columbia.)

About Town

Photos from today, Monday October 19 . . . 
 Attack of the morning glories!

 Stop?

 They seem to be leaning a bit.

 Low flier

Painting at Third and Locust

 Checking the wiring for soon-to-be-operational traffic lights at Front and Walnut.

 Photo session

 Closed?

 Road work near Ninth Street and Ironville Pike

and on 462, near Washington Street.

'Cocky’ suspected jewel thief robs Burning Bridge Antiques

COLUMBIA, Pa. – A suspected jewel thief ripping off stores along the East Coast stole tens of thousands of dollars of gold jewelry from several stores in Lancaster County.
He’s described as a man with a long ponytail and cocky attitude.

“The guy has definitely done it many times before he’s definitely cocky,” says Cynthia Coleman of Burning Bridge Antiques in Columbia. “He was definitely cocky and friendly as can be.”

On October 8th, the suspect robbed Burning Bridge Antiques and stole about $18,000 worth of gold from one of the individual vendor’s glass cases.