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WGAL's Katelyn Smith reports on bypass project

WGAL’s Katelyn Smith was in town this afternoon to report on the progress of the Route 441 bypass project. (Columbia Spy reported on the project yesterday.) According to the WGAL report, the project will be completed before the end of October.

Emergency crews investigate empty kayak on river

Emergency crews responded this morning to a call about an empty kayak caught on the rocks on the Susquehanna River, above the Wrights Ferry Bridge. As of this posting no owner or occupant has reportedly been located.

Albatwitch Festival this Saturday

Halloween must be right around the corner

If this display at Bootleg Antiques is any indication, then Halloween is right around the corner.

Traffic lights are powered up at Front and Walnut

Workers turned on the electricity to the traffic lights at Front and Walnut Streets this afternoon, in preparation for the lights becoming operational.

Gas pipeline signs installed

Signposts indicating a gas pipeline were recently installed on Mill Street at the bridge over Shawnee Creek.

Unfortunately, one of the signposts was pulled out and thrown into the creek.

Route 441 bypass paving is underway

Workers paved a section of the Route 441 bypass today, from Route 30 to Bridge Street.

Homeless killer's appeal rejected, life sentence stands for riverside slaying

Tyrick D. Walker, 34, is serving a life sentence for beating, strangling and drowning 41-year-old Mark McLaughlin on April 4, 2011, at a makeshift homeless camp by the river in West Hempfield Township.

On Monday, his bid for a new trial was rejected by the state Superior Court, according to a release Wednesday by the Lancaster County District Attorney’s office.

MORE:
http://lancasteronline.com/news/local/homeless-killer-s-appeal-rejected-life-sentence-stands-for-riverside/article_d76b274a-6211-11e5-b400-27485332d9f5.html

Bill would protect local farmers with methane digesters from limits on electricity they sell to utilities

Columbia Borough had been considering a digester to produce electricity from manure from local farmers and food waste from various sources.

“They were looking it pretty closely,” Zimmerman says. “When the rulemaking came about, they shelved it.”

Borough Manager Ron Miller said officials were indeed worried about the uncertain Public Utility Commission limits. But he said lack of funding also played a role in not moving forward with the project.

MORE:
http://lancasteronline.com/news/local/bill-would-protect-local-farmers-with-methane-digesters-from-limits/article_62f6a94a-6165-11e5-9226-4b489d6279c4.html

Today is the first day of Fall

The first day of Fall (the Autumnal Equinox) arrived at 4:21 a.m. today.