Author: SPY

Tax credit programs provide a boon to Lancaster County Catholic schools

The Opportunity Scholarship Tax Credit specifies that funds be used to help students from schools in the lowest 15 percent of scorers on the state’s math and reading tests.
For the 2014-15 opportunity scholarships in Lancaster County, that included 12 schools in School District of Lancaster and two in Columbia Borough School District.

‘A really intriguing piece of local history’ | Woodstock Sentinel Review

(Photo: Heather Rivers)
WOODSTOCK – It’s an intricate and relatively rare piece of Woodstock history that many local residents aren’t even aware exists. The clock receives annual maintenance by John Shantz, owner of Stratford’s Antiques in Time, who studied his craft at the School of Horology in Columbia, Pennsylvania.

What I Saw – February 1, 2015

Some shots from around town today . . .
 A woodpecker, camera-shy

 A crow, aloof

 A case, high and dry

 About that sidewalk ordinance . . .

 Ancient TV set

 STUMP AVE

 The new phone books are out – in force

 What was once a TV is now a trash receptacle

 A pajama person . . .

 walking barefoot . . . 
when the temp is still below freezing.
 Posted along Route 462

I was reminded of the rich variety of wildlife we have in the borough when I spotted a red fox today.  Those are his footprints above.  I won’t say where, because some yokel is liable to trap him, skin him and sell his pelt so someone can make a pair of gloves. He needs his fur more than we do.

Ex Daughtry drummer Joey Barnes performs in Columbia

He’ll be heading to Lancaster County this weekend, for a three-part performance in Columbia, on Friday at Prudhomme’s Lost Cajun Kitchen, Saturday at Columbia Kettle Works and Sunday at Garth Gallery.

Hershey's lawsuit sparks British revolt for superior Cadbury chocolate

“I can’t understand why anyone who had tasted proper chocolate would ever buy Hershey’s,” said Gillon. “Hershey’s is fine until you begin eating it. It’s like eating plastic. It’s the only chocolate we would consider using for making s’mores at camp fires because you wouldn’t use good chocolate for that.”