I saw about half a dozen tundra swans flying over Washington Boro around noon today. I wasn't quick enough with my camera to get a pic.
Author: SPY
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So, that’s what was happening on Locust Grove Road this weekend.
What I saw recently
More light duty
Seen in York – easily accessible buttons. A good idea for Columbia?
Seen in Wrightsville – people do love that bridge.
On the job
Crow’s nest?
Emergency personnel at a recent call
Apparently, the logo for a local band. Could be used for the Susquehanna, too.
Several Lancaster County Dollar Generals have been robbed recently. I hope ours isn’t next.
Almost sunset on the Susquehanna
Newly opened Mattress Mart at Front & Bridge
Did anyone remember to put the jumper cables away?
More stars and strips forever
Po-jama people
I’ve been seeing a lot of this over the past year or so. Do public pajama-wearers wear pajamas to bed that they wore in public?
Shutterbugs everywhere
Wrong turn?
Turning up Locust from the left lane, nearly causing a few accidents.
Lights being rewired on 3rd Street
Excavation was being done today on Third Street (near Burning Bridge Antiques) so that three street lights could be rewired. The lights have been out for several months
State adds budget information and teacher salaries to school rankings site
Columbia Borough School District has the second lowest average teacher salary: $55,377.
Beware ‘the blob’ that small government forms
Don’t believe in the blob? Consider that Pennsylvania has 500 school districts (about one for every 25,000 people) and levies the 10th-highest state and local taxes in the U.S., according to the Tax Foundation. Compare that to Florida, No. 31 in state and local taxes, with only 67 school districts (one per 280,000 people).
The blob created by the mass of educational bureaucracy in the 16 school districts in Lancaster County alone — 16 superintendents, 144 school board members and hundreds of administrators — leads to public institutions that are collectively bigger, costlier, fractured and more resistant to reform.
Hempfield superintendent hire not so super on transparency
The Hempfield School Board’s hiring of Chris Adams was probably the right move. Too bad it was not done in a transparent way aimed at building trust and cooperation among parents and residents.
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