Author: SPY

Cemetery visitors outraged by cleanup of flag holders, personal items

During a recent cleaning of the Laurel Hills Cemetery in Columbia, a groundskeeper cleared flowers, flag holders and personal items from many of the graves.
Visitors were outraged to learn some of the items had been thrown out without any notice.
Cemetery management says it was a mistake, calling it a miscommunication with the groundskeeper.
It salvaged some of the items that were removed and if any of these items belong to you, the cemetery plans to clean them, and put them back.
 

Friday afternoon bank robbery

Columbia Borough Police responded to the scene of a bank robbery at the Union Community Bank at 921 Lancaster Avenue. The bank was robbed at about 2 o’clock Friday afternoon.

 One person, determined to make a withdrawal, drove around the traffic cones and attempted to use the ATM while the investigation was in progress.  He was persuaded otherwise by a plainclothes officer.

A Brinks employee carried a satchel out the back to a waiting truck.

A bank surveillance photo of the alleged robber