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Columbia Borough, PA Alert: The Columbia Presbyterian Church ‘RESTART’ area will be open this week, Mon. 6/17 thru Fri 6/21/24 from 11am-5pm each day for anyone to come in and cool off.  Restart is at 360 Locust Street, Columbia, PA.

BML Real Estate LLC conveyed property on North Sixth Street to Helen Bechtold for $258,000.

Delgiorno Investments LLC conveyed property on Houston Street to Anthony Michael and Sarah Catherine Moriarty and John Lucca for $209,900.

Discover Columbia LLC conveyed at 331 Cherry St. to Beth L. Bowman for $360,000.

Mary Ellen Horn and Mary Ellen Glanski conveyed 237 N. Third St. to Mirian Rodriguez for $214,000.

OSS Columbia Podiatry Realty LLC conveyed 548 Chestnut St. to Highmount Properties LLC for $160,000.

Jhonattan Rogelio Pareja conveyed property on North Third Street to William A. Evans for $273,504.

Ross Street Properties LLC conveyed property on South Fifth Street to PDC5 LLC for $149,900.

Valley View Capital LLC conveyed 431 N. Third St. to Jennicaury Cruz Valdez for $210,000.

 This week’s photos of Columbia

(Click/tap on photos to see larger, sharper images.)

Who is Columbia’s Superman?

Maxfield Parrish-esque clouds

The clouds on the left look as though they’re on fire.

This Chinook flew over the other day.

But why are those guys hanging out the back, with feet dangling – at the open ramp door?

And who’s that guy looking out the side window?

Yes, they’re back.

Thunder on the River happened yesterday, but earlier in the week, this impromptu mini car show happened at the National Watch & Clock Museum when these two vintage cars showed up.

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At Mount Bethel

A coneflower in bloom

Reflections under the bridge

Cumulus

Columbia’s last bank

More sidewalk art on the 200 block of Walnut

When houses literally had faces.

Here’s a closer look.

Puffballs

Counting traffic at the bridge

Traffic count in progress

A corner turret at 8th & Walnut

Here’s a look at the embedded stones there.

A big slab of wood for sale on Bridge Street

(Several are available.)

New plants at the town square fountain

3 guys on a boat, fishin’

A work crew removed the detour signs along Route 462 this past week.

A robin battling it out with a plastic bag

When you have mouths to feed

That’s mighty low in the back.

Fish Window Cleaning cleaned the base of The Returned Soldier and other monuments in Locust Street Park this week.

Surveying equipment at 4th & Manor

King’s Discount at the Columbia Plaza

Bootleg Antiques

Curious cardinal

Meanwhile in Wrightsville

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James Earl Pilgrim

A Columbia man will spend up to 40 years in prison for fatally shooting one man and injuring another after a drug deal gone wrong in Columbia in 2022.

James Earl Pilgrim Jr., 31, pleaded guilty to third degree murder and 10 related offenses for killing Lamar Lewis, 41, of Philadelphia, injuring Dwayne Lucas.

The shooting happened around 11 a.m. on Nov. 30, 2022, in the 200 block of North Second Street. Columbia police found Lewis and Lucas with gunshot wounds inside a Dodge Challenger.

Lucas was shot in the thigh and was taken to a hospital for treatment, police said.

Pilgrim previously spent time in prison for burglary, theft and drug offenses.

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Mark Stivers

[Columbia Spy file photo]

After a 25-minute executive session at Tuesday night’s Columbia Borough Council, President Heather Zink announced the resignation of borough manager Mark Stivers. Council voted unanimously to accept his resignation. Stivers announced he will leave the position in four weeks.   

Stivers began his tenure with the borough in March 2020.

Council also voted to advertise the open position. 

Rumors of the resignation had circulated throughout the borough over the past few days.