Author: SPY

About Town – June 9, 2024

 This week’s photos of Columbia

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An industrious artist (or artists) created this rock sculpture “creature” complete with binoculars for eyes at Columbia River Park.

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Looking out across the river

Always fly your flag right side up.

State Police officers pulled over a truck on Route 462 (near Walnut) on Monday. 

After checking the truck’s contents, they let it go.

This Tesla Cybertruck was seen recently at 6th & Walnut. According to Google, “The price of the 2024 Tesla Cybertruck starts at $81,895 and goes up to $101,985 depending on the trim and options. Until the rear-wheel-drive Cybertruck arrives for the next model year, with a starting price of $62,985, the lineup only includes the Dual Motor and Beast models.”

Covered chimney

When you have an itch . . .

There’s something interesting about this photo.

“Sunflowers” at Tollbooth Antiques

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Traffic was rerouted from Route 30 to Route 462 due to a vehicle accident Tuesday, causing occasional gridlock through Columbia.

Several large trucks crossed the Veterans Memorial Bridge, despite the 10-ton weight limit.

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NBC 10 was at Columbia River Park the other day.

Rollerbladers

Waiting to be fed

NEWS – thataway!

A pro-Palestine message at 3rd & Locust on Saturday.

Chalk figure

This business at 469 Locust was burglarized in the early morning hours of June 3, as Columbia Borough Police reported HERE.  About a month earlier, on May 2, State Police officers were at this location, as seen HERE.

Flowers in memory of World War II veterans

Seen at Our Lady of Grace Grotto, St. Peter Catholic Church

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A cement-o-saurus?

‘Til next time!

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Fundraiser by Enid Rivera : Support Demitre’s Road to Recovery

On June 2nd 2024 as you all know Demitre got a hold of a gun and accidentally shot himself in the head. With the grace of God and all of your prayers, the bullet is still in his brain but had no significant damage. We are hoping we can save his eye.

Demitre is one of the most strongest amazing little lovable kids you will ever meet and is extremely lucky to be alive today, although he may never have the use of his eye again.

Demitre is going to have a long road to recovery and require multiple surgeries to try and repair his face, skull and eye. As you can imagine will be a financial burden hard for anyone to manage without help.

please give what you can as every dollar will help, and please repost and pass on so we can try to relieve as much of the financial burden as possible!

You can contact me directly if you wish to contribute in any other way.
I also appreciate everyone who reached out and prayed for my baby. God heard all of you and Demitre continues to fight the fight.
Thanks again everyone

Enid

Go here to donate:

https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-demitres-road-to-recovery

Columbia Borough auctions off two properties

The following information appears under the heading “Lancaster County public sales: June 7, 2024” in the June 7, 2024 edition of LNP/lancasteronline. 

Kline, Kreider & Good Auctioneers of Stevens, Pennsylvania, held a public sale of real estate June 1 for the borough of Columbia along Blue Lane. Twenty-six acres of partially wooded land sold for $900,000 to McKovey Family Real Estate LLC, of Columbia. [Columbia Spy Note: The Pennsylvania Department of State has no listing for McKovey Family Real Estate LLC. There is, however a listing for McKonly Family Real Estate LLC.]

Kline, Kreider & Good Auctioneers, of Stevens, held a public sale of real estate June 1 for the borough of Columbia at 740 S. 12th St. A 0.33-acre building lot sold for $96,000 to Frank Doutrich, of Columbia.

Victim in Route 30 crash identified

The Lancaster County Coroner’s Office has identified the victim of the fatal crash on Route 30 in Lancaster County as 30-year-old Dayanara Santiago from York County. 

Santiago, who resided on South Duke Street in York City, was pronounced dead at the scene near the Prospect Road exit on Route 30 east at 2:10 p.m. The coroner determined that she died from multiple traumatic injuries sustained in the crash. Santiago was the only occupant of the vehicle at the time of the accident, according to the coroner’s office.