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Sheriff of Lancaster County PA, Richelle L. McLasky and Hunter A. Shoop conveyed 22 N. Sixth St. to FHG 92 LLC for $173,000.
Justin S. Misal conveyed 415 N. Sixth St. to Austin Christopher Clark and Nicole Newswanger for $180,000.
This week’s photos of Columbia
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On reflection
Volunteers placed flags, in the rain, at Laurel Hill on Saturday.
New finial (temporarily)
Guardian of the gate
A gaggle of geese coming ashore . . .
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Nakba Day commemorates the 1948 “ethnic cleansing” of Palestinians by Israeli forces, when the State of Israel was founded. The genocide continues to this day.
The Habitat for Humanity project on South 5th is almost complete. Banners of welcome are hanging in the back . . .
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Mount Bethel Cemetery
Made in the shade
Backhoe parking only
What’s happening at 14 Lancaster Avenue?
Checking reliability on North 5th . . .
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Bird on a wire
Ready for a barbecue
We got a lot of rain this past week.
Can’t they do this in the middle of the night?
Bamboo forest
Up close
Go to the Boring Bar.
Perspective
Tires in Avenue N
Hidden message?
Food trailer at the Shops at Prospect
Upgrades at ASC, formerly Anvil, formerly Grinnell . . .
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Patriotic windows
At the Buddhist temple
Spell check, please
Tree truck
Dinnertime at the tracks
Birds can get tangled in this crap.
Columbia will kick off its Memorial Day events at noon on Sunday, May 26, with a performance from the Bainbridge Band in the gazebo in Locust Street Park, 550 Locust St. At 1 p.m., a ceremony will begin.
The ceremony will feature community members and local dignitaries who will honor the holiday. “There will be a reading of the Gettysburg Address, remarks from Mayor Lutz, a main speaker … and a prayer by deacon Henry Reese,” said Bob Herman, one of the event organizers.
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What happened: A storage building on the site of what will become the borough’s public works department recently experienced one break-in and one attempted illegal entry that caused about $10,000 in damages.
Details: A municipal employee two weeks ago interrupted three teens trying to break into the borough storage facility at 1100 Ridge Ave.
More: The worker called the police department, which responded. The individuals ran away, but the borough was able to identify them through the bicycles they left behind. That investigation continues.
Previous incident: This incident came about two weeks after one or more people illegally entered the same structure, vandalizing equipment and defacing the building with spray paint in mid-April.
Damages: Workers found a 10-foot aluminum ladder plunged through a window of a mini-backhoe tractor. Other equipment vandalized included leaf trucks and a machine that seals cracks, Mark Stivers, borough manager, said in a May 9 phone call. Graffiti covered the walls and equipment.
Details: Although the borough carries insurance for such incidents, Columbia will have to pay any deductibles and may face rate increases, Zink explained.
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The former treasurer of the Columbia Boys Athletic Association who was charged last week with stealing $184,251 from the organization did so to cover gambling debts, according to borough police.
Kimberly Clark, 47, of Columbia, is charged with one count of theft by deception, a third-degree felony.
According to charging documents, the thefts were discovered by a co-treasurer of the nonprofit.
Erik Albright, the co-treasurer, told Columbia police he tried to withdraw funds for association expenses late last year and learned the account was overdrawn.
He said he spoke to Clark, who admitted taking more than $85,000, according to charging documents. However, an analysis found $184,251 was missing.
Clark wrote checks to herself or made them payable to cash, police said. The thefts spanned 2020 to 2023, police said.
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Due to road construction on the 200 block of Union Street, the Memorial Day Parade route will now be as follows:
The parade will assemble at 10th & Manor and disassemble at 6th & Locust. The event is scheduled for 1-3 p.m. on Sunday, May 26. Parade starts at 2:30.
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