The Crimson Tide made it three straight section crowns, compliments of a 59-11 victory over host Octorara. Columbia successfully defended its Section 4 championship. Two years ago the Tide won the Section 5 title.
“Winning the section title is always a goal for us,” Tide coach Karl Kreiser said. “And we’ve reached that first goal.”
That’s six section crowns in all for Columbia, which won Section 3 in 1996-97, Section 2 in 1988-89, and Section 2 in 1986-87.
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A USPS relay box at Front & Walnut was discovered knocked over this morning. It may have been a victim of a vehicle cutting across the curb during yesterday’s traffic jam through Columbia. The backup was due to a mid-afternoon vehicle accident on Route 30W in York County.
So far, there’s no word on whether the stalled traffic on the Veterans Memorial Bridge caused any further damage to the ailing structure.
Brad Chambers held a campaign kickoff at the Columbia Market House Friday night, with over 50 people attending.
In the 41st District, which covers Columbia Borough and East and West Hempfield, Chambers, 33, is looking to challenge five-term state Rep. Brett Miller, of East Hempfield Township.
Chambers told LNP | LancasterOnline he plans to leverage his youth and inexperience in politics against Miller’s incumbency.
Lancaster County Commissioner Alice Yoder expressed her support for Brad Chambers at Friday’s campaign kickoff at the Columbia Market House.
“I think there’s a contrast,” Chambers said. “You have someone who has been in office for (almost) a decade, and all of the problems that were pretty much there when he started are still here, versus me, who hasn’t gotten a shot yet.”
Chambers, a labor administrator for Penske Corporation, ran for Columbia Borough Council in last year’s municipal election but fell 29 votes short of winning a seat.
Ismail “Izzy” Smith-Wade-El introduced Brad Chambers at Chambers’ campaign kickoff at the Columbia Market House last Friday. Izzy has represented the 49th Pennsylvania House of Representatives District since 2023.
At a campaign kickoff event at Columbia Market House Friday night, Chambers told about 50 of his supporters that he’s running to disrupt the status quo in Harrisburg that he said has let down many constituents, including himself.
“I have keenly felt the struggles of ordinary folks in my own life. I grew up in a single-parent home. While my mom was out working, I was often left in charge of my siblings,” Chambers said. “What I lacked in structure and stability at home, I gained in adaptability and resilience.”
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Recent photos of Columbia
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Faces about town . . .
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The skeletons made no bones about their intention to invade.
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Let’s hope these aren’t necessary.
Twisted Tea – Back in action?
Sit a spell.
Not time for kayaks – yet.
Winter sunsets are the best.
Lotsa lights on Locust
FORES
Market Manager Chris Vera recently painted and refurbished three Keeley stoves and moved them back into the Market House, where they belong.
A similar product was big in Columbia in the ’80s. Some residents might remember.
Several piles of broken glass are still present along part of the railroad. A “found art” practitioner placed them there a few years ago.
Double-crossed garden
Does Columbia have a dog poop problem?
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He was shy at first.
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But he got over it.
JESUS SAVES
Don’t tell the borough about these bricks, or they’ll want to dig them up and put in a concrete sidewalk.
Protected by . . . no one? someone? anyone?
Crazy numbers, often used in municipal budgeting
St. Pete’s place
In the window of the former Fragments of the Past
OPEN?
See you later.
In prayer
PennDOT cleaning the deteriorating Veterans Memorial Bridge
From the redo at the Re-Uzit Shop
GOLD
2000-2019
Steeple
February 10th
Water-logged bulbs
Gandalf returned to Valinor.
Punxsutawney Phil didn’t see his shadow this morning, predicting an early spring.
This marks the first time since 2020 that Phil predicted an early spring.
The door to the magical 2,000-point club swung open Thursday. Columbia senior ace Brie Droege reached the scoring plateau in the first quarter of the Crimson Tide’s 63-5 L-L League Section 4 victory over Linden Hall in Columbia.
Droege swooped in on a fast-break and banked in a layup to hit the mark. She needed 15 points for 2K and she scored 17 points — all in the first quarter — and she’s at 2,002 career points.
Droege now has two things in common with her mom, former Columbia great Marjorie (Rhoads) Droege. First, they both scored their milestone 2,000th point in the same basket inside the Tide’s storied gym. And second, they’re both in the 2K scoring club.
Marjorie, a 1997 Columbia grad, is still atop the league’s all-time scoring chart with 2,573 points. She scored her 2,000th point against Elco in her senior season.
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Rising Sun Nutrition, 50 Lancaster Ave., Columbia, complaint, Jan. 26. Pass. No violations.
Turkey Hill No. 68, 342 Chestnut St., Columbia, Jan. 22. Pass. Boxes of food stored directly on the floor in the walk-in freezer rather than 6 inches off the floor as required. Sausages and hot dogs were held at 118 F and 120 F, respectively, on the roller grill, rather than 135 F or above as required.
Columbia Spy 