In November 2023, Fire Chief Scott Ryno and volunteer firefighters from the Columbia Borough Fire Department thanked the Columbia School Board for passing a tax credit program that benefits firefighters and their families.
Columbia Borough started offering property tax credits to firefighters in 2018. (The Columbia School District did so in 2023.) Volunteers are required to respond to calls, attend department meetings and participate in fundraisers to receive either a 10% or 20% rebate from the borough’s 8.0 mill property tax. (One mil equals $1 in property tax for every $1,000 of assessed value. So the owner of a $200,000 home in the borough would pay $1,600 in property taxes.)
The party endorsed Brad Chambers, a labor administrator for Penske Corp., in the primary race for the 41st District, which includes Columbia Borough and East and West Hempfield townships. Chambers ran for Columbia Borough Council last year but fell 29 votes short of winning a seat.
If he wins the Democratic primary, Chambers will likely face incumbent East Hempfield Republican state Rep. Brett Miller in November’s general election. Miller didn’t face a Democratic candidate in his 2022 reelection bid, defeating Libertarian Favyan Asia by about 7,000 votes.
The river was reading five feet above the normal of 227 on the scale under the Veterans Memorial Bridge Tuesday morning. As shown above, part of Columbia River Park was flooded.
The roofing project at the Wright’s Ferry Mansion continued Monday morning as workers removed the old shingles from the overhang in preparation for applying new ones. (Note the worker on the far right.)
The main roof was replaced over the past few months.
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