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Elizabethtown Hires Rebecca Denlinger as New Borough Manager

Rebecca Denlinger
[Columbia Spy file photo]

The Elizabehtown Borough Council voted to hire Columbia Borough Manager Rebecca Secrist Denlinger as the new Elizabethtown Borough manager effective Jan. 23.
Denlinger is the successor to Roni Ryan, who has been Elizabethtown borough manager for 10 years and has worked for the borough almost 20 years. Ryan is taking a new job with The Benecon Group, an employee benefits management company in Lititz.
According to information she posted on the business networking website LinkedIn, Denlinger has worked for the borough of Columbia since January of 2018. 
MORE:

https://etownpa.com/elizabethtown-hires-new-borough-manager/ 

Vecchia Sicilia gives $1,000 to help employees of Hurricane Pizza

Angelo and Claudia Campailla (left) of Vecchia Sicilia Pizza present a $1,000 check Thursday night to Chris and Beth Giffen of Hurricane Pizza.  The money will help employees of Hurricane who have been idled due to a recent fire there. The Campaillas donated a percentage of sales on Monday and Tuesday to raise the money.
Columbia Spy reported on the fundraising effort HERE.

COLUMBIA BOROUGH STREET SWEEPING NOTICE | Columbia Borough Police Department

The Columbia Borough Public Works Department will continue street sweeping through Tuesday, December 24, 2019. Beginning Wednesday, December 25, 2019 the street sweeper will cease operation until sometime during the first quarter of 2020 when the weather begins to improve. Notice will be given via the Borough’s website, Crime Watch, and on Borough and Police social media accounts before the 2020 street sweeping schedule begins.

Sourced via CRIMEWATCH®: https://lancaster.crimewatchpa.com/columbiapd/10552/post/columbia-borough-street-sweeping-notice

Columbia VFW announces winners of Patriot's Pen Essay Contest

The Columbia Veterans of Foreign Wars Post #2435 recently announced the winners of the annual Patriot’s Pen Essay Contest: Brooke Droege (pictured left), First Place; Mina Abid, (pictured middle) Second Place; and Moriah Spencer (pictured right), Third Place. All three students are in the eighth grade at Columbia Middle School, Hill Campus; each student received a certificate and cash award, with the first and second place winners advancing to the state competition in 2020. This annual contest, sponsored by the Columbia VFW, encourages students to reflect on a specified theme; this year’s theme is “What Makes America Great.”
MORE:

https://www.columbiabsd.org/article/172236?org=cbsd 

Vecchia Sicilia Pizza is raising funds to help Hurricane Pizza employees

Vecchia Sicilia Pizza is owned by the Campailla family, shown above. Left to right: Sal, Claudia, Debora, customer Sharon Lintner, Angelo, and Disma.

Vecchia Sicilia Pizza, 1786 Columbia Avenue, is raising funds to help Hurricane Pizza employees who are out of work due to a recent fire. A percentage of sales made Monday and Tuesday, from 4 p.m. to closing, will be donated. The pizza shop hopes to raise at least $1,000 for the cause. 

Rezoning Ordinance to be considered for adoption at December 16 Special Council Meeting

Hearing Notice

Notice is hereby given that the Ordinance summarized below will be considered by Borough Council of the Borough of Columbia for adoption following a zoning hearing pursuant to the Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code to be held at a special meeting of Council on Monday, December 16, 2019, at 7:00 p.m. in Columbia Borough School District’s Administration Building located at 200 North Fifth Street, Columbia, Pennsylvania: An Ordinance to repeal the Airport District Overlay, including deletion of the Airport Hazard Area Map and height limitations associated with the Airport Overlay District; to include a provision for space between rooftop solar panels; to amend the official zoning map of the Borough of Columbia to designate certain areas presently designated High Density Residential (HDR), Medium Density Residential Business (MDRB), and Riverfront Commercial (RC) to Downtown Commercial (DC); to change the area known as the Linden Street Gateway from Low Density Residential (LDR) to Downtown Commercial (DC) District; to change 301?325 North Seventh Street from Medium Density Residential (MDR) to Institutional/?Residential (INSR) District; to change Cloverton Drive west of Kinderhook Road and Hilmar Circle from Rural Residential (RR) to Medium Density Residential (MDR) District; to change the 1200 block of Locust Street from Rural Residential (RR) to Institutional/?Residential (INSR) District; to change 530 South Fourteenth Street from Low Density Residential (LDR) to Highway Commercial (HC) District; to change the zoning of certain parcels on the 1100 block of Manor Street as well as 740 South Twelfth Street from Medium Density Residential (MDR) to Light Business (LB) District; to change 700, 704, and 706 Manor Street from High Density Residential (HDR) to Light Business (LB) District; to change the properties located at 3 Shawnee Avenue, 622 Union Street, and 600 Avenue N from High Density Residential (HDR) to Highway Commercial (HC) District; to change 400 Union Street from High Density Residential (HDR) to High Density Residential – Multi-Unit (HDRM) District; providing for the repeal of inconsistent ordinances; providing for the severability of the ordinance; and providing that the ordinance shall take effect in accordance with Pennsylvania law. A complete copy of the Ordinance may be inspected at the Municipal Building, 308 Locust Street, Columbia, PA during regular business hours and the Lancaster Law Library, located at 50 North Duke Street, Lancaster, Pennsylvania during regular business hours.

Columbia Borough

By: Neil L. Albert, Esquire

Borough Solicitor

[Source: columbiapa.net]