After temporarily relocating to a shared space because of the redevelopment of its former building, Roburrito’s has now closed its Lancaster city burrito shop and is making plans to move to Columbia.
Roburrito’s owner Rob McGrath said the Water Street shop closed because he was informed by the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board that two separate liquor licensees cannot share the same space.
McGrath said he learned about some possible spots for a burrito shop in Columbia from the owners of Lancaster Distilleries, who have a taproom there. Columbia is also the original location for Columbia Kettle Works, which has its Lancaster city taproom in a separate area at 112 N. Water St.
A mural in progress at Lancaster Distilleries at 230 North 4th Street
And after a little more progress, the mural looked like this.
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Students from Park Elementary walked down Locust Street as part of an evacuation drill on Thursday morning.
Patriot Towing was on the ramp helping to remove steels beams from a boat on Saturday morning.
A burnt page among the fallen leaves
This car is actual size.
Two informational plaques like this one were recently removed without explanation: one at South 2nd & Locust, and one at South 5th & Avenue N. Two at Columbia River Park and one at Columbia High School still remain.
(Actually, the one shown here, which is at Rotary Park, should be removed, since it’s virtually unreadable. The others appear to be in good shape. )
At long last, the 300 block of Avenue G has been cleaned up and weeded.
No dogs are allowed in Locust Street Park.
But who will enforce the rule?
This e-bike rider blew through every stop sign on Manor Street. The one shown here is at Plane & Manor.
This plane was meandering over the area for a while last Sunday afternoon, as shown on the map below:
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Part of the 500 block of Chestnut was dug up again, this time so that UGI could install a gas service.
Dirty smoke at the former Colonial Metals
A steamy get-together
Well-meaning donors have been leaving items besides clothing and shoes at this collection bin at 4th & Chestnut. Let’s hope they don’t start leaving old furniture and trash, as happened at the bin that used to be at North 6th & Poplar. That bin had to be removed as a result.
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Some folks like to save their spaces for the Mardi Gras parade, as shown here, even going so far as duct taping their blankets to the sidewalk.
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Clint Eastwood’s on the 200 block of Locust.
An old-time seed cleaner at Tollbooth Antiques
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Quirky clouds and jet trails
Cosmic Zorro left his mark.
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Halloween stuff . . .
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Down at the borough farm on Blue Lane
There’s a firing range there.
This is where your yard waste bags go after being collected.
PA Senator Ryan Aument was one of several officials who dedicated the Route 441 bypass bridge to Columbia’s Major General Edward C. Shannon at a ceremony on Wednesday.
Aument and Rep. Brett Miller talk about Shannon’s legacy in this clip.
354 cats have gone through the Columbia Cat Action Team’s TNR program to date.
In 2021, resident complaints about large numbers of feral cats led to the creation of CCAT. Over time, this program reduces the feral cat population. Some of the kittens and cats that were trapped actually found permanent homes so they are no longer roaming the streets.
A group of extremely dedicated volunteers perform a variety of duties which includes the physical work of trapping and transporting the cats to and from procedures, as well as housing the caged cats overnight before releasing them back where they were initially trapped.
Other duties include answering emails and making phone calls to schedule trapping dates and locations. Still other volunteers organize and contribute to fundraising, making this a true team effort.
CCAT now operates closely with The Columbia Animal Shelter which contributes to the enormous success of the program.
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