Columbia Spy

This week’s photos of Columbia 

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St. Patrick’s Day is a week away, as this well-dressed guy on Manor Street is reminding us.

Another foggy morning . . .

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The lamb looks interested in Jesus’ dried rose.

This one’s looking for scraps that may have fallen.

A few more from Laurel Hill . . . 

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Cue the Green Acres theme song.

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An ex-sign at 4th & Chestnut

Why?

A workman messing with the signal controls again

Seen from Laurel Hill

Apparently, Christmas is still lurking.

It’s not crazy if it works.

Wild Briar Vintage

Hebe (aka Ganymeda) with balloons

Unfit for flight.

Peregrine Falcon Fledge Watch Notice

Reaching skyward

Blooming daffodils

Today’s Sunday News has a story about the Market House dungeons.

Here are a few photos from 10 years ago.

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Relaxing by the river

Another “rock sculpture” has appeared at River Park.

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Annoyed at the neighbors?

Tangled up in Blue

Heavy cloud, no rain

Awaiting the return

A few photos of Monday’s sunset . . .

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Columbia Curiosities

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Washington Boro

‘Til next week!

https://www.wgal.com/article/lancaster-county-effort-underway-to-save-dungeons-under-columbia-market-house/60130118?fbclid=IwAR30_MYXNmomURiAvDPMUNGqlb7MZKhkJ0sPdei3F1RRHU-ohlU00t09OxI

https://lancaster.crimewatchpa.com/columbiapd/10552/incidents/weapons-violation?fbclid=IwAR2kabEW7xSqsZKNY7pETp7O3tLQ-GeHHfeVVJwU6lgTYZw4qcwPi46sVDA

https://lancaster.crimewatchpa.com/da/11617/post/columbia-man-sentenced-14-years-prison-assaulting-paramedics-disarming-officer?fbclid=IwAR14NAAQ_ZFHmJaS50T5euzZ8w0WNbtfPGNx-rIVnz1xGSRRwnTfdXZg7Q4

[Dungeon photos: Columbia Spy]

Columbia Borough lays claim to a strange subterranean space, people say.

Some swear ghosts lurk there, where no natural light shines.

A borough constable once forced famous inventor Thomas Alva Edison and heavyweight bare-knuckle boxer John L. Sullivan to spend the night — albeit in different centuries. Another occupant died by suicide, historians say.

And now, volunteers with the Columbia Historical Preservation Society want to restore the dungeons below the Columbia Market House with wood floors, replicated furniture and interpretative panels that relate its storied past as a prison from the mid-1800s to about 1928. One goal, says Rick Fisher, the society member spearheading the restoration, is to create a display rich with history.

“We want to preserve them before any more damage occurs,” Fisher says of the six crumbling, windowless prison cells.

Grab a free sneak peek at the underground area and learn about its history Thursday at 6 p.m. at the market house.
MORE: HERE.

Daylight saving time starts at 2 a.m. on March 10, 2024, the second Sunday of March.

The meeting packet is  HERE.