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Columbia native wins Grammy with Pacifica Quartet
A musician born and raised in Columbia took won a Grammy award on Sunday night.
Austin Hartman, as part of the string group Pacifica Quartet, took home the award for “Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance.” The quartet’s winning album, “Contemporary Voices,” was released Sept. 24, 2020.
Hartman, who attended Lancaster Country Day School, plays second violin in the group.
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Agenda – Columbia Borough Planning Commission Meeting – March 16, 2021
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The Community Garden of Columbia is among 4 community gardens in Lancaster County that still have plots
Community Garden of Columbia, at 291 S. 4th St., has 10-foot-by-14-foot plots for $25 for the season, which will start around the end of March and run through Dec. 1. Email communitygardencolumbia@gmail.com
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Agenda – HARB Meeting – March 17, 2021
About Town – March 14, 2021
This week’s photos of Columbia
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“Dear Gentrifiers . . . “
Loading up the shed at the Visitors Center
A few final adjustments
Ready to rock
And away it goes!
Farewell Visitors Center!
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A worker from Heath Consultants checking underground lines on Front Street
Grave markers at Mount Bethel Cemetery
Masonry work at 142 Locust
Canada geese flyover
CHS girls’ basketball team on the way to Linden Hall (3/10/21)
Lineman trying not to get his wires crossed
Southwest Side Story
Pumpkins past their prime but partially preserved by the winter weather
Historic light fixtures at Saint John’s Evangelical Lutheran Church
Fresh concrete at the bridge plaza
A few flags flying
There they are again.
Ghost sign
Johns Hopkins Lifeline
Must-have glasses at Styled X Khloe Boutique at 420 Locust Street
Running lines at North 5th & Route 30
Angel carrying flowers
Looking through
Hooray, the snow is almost gone!
Don’t mess with this.
Because it operates these.
And it could lead to this.
Mr. 0.0 will be watching.
Here comes a train, approaching the intersection with Lawrence Street (according to Google Maps). Interesting that there are no barricades or warning lights at this intersection.
As this train approached, a truck with a flatbed trailer, and a car, crossed the tracks in front of it.
There is, however, a sign marking the railroad crossing.
Apparently, the location is marked with these metal plates.
Well, at least we think we know what’s in this railcar.
Looks like lumber’s back.
It was reportedly hard to find at the height of the COVID crisis.
Out for a run
Align Pregnancy Services at 462 Chestnut has FREE diapers, wipes & formula.
But who decides who’s who?
This is either a modern art sculpture or some sort of farm equipment.
Out with the old . . .
. . . in with the new
Stars and STRIPS!
A horny skull and one suffering from red-eye
But who’s the green guest?
He’s ridin’ shotgun.
A favorite view of many
On Sunday morning, water rescue training was happening at Columbia River Park, led by Todd Stahl of White Cap Water Rescue Training LLC:
[Photo by Todd Stahl]
[Photo by Todd Stahl]
[Photo by Todd Stahl]
Here are 3 from Todd Stahl showing this morning’s high water level:
Enjoying the view
Mission accomplished!
[Photo by Todd Stahl]
Several Columbia establishments have violations: Lancaster County restaurant inspections, March 12, 2021
Columbia Borough Police Department Monthly Report to Council for February 2021
Agenda – Columbia Parks & Rec Board Meeting – March 11, 2021
Officer Ed Mann retires from Columbia police force
Officer Edgar Mann
[Columbia Spy file photo]
Officer Ed Mann has retired from the Columbia Borough Police Department, it was announced at Tuesday’s borough council meeting. Mann, who was with the force since 1997, was instrumental in organizing Columbia’s “National Night Out” event, as well as the K-9 program, according to Chief Jack Brommer. “We greatly appreciate his service to the community, and we wish him well in his retirement,” Brommer said.
