About Town 8/23/2020

This week’s photos of Columbia
(Click/tap on photos to see larger, sharper images.)

Old friends

Pride Flag – 
Columbia moves into the 21st Century.
Backyard flags

Ready to embark

Holding down the roof at Holy Trinity

Tribute to World War II submarine crews
(Locust Street Park)

Painting continues at Global Time Wizard

Once again, dumping

Lighting up at 403 Locust

 Construction vehicles used at the 401-403 Locust Street project did a number on the curb at the lot at 4th & Locust. Although the sidewalk was replaced last week, the curb still needs tender loving care.

As Colonel Bull Meechum would say, “Grossly insufficient!”

Signs at 430 Walnut

Working on that bottom panel

Meanwhile, across the street 
at 421 Avenue G

A 19-space parking lot with fence and gate is currently under construction there.

The permit was apparently signed on August 4, 2020 by Interim Zoning Officer Karen Zaporozec.

A Call for Racial Justice & Reinventing the Police is planned for Locust Street Park on August 25.

For some reason, Civil War battle flags of the Army of Tennessee have begun to appear throughout town. The one shown here is fittingly backed by a Trump flag.

Here’s another. The flag is often used by right-wing hate groups and is not the official flag of the former Confederacy.
This one appears to hold a message that the South will rise again – yet the flag is displayed here in the North.

But here’s a peace symbol.

And here’s another.

They’re hanging at the Olde Timber Works

Some signs need to be retired or replaced.

Down at Lloyd Mifflin’s house

Hangover

There’s where that missing cart got to.

Corn almost ready for harvest on South 9th

 After construction vehicles were moved from the lot at 4th & Locust, the area was tilled.

And reseeding was begun (here and below).

The boot

TRASH METAL ALUMIUM ANd MOVE

Columbia Presbyterian is going green, one door at a time.

Vultures seem to like the Turkey Hill tower.

This vehicle comes with a tail.
“The bridge”

Wrightsville in the rain

Under the bridge

The bridge is overdue for rehabilitation.

More of the bridge

Ripples . . .

Endless ripples

On the way there

Here’s a pic from Chickies by Todd Stahl.

And last but not least: They’re here – spotted lanternflies.

Columbia Borough Deeds Recorded August 17, 2020

Marc Newmin and Luann Newmin conveyed 226 Lawrence St. to Brandon Micheal Hoffman for $142,000.

Dennis E. Gaus and Roxanne M. Gaus conveyed property on Locust Street to Kinsmen Holdings LLC for $220,000.

Citizens Bank NA and Citizens Bank of Pennsylvania conveyed 519 Union St. to Renewed Concepts LLC for $58,000.

Kerri L. Landis and Joseph Grzybicki conveyed 113 S. Fifth St. to Kechemia Latoya Barnaby and Audrey F. Barnaby for $95,500.

Lancaster County Tax Claim Bureau and Donna L. Short conveyed property on a public road to Lancaster County Land Bank Authority for $1,000.

Brian K. Fake conveyed 422 Union St. to Columbia Catholic Housing For The Elderly II Inc. for $105,000.

Anthony J. Spinelli and Andrew Spinelli conveyed property on North Fourth Street to Real Blocks Inc. for $90,000.

Timothy M. Hess conveyed 1020 Cloverton Drive to Timothy M. Hess and Lindsey M. Brenner for $1.

Ryan J. Dejesus conveyed property on Manor Street to Megan Walgren for $75,000.

Todd M. Kramer and Diana L. Kramer conveyed property on South Eighth Street to Jenetta D. Harris Tomoney and Jenetta D Harris Tomoney for $150,000.

Anthony J. Freiler and Carmen Y. Freiler conveyed property on South Eighth Street to Julian S. Lintner and Danye A. Cooper for $130,000.

Citizens address borough council on housing, police reform, and Black Lives Matter

Columbia School Board Director Robert Misciagna explained why affordable housing must be a focus for governments everywhere. With millions expected to be evicted from their homes by the end of the year, it has only become more urgent for municipalities to implement measures that will make rent and mortgage payments more affordable for their citizens. The increases in the cost of housing have far exceeded those of incomes. Every day Americans find it more and more difficult to balance increases in rent with their need to buy groceries, buy clothes, pay loan payments, and fulfill other necessary expenses. Affordable housing measures are just as important in Columbia as they are everywhere else.

Mark Temons is a member of the Lancaster NAACP and a cofounder of the Lancaster Peace Action Network, as well as a Columbia resident. Although Mark’s five minutes were up before he made his conclusions, he makes some amazing points about the need for 21st century police reform. I am certain that we will continue to see him fighting for these changes in Columbia in the foreseeable future.

Becky Young, a Columbia Borough School District School Director, spoke last week at a Borough Council Meeting in order to respond to false claims that Black Lives Matter is a hate group.