About three dozen people, including legal observers, joined the “March for Columbia” on Sunday for social justice and racial equality. The group gathered at Makle Park and marched through town, with stops at the police station and the Veterans Memorial Bridge before returning. An 8 minute, 46 second vigil was observed at the police station, the time police officer Derek Chavin knelt on George Floyd’s neck as Floyd died. On the bridge, participants read stories and last words of Elijah McClain, who was killed last summer by police in Aurora, Colorado as he was walking home. Also read was a poem by James Baldwin. Police from several departments escorted the marchers.
About Town 7/5/2020
This week’s photos of Columbia
Patriotic bunting
Pop-up food ‘n’ fixins under the bridge for the Fourth
Bikes for rent at Front and Bridge
Remnants of fireworks on Sunday morning, July 5.
Right in front of the post office
Unique artwork at 4th & Union
Avenue L
Sticker shock on Poplar
Columbia Borough offices closed July 3, 2020 – No street sweeping
Borough offices are closed Friday, July 3, 2020 in observance of Independence Day. There is no street sweeping.
Agenda – Columbia Borough Council Work Session – July 7, 2020
FBI releases composite photo of missing Amish girl
The FBI has created a composite photo of what she might look like in street clothes.
MORE:
https://www.abc27.com/news/local/lancaster/fbi-releases-composite-picture-of-missing-amish-girl/
Borough workers spruce up the bridge plaza for the holiday
"Music in the Park" concerts coming to Locust Street Park
PA Department of Labor extends unemployment benefits
The Pennsylvania Department of Labor announced today that they will be extending unemployment benefits for up to thirteen more weeks.
In a release, the department said that those who exhaust their benefits, including those under the Federal Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation, may qualify for additional weeks of payments under the state’s extended benefits program.
Extended benefits would begin with the week ending July 4th and are only payable for weeks the beneficiary remains unemployed.
MORE:
https://www.pahomepage.com/top-news/pa-department-of-labor-extends-unemployment-benefits/
Man sues parole agent, Columbia police claiming excessive force used
Columbia councilwoman's calls to make police use-of-force policy in borough public are hindered
Columbia Councilwoman Sharon Lintner has been trying to get a copy of the borough police department's use-of-force policy since June 4.
She still doesn't have it.
She said she tried to get her concerns about getting access to the policy addressed at a council executive session after a council meeting earlier this month, but it wasn't discussed.












































































































