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This week’s photos of Columbia
Walls, birds, the Market House, and other Columbia curiosities
A holiday is coming soon.
How will recent changes in the 1972 Clean Water Act affect things?
Stone walls
They don’t build them like that anymore.
It’s part of this railroad bridge at the bottom of Plane Street. The date on the bridge reads “1915.”
A free house on South 2nd?
This new business on the 400 block of Locust is up and running.
Here are the business hours.
Well, at least that garbled message is gone. Now there’s nothing at all.
Nice car, but consider the destination.
This is the state of our union right now.
Here’s to hope for the future.
This flag design is being used to draw attention to a business on the 300 block of Chestnut.
Here are night lights at a new garage business at 4th & Chestnut.
Frosty morning
Rooster say thataway!
Keep this around. Winter’s not done yet.
At the Market House:
The Market House project has begun.
Stage One: Clean out (?)
What are those frames/doors doing in the dumpster?
Hopefully they’re not historic. Is anyone checking?
It’s quite an event.
Here are the permits and approvals.
The project will cost a little over $2 million. A grant will pay for half of that. We will ultimately pay the rest.
There are plans for a restaurant and standholders to move in when the project is complete.
According to the Lancaster County Tax Office, the Columbia Borough School District may be permitted to collect taxes when any operations become income-generating.
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Friday afternoon at the former Masonic Center on Locust
But the next day, signs were posted.
And here’s what they say.
Attack squirrel waiting to pounce
Ready to roll
This was part of a tobacco warehouse back in the day. Now it’s part of Wagon Werks Apartments.
About that free trailer from last week’s post
At 2nd & Union – not a permit in sight, either for parking or renovations.
This work has been going on for months.
Selective enforcement?
Sneaking a peek
Belgian wheat beer
The tree lights at Locust Street Park came down this week:
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Tax appointments on the 300 block of Locust
The tundra swans are back.
Right on schedule
They’re a bit more elegant than the park pooping Canada Geese.
Over in Avenue N, someone needed to get that message out.
Here’s a handy way to store/tote your trash.
The colors, man, the colors!
New business on South 3rd
How many residents who claim to be pro-business will patronize it?
Opening day is this coming Wednesday.
Sunday morning visitors at the Buddhist church on 2nd
Looks like 13 birds in the bush. That would be equal to six and a half in the hand.
A black vulture was hanging around again at 123 North 5th Street on Sunday morning.
His accomplice was trapped inside, trying to get out.
A Columbia Borough police officer responded to the situation.
This notice is on the front door of the house.
Message on the shingles at a different house
Overhead chopper
Drifting away
Vehicles for sale at K.T. Graham at 137 South Front Street
(Here and below)
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The old Shawnee Fire Company building was sold recently.
Iron Bell Holdings is the new owner.
The deed information is HERE.
The deed information is HERE.
There’s work to be done.
Columbia High School Sports Hall of Fame 2020 Inductees
COLUMBIA BOROUGH SCHOOL DISTRICT
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 01, 2020
We would like to congratulate our Columbia High School Sports Hall of Fame 2020 Inductees:
Front Row, Left to Right:
Darlene Copello (Daughter of Vernon” Ike” Blumenshine), John Thomas, Eric Poindexter, Patrick Smith, Barry Zink, Eric Rineer, Steve Deeg
Back Row, Left to Right:
Coach Rick Bentley, Mike Wisler, Charlie Detz, Phil Benson, Ryan Draper, Kelly Houck, Chris Markley, Mark Sheckard, Jack Lynch
Congratulations!
https://www.columbiabsd.com/article/185855?org=park-elementary
Columbia Public Library Calendar of Events – February 2020
Columbia runs away from Pequea Valley in 78-35 boys basketball victory to claim L-L League Section 5 crown
Pequea Valley’s 2-3 zone defense presented trouble for Columbia in the first half of Friday’s Lancaster-Lebanon League Section Five boys basketball matchup in Kinzers.
The Tide finally cracked it in the final two minutes of the second quarter, closing the half on a 6-0 run and beginning the second half on a 14-0 run to open up a sizable advantage that allowed visiting Columbia to run away with a 78-35 victory.
Coupled with Lancaster Mennonite’s upset loss to Annville-Cleona on Thursday night, Columbia’s victory Friday gave the Tide (9-0 league, 14-6 overall) the outright Section Five title. It’s the program’s first section crown since 2008 and 15th overall.
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January 2020 Students of the Month – Columbia Borough School District
JANUARY STUDENTS OF THE MONTH
COLUMBIA BOROUGH SCHOOL DISTRICT
FRIDAY, JANUARY 31, 2020
CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR JANUARY STUDENTS OF THE MONTH!
Left to right:
- Jocelyn Taddy—3rd grade
- Miles Arnold—2nd grade
- Payton Migdal—1st grade
- Ayden Weimer—Kindergarten
Back row left to right:
- Jacob Bianco—Grade 12
- Emily Gambler—Grade 10
- Amelia Campbell—Grade 8
- Dylan Rhoads—Grade 7
- Brodie Clark—Grade 6
- Samuel Wertz—Grade 5
- Caiden Sliger–Grade 4
Columbia Borough Meetings – Week of February 3, 2020
Agenda – Columbia Borough Council Work Session – February 4, 2020
Land bank takes over Columbia house damaged by fire
EMILY JONES | LNP Correspondent
– When: Council meeting, Jan. 28.
– What happened: Council voted unanimously for the Lancaster County Land Bank to acquire property at 521 Locust St.
– Background: The Lancaster County Land Bank deals with real estate problems such as abandoned, blighted or tax-delinquent properties. If the municipality and school district agree to turn over the property to the land bank, the property will be taken off the tax rolls while it is rehabilitated for sale.
– Why it matters: 521 Locust St. was recently damaged in a fire. Council reported the owner has no intention to restore the damage, and the property is tax delinquent. The property, currently worth an estimated $36,600, is in a residential area between Route 462 and North Sixth Street, near the Columbia Public Library and Park Elementary School. Council President Heather Zink and Mayor Leo S. Lutz speculated that when rehabilitated, the property could be sold for at least twice its current value, generating property tax revenue for the borough. The Columbia school board also approved the acquisition of the property by the land bank.
– Quotable: “If we don’t take it, it’s just going to sit there, because the owner has indicated that they are basically going to walk away. They want nothing to do with the property,” Zink said.
– Termination of contract: Council voted to renegotiate with a human resources consultant who terminated her contract with the borough in a letter dated Jan. 21. The original contract, awarded last year to consultant Kathy McCool, was the subject of a Sunshine Act complaint made against the borough by Zink, who was then running for her current seat. Zink had accused council of awarding McCool the contract without discussion in a public meeting. Zink said after the Jan. 28 meeting McCool’s termination was unrelated to last year’s Sunshine complaint. Instead it had to do with a misunderstanding on the part of council regarding the amount of work McCool still needed to complete.
– Columbia Crossing: Mark Platts, the president of Susquehanna National Heritage Area, which manages Columbia Crossing River Trails Center, announced the center will receive a new $10,000 grant from the National Park Service.
Police: Columbia man had bottles of Fireball in his pockets when he was pulled over for suspected DUI
A Columbia man is facing DUI and related charges after he was found with two mini-bottles of Fireball Whiskey in his pocket during a traffic stop early Sunday morning in Manor Township, police say.
Diego Gonzalez-Colon, 34, was arrested at about 2:15 a.m. after Manor Township Police pulled him over in the area of Whitechapel Road and Sutherland Road, according to police. Because it is his third DUI offense in 10 years, police say, the DUI charge from Sunday’s incident is a felony offense.
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