Columbia Spy

Columbia High School, another historically low-performing school and NASEF member, created an esports club last year. Superintendent Tom Strickler said it has electrified students who were never big fans of school — or attending school.

Word around Columbia Borough has apparently spread quickly, as middle school students have expressed interest in forming their own team.

“It just adds one more activity to keep students engaged in school,” Strickler said. “I think that’s the key part.”

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On 08/30/19 at approximately 9:30 am, the Columbia Borough School District alerted the Columbia Borough Police Department to a possible threat against students and staff.  The Columbia Borough Police Department followed-up on the information and located a witness who heard a current student make threats toward a teacher and classmates.  A Columbia Borough Police officer interviewed the suspect, a 13 year old male student, along with his parents, and determined that threatening statements were made against a teacher and classmates.  Columbia Borough Police Officers further determined that despite the threats, the student did not have immediate access to firearms.   

Upon review of the incident, the Lancaster County District Attorney’s Office recommended a charge of one count of Terroristic Threats [M-1] against the 13 year old male.  

The matter will be referred to Juvenile Court and the Lancaster County Juvenile Probation Department. 

Arrest Date:  Wednesday, September 4, 2019 

Case Number:  CB-19-03130 

Charges: (1 count) of Terroristic Threats – (M1) 

Source:  Columbia Borough Police Department

 Facing

Fenced

Fetish

 Famished?

Fake

Ghost truck?

(Heading towards Halloween)

OK, back to the Endless Eighth Street Project

Here are examples of the newly “completed” sidewalks

Over at Bethel Street – Everywhere a sign

Tied off

Trooper at Bixler’s

Vanishing point that hasn’t yet vanished

Down at the 4th & Locust project – 

The sign says ROAD CLOSED, but drivers insisted on using one lane as two lanes.

Columbia skyline

Pointing the way

Red hat

Pulling a line

Uh . . . Road Closed . . . ?

Patriotic helmet

Laying a block

Troweling the edge

Large load

The first block of North 4th

The tree is dead, but the weeds are doing quite well.

(400 block of Walnut)

Heading to school

Heading to home

Newly added at the Front Street mural – 

Unfortunately, not all who donated are listed.

Doubly prepared

Up in the corner

The remnants of a hornet’s nest

Here’s a shot from July 23, 2017 when it was live.

 Coffee & Cream coming soon at Front & Walnut

Painting on South 3rd

At 161-163 Locust Street: The permit specified an interior clean-out and demo. The property is owned by Cimarron.

At the July 23, 2019 Columbia Borough Council meeting, Zoning and Planning Officer Jeff Helm said the interior demolition would consist of “non-essential, non-structural materials that are in there.” He said it would entail “peeling away cosmetic layers inside the building.” He also said there’s a plan for a rear, attached shed that will eventually come to the planning commission for review. He said the “demo” refers to ceiling demos and wall covering demos.

No permit is currently displayed.

Shown above is a Historic Resource Survey Form from March 23, 1983 describing the building.

Here’s a snake slithering.

Mattress and frame on Locust

Free!

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In case you were wondering, it’s OPEN. Except – it’s really CLOSED.

Tri-color house on the 200 block of Locust

Way up on Avenue I

Some weed whacking might be in order.

Surprisingly, the weeds at the Locust Street hole in the ground have been chopped down.

Here’s another look.

Scrape and paint ASAP.

Paddling along on a Sunday morning

The tax benefit allows people to delay paying taxes on profits from stocks or other investments for years. To qualify, they have to direct their untaxed gains into federally certified regions known as opportunity zones. Profits on those investments are then tax-free.

While some money is flowing to poor communities, the most visible impact so far has been to set off a feeding frenzy among the wealthiest Americans. They are poised to reap billions in untaxed profits on high-end apartment buildings and hotels in trendy neighborhoods, storage facilities that employ only a handful of workers or student housing in bustling college towns.

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