Cheeze Brothers & Sisters at Locust Street Park Friday, July 19
Columbia Borough Meetings – Week of July 15, 2019
See Character Juggler Chris Ivey July 15 at Park Elementary Gym
About Town 7/14/19
This week’s photos from Columbia
So what’s the plan?
Fishing on the dock
Caught one – with presidential lips!
The Water Reel – Keeping our football field green for years
Tax notice for 132 Locust Street
Here’s another one.
Also at 132 Locust: There was talk of opening this sidewalk, at a recent meeting. May as well forget that, though – for obvious reasons.
Here’s where you fill the gas tank in a ’56 Cadillac.
More found art down at the tracks, here and below
All decked out in patriotic attire
Compare and contrast with the preceding.
The historic Wright’s Ferry Mansion
No need to storm Area 51. The visitors are here.
There’s one now, all green and glowing – with a MAGA hat, no less.
Free blessing box on the 300 block of Walnut, courtesy of Deb Schleh, here and below:
A chop shop in a backyard?
A photographer photographing North 2nd
A surveyor surveying 4th & Locust.
Does that include the freedom of kids in cages?
Neighbors helping neighbors
Getting the goods
Digging on the 300 block of Avenue H
Dates and places for the school supply drive
Work continues at 401 Locust, here and below.
7 years . . .
Nice melons
We’ve been getting some heavy rains lately.
Even 401 flooded.
Afterwards, a rainbow
More work at 401
Cementing the deal
Museum Partners Condominium Association?
Get your car detailed on North 6th.
Big man on the job
Progression of the sign at AJ’s Surplus Grocery at Columbia Plaza:
Washing the mowers
Here’s something that can’t just be washed away: ongoing mattress dumping on the 400 block of Avenue H.
A safety issue and a public health issue?
Not to mention an “attractive nuisance.”
Columbia might soon be designated “Mattress City USA,” if this keeps up.
And just to emphasize the point, here’s another one on the 200 block of the same alley.
Rear-view of the dung-out work on the 100 block of Locust
Everyone has to start somewhere.
Nice paint job, but why was this permitted …
… and this wasn’t?
Mayflies – the dead and the dying
Speaking of mayflies, cyclists are actually using the mayfly bike rack at River Park.
Open for business – or nesting …
This is where the black vultures were living before they “flew the coop.”
Saturday, July 20th
Making a break for it
Patriotic skid
Camouflaged doors
Poplar Street School Center for the Arts
Neckless goose
Legless goose
Staring contest
The Canadian Armada
Alley cats: This is their turf.
Columbia – famous for its antiques
The Eagle has landed. Not yet, though. That’ll be this Saturday, 50 years ago.
If you feel the need to escape . . .
SERVICE THROUGH PROGRESS on North 3rd
Yes, it has stopped.
Coming soon – or not at all?
Coming soon, most likely
Looking deep into 401 Locust
Do Lancaster police have jurisdiction here?
[Submitted photo]
Please CONE again!
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Council holds budget meeting, 3 councillors and 3 candidates are no-shows
Council candidates (right) join councillors at Thursday’s Budget Meeting. Candidates (right to left) are Howard Stevens, Sharon Lintner, and Heather Zink.
Columbia Borough Council held the second of its 2019 budget meetings on Thursday evening. (The first was held April 11.) In a surprise break with precedent, candidates running for council in this fall’s election were invited to sit at the table with councillors. Three candidates – Sharon Lintner, Howard Stevens, and Heather Zink – accepted the invitation and took their seats at places marked with their names.
A quorum of four council members was present, but unfortunately three other councillors were absent: Council President Kelly Murphy, Cleon Berntheizel, and Marilyn Kress-Hartman. When asked about the absences, Councillor John Novak, who led the meeting, cited “personal reasons.” Murphy and Berntheizel have long been deeply involved in borough finances, so it was curious that they did not attend a budget meeting which had been advertised on December 20, 2018 and listed on this week’s meeting schedule. Until recently, Murphy and Berntheizel served as chair and vice-chair, respectively, of the Finance Committee, before council abolished individual committees. Murphy is currently listed as Lead Councilperson for Finance on the Columbia Borough website.
Finance Manager Kyle Watts reviewed the report and accepted questions from the audience. The budget report can be downloaded HERE. The report is a draft and is subject to change over the next few meetings. A video of the meeting is posted on the Columbia Borough Facebook page HERE.
Novak and Borough Manager Rebecca Denlinger emphasized that all councillors and candidates were invited to this meeting and are invited to future meetings. A schedule of meetings is shown below, as is supplemental information.
2019 Budget Meeting Schedule
July 11, 2019 Budget Meeting Supplemental Reporting
T.J. Griffin to headline Columbia's National Night Out August 6
Columbia Borough’s National Night Out is scheduled for Tuesday, August 6, 2019 from 6pm-9pm (rain date Tues. 8/13/19) at Glatfelter Memorial Field. This year we are fortunate to have “TJ Griffin”, an at-risk youth mentor and advocate as our headliner. TJ is a former recording artist manager and has worked with the likes of meg film director Zack Snyder, rapper-actor ICE T, and the legendary band Queen. TJ will be on stage from 7pm-7:45pm.
Click the link to read more about TJ Griffin.
Source: Columbia Borough Police Department
Sourced via CRIMEWATCH®: https://lancaster.crimewatchpa.com/columbiapd/10552/post/columbia-borough-national-night-out-headliner-tj-griffin
Accountability Index: Rep. Dave Hickernell gets "D" and Sen. Ryan Aument gets an "F-" !!!
GO HERE FOR MORE INFO:
https://www.empowerpa.org/how-is-my-representative-or-senator-voting/
Columbia Borough Budget Meeting – July 11, 2019
A Columbia Borough Budget Meeting will be held Thursday, July 11, 2019 at 6 p.m. at the Municipal Building, 308 Locust Street.
The budget report can be downloaded HERE.
As mayflies near the end of their season, spotted lanternflies are reaching adulthood in Lancaster County | Local News | lancasteronline.com
The number of mayflies along Veterans Memorial Bridge is down this year compared to previous years, according to Jake Graham, Columbia Borough’s public services manager.
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New, free Susquehanna River boat tours begin this weekend | Local News | lancasteronline.com
The Susquehanna National Heritage Area will begin offering free water shuttle tours on the Susquehanna River this weekend.
A 10-passenger boat operated by Long Level Marina will depart three times beginning Saturday and Sunday and continue on those days through the summer, according to Susquehanna National Heritage Area Pres
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