About Town 3/17/19

This week’s photos from around Columbia
(Tap/click on photos for larger, clearer images.)

 Plate removal

 Let’s hope someone killed the power.

 Commemorative brick?

 More found art

 New or vintage?

 Fallen angel

 Bar, and its partner . . .

Grill

 Patterns

Navy flag, right next to the apostrophe abuse

 Here’s a closer look.

 Illuminated vase

 Go in the back way, ladies. It’s not proper for a respectable lady to be seen entering a hotel through the front door.

 Wall marker

 Up, up, and away!

 Tracks looking for a vanishing point

 Power poodles
(Can you find the cat?

 A horse is a horse, of course, of course – unless it’s a statue.

Proud and mighty star at Laurel Hill

 Showing signs of age. Rumor has it, repairs will be done this summer.

 Auf wiedersehen, for now

 The former Poplar Street School – located on . . . which street?

 Hopefully it’s empty.

 Mating forklifts?

 Ready for summer – or winter?

 And if someone needs to access this box quickly?

 Soon to be the home of K.T. Graham

 Along the side: a temporary shelter?

 In Columbia parlance: a “burn barrel”

 Signs of decay

 There are many of these markers around town. Most of them contain +s. This one has a -.

 Break out the muzzle!

 Sign of spring

 Dirt-filled pot on a chair – 
What about it?

 Totaled

 As in – never?

 Lucky folks

 Fire at the bottom of Manor Street, also known as the sun

Places downtown

 Reflections

 One guy in the hole with three “advisors” watching

 The opposite of the universal gesture

 A bit out of town, but this is what happens when reality doesn’t agree with expectations.

 Out for a walk

 Sidewalk work

 Memorial graffiti where he was lost May 7, 2010

 Hurt fence post

 Notice of eviction

 409 Walnut

 Meanwhile at 433 Walnut – four mailboxes and a Knox Box

 Sticker shock!

 Soon to be for sale on Chestnut

 Billowing across the bridge

 Heavenly horse?

 Yellow submarine?

 The fence along Linden that was damaged by high winds a few weeks ago – now secured with washline rope. What could go wrong?
 More signs of life at CMX (formerly Colonial Metals)

 Movin’ out?

Pilin’ up?

 More contributions to Mattress City, USA, aka Columbia

 This one’s been in Avenue I for close to two months.

 More of the same

 Here’s a couple of sofas.

 Here’s one on Locust.

 This is right across the street on Locust.

 Down at the Living Stones operation . . . 

 Sacks of stones

 Sacks and sacks of stones

Canada geese and tundra swans traveling together
 More traffic troubles on the 300 block of Cherry
[Submitted photo]

Ditto
[Submitted photo]

Street Sweeping to Resume | Columbia Borough Police Department

The Borough of Columbia will resume street sweeping on Monday, March 18, 2019.  All vehicle owners should adhere to posted signage on each block indicating the days of the week and times for sweeping.  Tickets will be issued for violations. The Borough and Police Department greatly appreciate your cooperation in helping to keep our Community clean! Source:  Columbia Borough Police Department

Sourced via CRIMEWATCH®: https://lancaster.crimewatchpa.com/columbiapd/10552/post/street-sweeping-resume-0

https://lancaster.crimewatchpa.com/columbiapd/10552/post/street-sweeping-resume-0

SVCC gets new shed after old one is demolished by speeding pickup truck

The Susquehanna Valley Chamber of Commerce got a new and larger shed Wednesday afternoon, a few days after its previous shed was demolished by a speeding pickup truck Sunday morning. The truck, traveling east on Route 30, was being pursued by a Columbia Borough Police officer, when the driver failed to negotiate an exit ramp. The truck slid through a field of wet grass and into the shed, demolishing it. Columbia Spy reported on the incident HERE.
Unfortunately for the SVCC, the driver was not carrying insurance. The organization will now have to pony up several thousand dollars before its deductible is met and its own insurance kicks in, according to Director Beverly Shank. The new shed was purchased from Glick Woodworks of Mount Joy, which made the delivery and provided the setup.

Randy Velez took the following four photos of the aftermath of the accident.

Howard Stevens submitted these two photos of tire tracks in the grass where speeding drivers routinely fail to negotiate the curve of the exit ramp off Route 30.

PLCB agents raid 717 Social Club and close it down

PLCB agents and State Police raided the 717 Social Club at 401 South 2nd Street about 10 a.m. Tuesday and spent several hours loading alcoholic beverages and other items onto a truck parked out front. Signs were posted on all entrance doors, declaring that the club is permanently closed.

The venue, a non-profit private club, was denied a liquor license by Columbia Borough at a public hearing a few months ago. According to Bruce L. Murray II, co-owner of the building, the non-profit donated over $22,000 to the community last year. He expressed disappointment at the PLCB decision to close the club permanently. Murray provided Columbia Spy with letters of thanks and support for the club, which are shown at the end of this article.

Bruce Murray provided the following letters of support and thanks from individuals and organizations that received donations from 717 Social Club last year.