Multiple fire departments responded to a house fire at 623 Chestnut Street on Sunday evening at 5:40 pm. Upon arrival, crews found the semi-detached residence fully involved with heavy smoke filling both floors and billowing from the windows. Residents were safely evacuated.
[Source: Lancaster County Board of Elections]
The following legal notice was originally published in LNP/LancasterOnline on May 16, 2025:
PUBLIC MEETING ON CDBG NEEDS AND PROJECTS
Correction: The Planning Commission meeting will be on Wednesday, May 21, 2025.
Columbia Borough will hold a public hearing on Wednesday, May 21, 2025, as part of their regular monthly Planning Commission meeting. The hearing will be held at the Columbia Borough Hall, 308 Locust Street, Columbia, PA 17512, and will begin at approximately 7:15 PM. The purpose of this hearing is to discuss needs in the community which Columbia Borough is planning to address with funds available under Lancaster County’s Fiscal Year 2025 Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Program. Columbia Borough Council has identified a project that it intends to submit to the Redevelopment Authority of the County of Lancaster to address one or more of the needs identified by Columbia Borough and contained in Lancaster County’s Fiscal Years 2021-2025 Consolidated Plan. Public comments or questions for consideration at the meeting will be accepted until 4:00 PM, May 21, 2025, to Steven Kaufhold, Borough Manager, via email at skaufhold@columbiapa.net or phone at (717-684-2467). The public may stream the meeting via the Borough’s YouTube Channel at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcCBMngwpMdb1AmgtR_MlFQ. Columbia Borough Council invites affected residents, property owners, and other stakeholders to attend this meeting to identify other needs that should be addressed and to comment on the following potential proposed project(s): The request is for $200,000 in CDBG Funding for the rehabilitation of the 300 Block of Union Street. The project includes the installation of a new curb and sidewalk on both sides of the street, new ADA-compliant curb ramps, and street repaving.
A resident of Franklin Road in West Hempfield Township captured a video on his Ring camera of a bear roaming in his backyard Tuesday morning. The resident reported the sighting to the Pennsylvania Game Commission.
This week’s photos of Columbia
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Firefighters tried out new Hurst rescue and extrication tools at a training session on Monday, sponsored by MES (mesfire.com).
The “practice” cars were donated by Patriot Towing.
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Jesus got some new flowers.
So, that’s what the P in ASAP stands for.
A killdeer dancing around in the river
Mark & Val Wines
At 208-210 Locust Street
At 3rd & Maple
Flags at Laurel Hill
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PennDOT workers cold-patched two potholes at 5th & Chestnut Friday afternoon.
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Fog and high water this week
On Sunday morning, the barricade looked like this.
(Was someone trying to make an arrow?)
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Ready to pull wire on North 2nd
What a mess!
The nose knows.
Well, of course, the plants are growing where the water is.
Just toolin’ along on Manor
Outright defiance!
Painting continues at the Wrights Ferry Mansion.
Formerly homeless
341 Chestnut St #102
New parking space
Artists at River Park
Tree fungus
Message at 6th & Locust
Spring flowers . . .
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