Leaf collection will be back on schedule this week. Pickup fell behind due to paving and a day off on Election Day. Two collectors are now scheduled to be in operation.
Leaf pickup back on schedule
Council buys replacement police car
Columbia Borough Council approved the purchase of a 2015 Ford Police Interceptor for $25,251 to replace Unit #4 that was totaled in a collision last month. Insurance will pay $20,435, with the balance coming from the 2015 Columbia Borough Budget. The equipment from the original vehicle was not damaged and will be transferred.
Shown above is the police vehicle that was totaled in a collision on October 13 while an officer was responding to a call.
Doug's Tree Service to cut River Park trees
After considering several bids, Columbia Borough Council approved the hiring of Doug’s Tree Service to cut dead and dying trees at Columbia River Park at a price not to exceed $14,000. The trees slated for removal have been spray-painted with orange dots and will be cut in the near future. New trees are scheduled to be planted in the spring.
ADA to nowhere?
At tonight’s council meeting, a citizen mentioned this ADA sidewalk access leading to . . . railroad tracks? The structure is located at a pedestrian crossing at Front and Walnut and is part of the Route 441 bypass project.
Agenda – Borough Council Meeting November 9, 2015
Susquehanna branches, including 36 in Lancaster County, opening today as BB&T offices
Susquehanna is now BB&T
Susquehanna Bank on the 300 block of Locust Street is now BB&T. The sign shown above was installed last Friday morning (the borders of which still need to be painted). Employees received orientation on new procedures over the weekend. The bank is open for business today under the new name.
About Town
Some recent sightings . . .
You don’t see many of these nowadays.
Bridge over untroubled water
A truck hauling a truck
A truck hauling a truck hauling tires
On the lookout for nuts
The Wrights Ferry Graffiti Museum
Perilous perch
Inventorying trees to be cut at River Park.
They’re marked with orange dots.
Much-needed line painting was recently done at Columbia Plaza.
(Not that anyone pays attention to the lines anyway.)
Belfor Restoration on the site of the recent Walnut Street fire
A recent visitor at River Park
Carts . . .
. . . outside Bootleg Antiques
Two crows contemplating a murder
Many of these signs were recently posted at River Park.
Autumn at Locust Street Park
A former hole in the ground is now a parking lot at Burning Bridge Antiques.
Columbia on Video
To view a newly released video of Columbia, go HERE.
According to Beth Troxell of the Susquehanna Center for the Creative Arts, this video will be playing continuously at The Turkey Hill Experience within the next few days.
This glimpse of Columbia is in no way the complete picture of our town but rather a snapshot of the Downtown Arts and Culture scene to encourage tourism for all of Columbia.
Look for the video on the Borough site as well.
Columbia's Lloyd Mifflin one of several receiving tributes
On Sept. 15, the anniversary of Mifflin’s birth in 1846, students at Columbia High School place flowers on the graves of Mifflin and other members of his family buried in Columbia’s Mount Bethel Cemetery. The roses honor Mifflin’s donation of land to the Columbia Borough School District.
