STOP WORK!

The property at 208-210 Locust Street is showing signs of structural damage, especially under the second row of windows from the top.  This morning, workers appeared to be examining the damage (second photo below), and this afternoon a STOP WORK order appeared on the window of the property.
 Friday afternoon

 Saturday morning

Saturday afternoon

Will it affect Columbia? Wrightsville water officials bracing for chemical-fire contaminants

Local officials learned in a conference call with state Department of Environmental Protection that contaminants from a massive fire Monday at an Adams County chemical company could reach the borough’s water-intake pumps Saturday morning, prompting members of the Wrightsville Borough Municipal Authority to take pre-emptive action.
MORE:
http://www.yorkdispatch.com/ci_28297048/wrightsville-water-officials-bracing-chemical-fire-contaminants

As of about 5 a.m. today, there was no mention of the issue on the Columbia Water Company’s website:

This morning, WGAL-TV reported that Columbia is one of the municipalities notified.

Columbia native’s poem portrays Conestoga Indian as man of peace

A native of Columbia, Chester Wittell was a brilliant, eccentric, self-absorbed man. He composed hundreds of songs and symphonies and thousands of poems. 

MORE;
http://m.lancasteronline.com/opinion/the-scribbler-columbia-native-s-poem-portrays-conestoga-indian-as/article_b328f1e6-0df7-11e5-bb27-8f1eb3ec4d20.html?mode=jqm

Steel tanker traveling through Columbia from Elizabethtown to York to cause road delays

On Friday morning, a 17 foot tall by 70 foot wide, steel tank will be making its way through the western part of Lancaster County and down into York County, causing delays on the roadways.

MORE:
http://lancasteronline.com/news/local/steel-tanker-traveling-from-elizabethtown-to-york-to-cause-road/article_279201fc-0fb6-11e5-9461-ab51df328965.html

About town

Today . . . 

                        Middle of the road

Rolling along on Fourth
Righting a stone at Bethel
Vulture on the prowl
Honey, I shrunk the car.
Inspecting the bridge

A Celestial Menagerie – Solo show by Robert Hammer

Robert Hammer is having a solo art show at Weavings, INK Art Gallery in Wrightsville beginning this weekend.  The show will be open on Saturday and (Special hours for this show only)… Sunday for June 13th, June 14th and June 20th and the 21st.  The hours are from 10am-6pm each day of the show, and Mr. Hammer will be gallery sitting each day as well.  There will be an Opening Reception on June 13th from 10am-6pm.Refreshments and light snacks will be served.  On the final day of the show June 21, A Summer Solstice party will be held from 10am-6pm. The Receptions are FREE to attend and open to the public.