Columbia Borough will get more than $1.7 million in state support to build an anaerobic digester for use at its wastewater treatment plant, it was announced Thursday.
Grants could help make Columbia more appealing to visitors
Borough council voted unanimously May 11 to submit a letter of intent for a Lancaster County Smart Growth Transportation grant to make improvements to North Third Street. Council also voted to apply for funding from the Lancaster Transportation Alternatives program to improve River Park, according to Ron Miller, interim borough manager.
Government still making seizures without arrests
In Columbia in July 2013, members of the Lancaster County Drug Task Force seized $640 from Steven Sanford, no age available, who was driving in a car with someone who had several bags of cocaine on him. Sanford had no drugs on him and wasn’t charged. District Attorney Stedman’s office has asked the courts to keep his money.
Pa House votes to reduce school property taxes
HARRISBURG, Pa – School property taxes would be lower in every district in Pennsylvania under legislation that passed the House today by a vote of 105-86, House Majority Leader Dave Reed (R-Indiana) said.
Proponents push to legalize hemp farming
COLUMBIA, Pa. (WHTM) – There is a push in Pennsylvania to legalize hemp farming, which some say would create an economic boom.
At Lancaster Trading House Inc.’s headquarters in Columbia, owner Shawn Patrick House had a number of his hemp food products on display, including pretzels and protein powder.
Scenes from the Amtrak train crash near Philadelphia
Columbia School District budget still lacks specifics
Columbia School District officials say they are not able to share any specific numbers with the public on their preliminary final budget even though they plan to vote on it Thursday.
The state requires that all school districts pass their final budgets by June 30.
Columbia woman among those cheering passage of medical marijuana bill
Donegal students install mosaic at Riverfront Park
Artist-in-residence Kevin Lehman is helping the students complete the project. Lehman has helped kids at least a half dozen times in creating mosaic murals.
Route 30 construction shutdowns
 Crews are planning to close Route 30 for brief overnight stretches in the Columbia area the week of May 16.
The move is needed so workers can install beams for an overpass carrying Columbia’s long-awaited truck bypass over Route 30.
The effort is planned tentatively for overnight Sunday, May 17, into Monday, May 18.
State Transportation Department officials said Friday the work will lead to intermittent closures of Route 30, of approximately 15 minutes at a time, for both eastbound and westbound traffic from midnight to 5 a.m. Monday, May 18.
“That’s the best time in terms of traffic volumes, since it has the least amount of traffic,” PennDOT spokesman Greg Penny explained.
Project managers are hopeful the beam installation will take only one night, but they have planned for additional nights if needed, officials said.
Motorists on Route 30 approaching the project area who don’t wish to wait for the highway to re-open will be able to use Route 462 as a detour.
Each road closure is expected to be in the 15-to-30-minute range as each of the five overpass beams are installed, officials said.
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