Brenden Friedenfeld appreciates Columbia’s robust past as a railroad town.
He wants it to have a robust future as a railroad town too.
Go in the back, Jack
A resident enters the back window of the borough office to have a little talk with Osborne.
Flying over Columbia
Helicopters like this one have been intermittently flying over town today, back and forth on their way to who-knows-where. I wonder if these maneuvers are in response to the events in Ukraine and Crimea.
Beware the Ides of March
I’m calling BS on this story before it takes off:
“Right now, computer models are suggesting that some type of a storm accompanied by snow, sleet and rain will spread through the Ohio Valley, with a secondary storm taking shape somewhere along the Mid-Atlantic coast. The time frame for this potential winter storm would fall right around March 12-13.
“Hail Caesar!'”
Amish Mafia through the years: Here's why it's fake and always has been fake
Well, duh . . . Now they should do a story on the fakery of “Duck Dynasty.”
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What I Saw – March 6, 2014
It was a good day for carrying things around near 2nd & Walnut . . .
including a giant stuffed pig . . .
and a desk.
Pizza robbery suspect arrested
From the police log:
ROBBERY ARREST
COLUMBIA: A 17-year-old Columbia youth was charged with robbery and simple assault after he assaulted and robbed a Domino’s Pizza deliveryman of a $60 pizza order on Feb. 23 in the 400 block of Walnut Street, police said. The victim suffered injuries to his face and mouth. The suspect is in the Lancaster County Youth Intervention Center on unrelated charges.
Vehicle collision leads to arrest
A Ford Mustang collided with a Nissan this afternoon on Route 462, near Glatfelter’s Field. The driver of the Mustang was given a field sobriety test by Columbia Borough police and was subsequently arrested. The occupants of the Nissan, two women and a girl, appeared to be unhurt, although medical personnel at the scene checked the girl’s condition.
The Mustang collided with the front driver’s side of the Nissan.
The driver of the Mustang being given a field sobriety test.
Sidewalk still not cleared
This is the sidewalk along 462, near 6th Street, still not cleared and worse than ever.
A few minutes before I shot this photo, I saw an elderly woman carrying bags of groceries, trying to navigate this ice field.
A few minutes before I shot this photo, I saw an elderly woman carrying bags of groceries, trying to navigate this ice field.
What I saw recently
All the creature comforts you could want from a convenience store.
The rest you can get here.
Uh-huh
Shakedown Street
The leaking water has turned to ice at the Columbia Plaza parking lot.
Making a clean getaway.
A weathering phone book with its own bench on Union Street
Faces in transit
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