The second part of this article gives a list of “firsts” for the Veterans Memorial Bridge.
Milling art, not flour, on Mill Creek – The Scribbler
35th Anniversary of the 1979 nuclear accident at Three Mile Island
Where were you?
Finally being fixed?
Repairs are currently underway at the Columbia Plaza parking lot. A water leak had been evident for quite some time and had begun to create numerous potholes. Workers excavated the area and filled it in with gravel in the first phase of the repair.
Wednesday at 855 Chestnut
Hiking grandmother from Columbia forced off Appalachian Trail
The hiking grandmother from Columbia who wanted to raise money for impoverished African villages by hiking the length of the Appalachian Trail is off the famed pathway after three days of hiking.
Brenda Petroski, 60, cited “some sickness and just plain fatigue,” in her Appalachian Trail journal posting on Monday.
Columbia bridge rumor laid to rest
No body is buried in the concrete of the old Columbia bridge.
A long-time rumor is false that a worker died and was embedded in concrete as it was poured to create the Route 462 bridge across the Susquehanna River.
What I saw recently
Congrats, Columbia!
NO ParKing
the blocks say.
“Wood” you look at that?
Part of the clockworks to the clock tower at the National Watch & Clock Museum
Also seen at NAWCC: vehicles from all over . . .
On Sunday, a vehicle dueled with a pillar at the Wells Fargo building. The big bank won, as they always do, and the vehicle limped away, battered and broken, leaving a trail of defeat.
Vehicle accident – Class 2
Emergency personnel responded to a vehicle accident Class 2 early this afternoon on the 600 block of Chestnut Street. A PT Cruiser hit a parked Jeep Cherokee.
Deputy Coroner called to scene
The Lancaster County Deputy Coroner was among those called to a Walnut Street residence this morning. Several Columbia Borough police officers were at the scene, also.
Gas leak – Two children taken to hospital
Emergency personnel responded to reports of a gas leak with one person unconscious at 11:39 this morning on North Second Street. At the scene, two children were found unconscious. Two ambulances were dispatched. Personnel evacuated the children and their grandmother, and the children were transported to the hospital. Firemen wearing oxygen masks checked inside the properties at 341 and 343 North Second and found concentrations of gas and carbon monoxide. Fans were set up in the doorways to ventilate the houses, and UGI was called to turn off the gas supply to the properties.
Firemen enter 341 North Second.
Personnel donned oxygen masks.
Fire Chief Scott Ryno coordinated efforts at the scene.
A fireman took readings for gas and CO.
Once more into the breach.
Paul Miles gave directions on positioning a fan.
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