The Columbia Historic Preservation Society will sponsor a bus trip to New York City on Saturday, May 25.
The bus will depart from Columbia at 8 a.m. and will visit Chelsea market, the 9/11 memorial and take a Statue of Liberty cruise. Cost is $85 with payment due by April 21.
Call Tiffani K. Lynn at 799-6093 for further information and to make reservations.
St. James Lutheran Church, located at 10th and Manor streets, will hold its annual spaghetti dinner on Saturday, April 13. The menu includes spaghetti, salad, roll, dessert and beverage.
Tickets are required for the dinner which is scheduled from 4 to 7 pm. Cost is $7 for adults and $3.50 for children ages 4 to 10. For tickets and additional information visit the church office or call 684-5135.
http://lancasteronline.com/article/local/836426_Church-spaghetti-dinner-set-for-April-13.html
The Columbia Park Rangers will sponsor spring cleanup at 8 a.m. Saturday at River Park.
The mission will be to weed, pick up and dispose of debris and to mulch around trees and lamp posts.
Help from the public is welcome.
http://lancasteronline.com/article/local/836104_Columbia-Park-Rangers-seek-volunteers-Saturday.html
The Pennsylvania State Police will accept unwanted, expired and unused prescription drugs Saturday, April 27, as part of National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day. The service is free and anonymous, no questions asked.
MORE HERE:
http://fox43.com/2013/04/11/state-police-to-accept-expired-unwanted-prescription-medications/
If you are heading west on Route 30 today, be prepared for a single lane of travel on the Wrights Ferry Bridge.
The bridge over the Susquehanna River will be restricted to one lane for a short time between the hours of 9 a.m. and 3 p.m.
Construction crews need to examine and make repairs, if necessary, to two expansion dam joints on the bridge. The repairs should not require the full day but motorists should still be prepared to encounter traffic restriction during this time frame.
“Everyone can relate to that annoying alarm clock that wakes you up in the morning,” says Katie Knaub, Museum Educator at the National Watch and Clock Museum in Columbia, “We just wanted to create something that everyone can relate to.”
The museum will be opening its Wake Up exhibit later this month with an exhaustive display of various alarm clocks from ancient times,to today. They've even got some rather quirky, and frankly dangerous, variations on early alarm clocks. One used the sun to light a fuse which fired a small canon. Another struck a match to light an oil lamp and sometimes caught houses on fire.
The museum houses a thorough collection of all types of timepieces, from sundials to wall clocks and digital watches. “We have a mission which is to tell the whole story,” says Noel Poirier, the Director of the museum, “So our collection includes objects from all over the world, [an] Asian incense clock…right up to modern calculator wrist watches.”
MORE HERE:
http://www.witf.org/arts-culture/2013/04/history-of-waking-up.php
A steel expansion joint that recently was replaced as part of a $9.4 million reconditioning of the Wrights Ferry Bridge failed Tuesday, officials said.
The expansion joint was on the westbound side of the bridge, which carries U.S. 30 over the Susquehanna River between Lancaster and York counties.
At least one westbound lane was closed between 3:20 p.m. Tuesday and 11 a.m. Wednesday as workers replaced the four six-foot segments of the expansion joint and an epoxy filler was allowed to dry, said Mike Crochunis, a spokesman for PennDOT District 8, which includes Lancaster County.
The closure resulted in westbound traffic being delayed during Wednesday morning's rush hour as far from the bridge as the Prospect Road interchange, Crochunis said.
MORE HERE:
http://lancasteronline.com/article/local/836562_Problem-slows-traffic-on-Wrights-Ferry-Bridge.html
Columbia Borough could see approval soon of a major addition to River Front Park, but officials say they need time to amend funding requests to close about a half-million dollar gap.
The lowest bid for the project came in at $2 million, but it was expected to cost $1.4 million, officials revealed Monday. Officials said they have 120 days to act on the bid.
With plans in jeopardy to build the visitor hub including bathrooms and increased parking along the Susquehanna River, half a dozen members of the River Park focus group urged borough council Monday to move forward with construction.
MORE HERE:
http://lancasteronline.com/article/local/836196_Susquehanna-River-trail-hub-lacks-funding-.html
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