17512 Columbia

today’s news … Monday, October 29

today’s news, opinion and information gleanings from here and there! 

Quote for today… “The way this storm is tracking, it looks like when things start to go downhill, they’re going to go downhill really quick.” – Scott Martin, chairman of the commissioners. [Read the article “Disaster declaration for Lancaster County” here. – Lancaster Intelligencer Journal/New Era]

  • POSTPONED –  The Special Meeting of Columbia Borough Council scheduled for tonight has been postponed to next Wednesday, November 7 at 6:30 PM.
  • “Local Area Agencies on Aging (AAA) can coordinate shelter or find services for older Pennsylvanians during Hurricane Sandy. Residents are encouraged to visit http://www.aging.state.pa.us or call 1-800-490-8505 to be connected with an AAA in their local area.” – York Daily Record

UPDATED – 11:00 am – Monday

  • Updated projection of Sandy’s path – National Hurricane Center [“Hurricane Sandy has done significant damage to a large fishing pier in the Maryland beach resort of Ocean City. Town officials confirmed the damage, which occurred early Monday as heavy surf pounded at the pilings. Gov. Martin O’Malley says the fishing pier is now ‘half-gone.’” – Huffington Post

Beaches get hammered – delmarvanow.com

  • “All 17 public school districts in Lancaster County have canceled classes Monday and Tuesday in anticipation of Hurricane Sandy.” – Lancaster Intelligencer Journal/New Era
  • The Columbia Public Library is closed today and tomorrow! “We are closed on Tuesday, October 30 as well, as Sandy meanders past. Any fines incurred from Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday WILL BE WAIVED! Please stay safe…..power to all county library computers will continue to be turned off until the storm ends in order to conserve power for homes.” – News Release: Columbia Public Library
  • “Free parking is available in all Lancaster Parking Authority garages until further notice, Mayor Rick Gray announced today. City residents are encouraged to move their vehicles off the streets and into the parking garages through the duration of Hurricane Sandy.” – LancasterOnLine
  • Caitlin Elizabeth Bright, Columbia, bachelor of science, interior design, has completed requirements for graduation from Indiana University of Pennsylvania as of August 2012. – Lancaster Intelligencer Journal/New Era

  • POSTPONED –  The Special Meeting of Columbia Borough Council scheduled for tonight has been postponed to next Wednesday, November 7 at 6:30 PM. – LEGAL NOTICE published in the Lancaster Intelligencer Journal/New Era on Saturday, October 27, 2012. – “Notice is hereby given that a Special Meeting of Columbia Borough Council will be held on Monday, October 29, 2012 at 6:30 p.m. in the Borough Municipal Building, 308 Locust St., Columbia, PA to discuss/take action regarding the management of the Columbia Historic Market House and any other necessary Borough Business. If you are a person with a disability wishing to attend and require an accommodation to participate in the meeting, please contact the Borough Office at 684-2467. Norman B. Meiskey III Borough Manager.”
  • LEGAL NOTICE published in the Lancaster Intelligencer Journal/New Era on Monday, October 29, 2012. – “Notice is hereby given by the Council of the City of Lancaster of a public hearing to be held on Tuesday, November 13, at 7:30 p.m. in City Council chambers, Southern Market, 100 South Queen Street, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, for the purposes of receiving comments and recommendations of interested individuals residing in the City of Lancaster, concerning an application to transfer Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board Restaurant Liquor License No. R-9390 currently owned by NLJ, Inc. at 601 South 16th Street, Columbia, Pennsylvania, 17512, to Aussie and the Fox, LLC for use at 38 W. King Street, Lancaster, Pennsylvania 17603. CITY OF LANCASTER By: Council of the City of Lancaster.”
  • LEGAL NOTICE published in the Lancaster Intelligencer Journal/New Era on Monday, October 29, 2012. – “West Hempfield Township Board of Supervisors will meet on Monday, November 5, 2012 at 2:00 P.M. at the Township Municipal Building, 3401 Marietta Avenue, Lancaster, Pennsylvania to conduct a Budget Workshop and any other business that may properly come before the Board. Township of West Hempfield By: Ron L. Youtz, Secretary”

Leave a comment