today’s news … Friday, December 28

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

Quote for today… “Read my lips, no new taxes.” – George H.W. Bush, 41st President of the United States of America.

  • NOTICE FROM THE COLUMBIA PUBLIC LIBRARY:Tomorrow morning’s New Year’s story time with Miss Tammy has been CANCELLED due to the weather forecast. Tammy looks forward to you and your children attending the “Silly Snowmen” program on Friday, January 4, at 3:30 PM – our new story time date and time!”
  • Letters to the editors about the cost of policing; gun law ideas and the hazards of facebook in today’s Lancaster Intelligencer Journal/New Era
  • Legal Notice published in the Lancaster Intelligencer Journal/New Era, December 28, 2012: “LEGAL NOTICE Notice is hereby given that the following meetings will be held in the Borough of Columbia on the dates and times listed for 2013 and will be held in the Municipal Building, 308 Locust Street St., Columbia, PA, except for the Parks and Recreation Board as noted below:Borough Council – 7:00 pm: 01/14/2013, 02/11/13, 03/11/13, 04/08/13, 05/13/13, 06/10/13, 07/08/13, 08/12/13, 09/09/13, 10/14/13, 11/11/13, 12/09/13Borough Council (Committee of the Whole) – 6:00 pm: 01/28/13, 02/25/2013, 03/25/13, 04/22/13, 05/21/13, 06/24/13, 07/22/13, 08/26/13, 09/23/13, 10/28/13, 11/25/13, 12/23/13Civil Service Commission -1:00 pm: 01/08/13, 02/12/13, 03/12/13, 04/09/13, 05/14/13, 06/11/13, 07/09/13, 08/13/13, 09/10/13, 10/08/13, 11/12/13, 12/10/13Municipal Authority – 4:30 pm: 01/17/13, 02/21/13, 03/21/13, 04/18/13, 05/16/13, 06/20/13, 07/18/13, 08/15/13, 09/19/13, 10/17/13, 11/21/13, 12/19/13

    Planning Commission – 7:00 pm: 01/22/13, 02/19/13, 03/18/13, 04/15/13, 05/20/13, 06/17/13, 07/15/13, 08/19/13, 09/16/13, 10/21/13, 11/18/13, 12/16/13

    Shade Tree Commission – 6:30 pm: 01/08/13, 02/12/13, 03/12/13, 04/09/13, 05/14/13, 06/11/13, 07/09/13, 08/13/13, 09/10/13, 10/08/13, 11/12/13, 12/10/13

    Board of Health – 7:00 pm: 02/05/13, 03/05/13, 04/02/13, 05/7/13, 06/04/13, 07/02/13, 08/06/13, 09/03/13, 10/01/13, 12/03/13

    Historic Architecture Review Board – (7:00 pm) 1/16/13, 2/20/13, 3/20/13, 4/17/13, 5/15/13, 6/19/13, 7/17/13, 8/21/13, 9/18/13, 10/16/13, 11/20/13, 12/18/13

    Parks & Recreation Board – (6:00 pm at The Wenger Center at 221 Walnut Street, Columbia, PA) 2/5/13, 3/5/13, 4/2/13, 5/7/13, 6/4/13, 7/2/13, 8/6/13, 9/3/13, 10/1/13, 11/5/13, 12/3/13

    If you are a person with a disability wishing to attend these meetings and require an accommodation to participate in the meeting, please contact the Columbia Borough Office at 684-2467. Norman B. Meiskey III Borough Manager”

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