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When: Columbia Borough Council meeting, May 4. What happened: Council members discussed prioritizing projects and learned that the police department failed to receive an $80,000 grant for body cameras. Also, the borough plans to sell its unused trolley. Body cameras: The police department failed to receive a grant for 22 body cameras, a server, software and annual maintenance. The department doesn’t know why it didn’t get the money. “We’re still looking into it,” said J...

When: Columbia Borough Council meeting, April 27.

Businesses have begun calling Columbia Borough for more information about its proposed light-industrial business park even though the borough has yet to purchase the land. The borough recently unveiled a timeline that would have it buy in July the 58-acre former McGinness airfield property near Manor, South Ninth and South 12th streets. Plans are to develop about 40 acres into an innovation and technology campus. The rest of the space is expected to be used for a hiking trail through a nature p...

After three years sitting empty, the Columbia Market House will be re-opening next month.  The historic market, which dates back to 1869, will re-open on Saturday, May 29 featuring 19 local vendors and a full-service restaurant, Gypsy Kitchen. "Were bringing life back to this building for the community," market manager Kelsey Miller said.  Miller, who doubles as the healthy communities program manager at CHI St. Joseph Children’s Health, will oversee daily operations at the market. CHI St....

A renovated Columbia Market House featuring more than a dozen vendors and an anchor restaurant will reopen Memorial Day weekend. Borough officials hope the updated market house and other projects including a new hotel, a mixed-use apartment and retail complex, and the redevelopment of several acres along the Susquehanna River will provide a much-needed boost to the local economy. “We are very excited about the market opening soon,” Mayor Leo Lutz said. “We had anticipated that if...

When: Columbia Borough Council meeting, March 23. What happened: The borough plans to offer up to 300 COVID-19 vaccines per day at Columbia Market House as soon as Lancaster General Health has enough immunizations to start giving doses to residents in the latest category. Shots should be completed before the venue’s scheduled opening Memorial Day weekend, Borough Manager Mark Stivers said after the meeting. Also, Columbia plans to use buses and trolleys to get people to and from the site. ...

When: Columbia Borough Council meeting, Feb. 23.

by the Rev. Bill Somplatsky-Jarman | Special to Presbyterian News Service The Rev. Dr. Robert L. Stivers died last month at age 80. (Contributed photo) LOUISVILLE — The Rev. Dr. Robert L. Stivers, a renowned ethicist, died in Tacoma, Washington, on December 23, 2020, at age 80. An ordained Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) minister, Stivers taught religion and ethics at Pacific Lutheran University in Tacoma for 37 years. Upon his retirement in 2009, he was appointed Professor Emeritus of Religi...