Columbia/Hellam/Wrightsville APRIL 16, 2025
SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
Residents encouraged to “Go Green, Columbia!”
Books, bargains and baked goods at library sale
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BY CAT SHANNON
Metal Recycling will receive a free dinner from Rocky’s BBQ. The meal will include a sandwich, chips and a soda. People will also have a chance to win a free ice cream sundae from Coffee and Cream by being among the first 100 submissions in an Earth Day Challenge. “Ice cream is for that event day only,” Sahd explained, noting that people may complete the challenge at https://recycleyour me tal.com/ear th-d ay/ear th -day-challenge/. “The Earth Day
“ T he Fr iends of Kreutz Creek library sale is a huge, well-organized event with books displayed on 75 tables,” said Brent Peterman, president of the Friends group. “We will start Friday morning with over 24,000 books. Volunteers will keep organizing the tables throughout the sale Friday and Saturday, and we will have plenty of books available for the ... bag discount Saturday afternoon.” The book sale will be held from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Friday, April 25, and from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday, April 26, in the garage bays of the Hellam Township public works department, 45 Walnut Springs Road, York. Books will be available in numerous categories, including fiction, nonfiction and children’s books. The inventory will be divided into format type, such as hardcover books, trade paperbacks and largeprint books. “For hardcover books, we divide out some fan favorite authors like Patterson, Roberts,
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of the day’s events. It will be held at Columbia Crossing River Trails Center, 41 Walnut St., from 5 to 7:30 p.m. And the event coincides with Columbia’s 4th Friday as well, which will be held in the evening. “Both Sahd Metal Recycling and the Shade Tree Commission realized we were doing separate events with many of the same participants, so we wanted to bundle it up and make a big town-wide celebration that could incorporate the town cleanup,
4th Friday Columbia and our event,” explained Dan Sahd, team leader at Sahd Metal Recycling, noting that the festivities will be “a celebration of sustainability in a beautiful setting displaying why sustainable living is so important.” Additional activities throughout the day will include booths with local vendors and organizations, environmental education opportunities, food and music. The first 300 people who register for the event through Sahd
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ith a focus on sustainability and an opportunity for community connection, several organizations are coming together to host “Go Green, Columbia!” The allday event will be held on Friday, April 25. Organizers include Sahd Metal Recycling, LCSWMA, Columbia Borough, Columbia Borough Police, Columbia Borough Shade Tree Commission, Columbia Park Rangers, Columbia Merchants Association and the Susquehanna National Heritage Area. Activities will begin with the Columbia Borough Police spring cleanup, which will run from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Columbia Borough employees and community volunteers will work together to clean streets, sidewalks and parks. A large appliance collection will also take place during the cleanup, with tags for sale at the Columbia Borough office, 308 Locust St. For more information on the cleanup, contact Pam Armold at 717-684-7735 or armoldp@columbiapd.org. As this year marks the 20th anniversary of Sahd Metal Recycling’s Earth Day celebration and the 33rd annual Arbor Day observance in the borough, a combined Earth Day and Arbor Day celebration will also be part
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