Miller pulls ahead of Chambers by 41 votes as all 41st District precincts report
With every precinct in, Republican Brett Miller leads Democrat Brad Chambers 14,225 to 14,184 in unofficial results. Provisional ballots are still to be counted.
Miller pulls ahead of Chambers by 41 votes as all 41st District precincts report
With every precinct in, Republican Brett Miller leads Democrat Brad Chambers 14,225 to 14,184 in unofficial results. Provisional ballots are still to be counted.
This week in Columbia: Nov. 4–14
Borough Council meetings, Veterans Day, Tadpole Time, the Kleen-Rite expo, Market House Saturdays and more around Columbia and Wrightsville.
Winter sports sign-ups open at CBAA: wrestling, basketball and free Saturday hoops for little ones
The Columbia Borough Athletic Association is registering kids now for wrestling and travel basketball, plus a free Saturday beginner program for Pre-K through 2nd grade.
Shop small, stay late: 4th Saturday lands on Small Business Saturday, Nov. 28
The Merchants Association of Columbia’s monthly 4th Saturday falls on Small Business Saturday this month. Downtown shops stay open late, 3 to 6 p.m.
Chip Factory reborn: Hampton Inn brings 80 hotel rooms to downtown Columbia
The former Becker Potato Chip Factory on North Second Street is now an 80-room Hampton Inn by Hilton, with a restaurant and rooftop lounge planned for spring 2027.
The Columbia Chronicle is now in print
A thank-you to our readers, and a weekly paper that does things a little differently. New issues every Wednesday.
Election 2026: Shapiro wins second term; how Lancaster County voted
The AP called the governor’s race for Josh Shapiro at 8:01 p.m. Here are Lancaster County’s unofficial results in every race on Columbia ballots.
Lancaster County voters reject library tax by wide margin
The proposed 0.55-mill countywide library tax failed 63% to 37% in unofficial results with all precincts reporting.
UPDATED: Miller now leads by 41 votes; earlier, Chambers held a 90-vote lead in the 41st District
Democrat Brad Chambers of Columbia led six-term Republican Brett Miller by just 90 votes late Tuesday in unofficial results, with precincts and provisional ballots still out.
New state law ends last-minute votes at local meetings — in Wrightsville, Columbia and everywhere else
WRIGHTSVILLE — Starting Dec. 21, borough councils across Pennsylvania, including Wrightsville’s and Columbia’s, will have a harder time adding surprise items to their meetings. Wrightsville’s solicitor briefed council Monday on the new law, which closes a loophole in the state’s Sunshine Act, the open-meetings law that says the public must see a meeting’s agenda at…
Wrightsville’s new kayak launch is almost ready to float
WRIGHTSVILLE — Paddlers, get ready. Wrightsville’s new kayak launch on the Susquehanna is nearly finished, the borough engineer told council Monday. “It looks like a project at this point,” the engineer said. The floating dock is scheduled to be delivered and installed next Wednesday. Don’t plan a long paddle just yet, though. Under the borough’s…
Wrightsville neighbors fed up with weeds as complaint list hits a record
WRIGHTSVILLE — An 84-year-old Wrightsville resident told Borough Council on Monday night that she has been complaining about overgrown yards next door for six years, and she’s tired of waiting. “Don’t give me a thing that you’re going to take time to do this,” she said. “I’m 84 years old. I like to see my…
Election Day in Columbia: Miller vs. Chambers, and Why We Say No on the Library Tax
The 41st District: a rematch with a hometown twist COLUMBIA — Columbia voters head to the polls Tuesday, Nov. 3, and one of the races closest to home is for state representative in the 41st District, which includes all of Columbia Borough. It’s a rematch. Republican Brett Miller, who has held the seat since 2014,…
Halloween Saturday in Columbia: Trick-or-Treat Tonight, Rock on Third Street, and an Extra Hour of Sleep Sunday
Ghosts, goblins and a near-perfect fall forecast mark a Halloween that falls on a weekend for the first time in years By The Columbia Chronicle Staff · Oct 31, 2026 COLUMBIA — Halloween landed on a Saturday this year, and Columbia is making a full day of it. From the morning market on South Third…
Rental ordinance tabled as landlords ask who’s running codes
By Jesse Sweigart, The Columbia Chronicle Columbia Borough Council on Tuesday put off a vote to advertise long-planned changes to its rental and property rules, after members said they got the meeting packet that afternoon and hadn’t had time to read it. The changes amend Chapters 112 and 166 of the borough code. Council tabled…
Longtime EMS leader urges Columbia to drop ‘pending’ ambulance call program
By Jesse Sweigart, The Columbia Chronicle A former head of Columbia’s volunteer ambulance service asked Borough Council on Tuesday to back out of a program that lets the borough’s ambulance provider hold lower-priority calls before responding. Frank Splain Jr. of Maytown said he joined Columbia Ambulance and later ran Columbia Quick Response Service for about…
