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Sac fly drives in go-ahead runner - June 30, 2008

Ian Hartman's sacrifice fly in the bottom of the seventh inning knocked in Ryk Smith with the game-winning run in a 4-3 East Prospect win over Columbia in Susquehanna League play Sunday.
http://www.topix.net/city/columbia-pa/2008/06/sac-fly-drives-in-go-ahead-runner?fromrss=1

Cause of island fire unknown - June 28, 2008

A brush fire swept across Upper Bear Island in the Susquehanna River Thursday, damaging about two acres of the popular camping spot and home of several bald eagles.
http://www.topix.net/city/columbia-pa/2008/06/cause-of-island-fire-unknown?fromrss=1

Traffic snarled on bridge - June 26, 2008

Hazardous material crews were called to the Route 30 bridge that stretches over the Susquehanna River to respond to a tractor-trailer that crashed.
http://www.topix.net/city/columbia-pa/2008/06/traffic-snarled-on-bridge?fromrss=1

Troubled man survives 75-foot leap into Pa. river - June 24, 2008

A troubled Lancaster County man who tried to commit suicide by jumping off a bridge has survived a 75-foot fall into the Susquehanna River.
http://www.topix.net/city/columbia-pa/2008/06/troubled-man-survives-75-foot-leap-into-pa-r...

Crash causes fuel spill - June 24, 2008

More than 50 gallons of diesel fuel spilled into the Susquehanna River on Monday evening after two tractor-trailers collided on the Route 30 Wrights Ferry Bridge.
http://www.topix.net/city/columbia-pa/2008/06/crash-causes-fuel-spill?fromrss=1

Big heart, huge gift - June 22, 2008

When she was a young girl growing up in Columbia, Elva Boyd Wilson, had only one dream.
http://www.topix.net/city/columbia-pa/2008/06/big-heart-huge-gift?fromrss=1

Police: Man, drunk, enters wrong house - June 18, 2008

A West Hempfield Township family discovered a stranger asleep in their home early Sunday.
http://www.topix.net/city/columbia-pa/2008/06/police-man-drunk-enters-wrong-house?fromrss=...

'Sweet little girl' drowns in pool - June 16, 2008

Police have identified a 4-year-old girl who apparently drowned Sunday at a hotel water park in East Lampeter Township.
http://www.topix.net/city/columbia-pa/2008/06/sweet-little-girl-drowns-in-pool?fromrss=1

Ice Cream Shops - June 14, 2008

We wanted to take the kids out for ice cream this weekend cause it was way too hot out there and were trying to think of where to go.
http://www.topix.net/city/columbia-pa/2008/06/ice-cream-shops?fromrss=1

Proposed gas pipeline raises concerns - June 12, 2008

Residents and officials in two southern Lancaster County townships say they've been kept in the dark about a controversial $415 million interstate natural gas pipeline that would be built in their midst.
http://www.topix.net/city/columbia-pa/2008/06/proposed-gas-pipeline-raises-concerns?fromrs...