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Columbia became chartered as a city in 1854, with an elected mayor and six aldermen. Two years later, Columbia had a police force consisting of a full-time chief and nine patrolmen. The city continued to grow at a rapid pace, and throughout the 1850s and 1860s, Columbia was the largest inland city in the Carolinas.
Stephen Keith Benjamin (born December 1, 1969) is an American politician and businessman currently serving as the director of the White House Office of Public Engagement for the Biden administration, and also as one of the senior advisors to President Biden since April 1, 2023. He previously served as the 70th mayor of Columbia, South Carolina ...
Columbia University, officially Columbia University in the City of New York, [6] is a private Ivy League research university in New York City. Established in 1754 as King's College on the grounds of Trinity Church in Manhattan , it is the oldest institution of higher education in New York and the fifth-oldest in the United States .
The Beverly is one of 51 named apartments built in Columbia between 1908 and 1940. By 2015, it was one of just 22 still standing, and the second-oldest, after the Marlboro Apartments on Blanding ...
Provided. Columbia City Councilman Joe Taylor, an outspoken force in politics and business in the capital city, has died at the age of 64. Councilman Howard Duvall and others confirmed Taylor’s ...
The city of Columbia has kicked off fundraising for the center, pledging $125,000 for the project, Mayor Daniel Rickenmann said during Tuesday’s ceremony. The announcement comes as Waites is set ...
Columbia is a city in and the county seat [ 5] of Maury County, Tennessee. The population was 41,690 as of the 2020 United States census. [ 6] Columbia is included in the Nashville metropolitan area . The self-proclaimed " mule capital of the world," Columbia celebrates the city-designated Mule Day each April.
The city’s 2020 flag redesign reached the final of an online poll of the best city flags thanks in part to local support, but came up short on Sunday. Columbia city flag comes up short in race ...