The Pine Tree Playhouse of Winnsboro has been providing entertainment and theatrical opportunities for area residents for more than 43 years. Community theater is perhaps the epitome of a group endeavor and it can thrive only when there is true community support. We are indeed fortunate to be the continuing recipient of such support. The […]
Give Us Back Our Mills
August 4, 2016 By
J.R. Green decided to build a new Career Center and borrowed the money from the taxpayers of Fairfield County by raising the millage rate 35 mills to pay for it. When is the taxpayers’ millage rate going to be reduced 35 mills for what the school system received? Now without any concrete and intelligent plans, […]
What Next?
August 4, 2016 By
How can Fairfield School Superintendent J.R. Green decide to use taxpayer money to build patio homes for school teachers? How does he get this authority? It’s easy for him to throw money around when it does not come out of his pocket. Sadly, the population of this county is on the decrease. Many people choose […]
Cool Breeze –
August 4, 2016 By
Richard Winn Academy Head of School Brandy Mullennax accepts a donation of two 5-ton split system air conditioning replacement units from Jimmy Ray Douglas, center. Johnny Porter arranged and paid for installation of the units. RWA is sprucing up for the 2016-2017 school year.
Board Awards Stipends
August 4, 2016 By
WINNSBORO (Aug. 4, 2016) – The Fairfield County School Board voted 6-1 during their July 19 meeting to award stipends district wide for certified, classified, athletic and band staff. Paula Hartman (District 2) was the dissenting vote and explained that she voted against the stipends because she had asked Superintendent J.R. Green a year ago for […]
Council OK’s Shell Bid
August 4, 2016 By
BLYTHEWOOD – A second round of bids on the Town’s proposed shell building has turned up a winner. Lyn-Rich Contracting Co., Inc. was the lowest of three bidders with a base bid of $379,850 or, with options, $388,100. Council voted to take the five options, which included some walkways, a section of decking requested by […]
A Good Read –
August 4, 2016 By
Fiona Smith, Library Associate at the Blythewood Library, holds a copy of “Eli the Good,” a book about the effects of the Vietnam War on a small, Southern community similar to Blythewood. As a follow-up to the May visit of the Wall that Heals, Smith is inviting residents in the community to read “Eli the […]
Council Reviews Utilities Bond
August 4, 2016 By
WINNSBORO (Aug. 4, 2016) – Town Council reviewed Tuesday night a draft of an ordinance that will allow the Town to borrow up to $6 million to improve their utility system. “This is just a draft of the ordinance,” Mayor Roger Gaddy told Council. “We want to give everybody a chance to review it and see […]
County OK’s Deal for Mega Industrial Site
August 4, 2016 By
WINNSBORO (Aug. 4, 2016) – Fairfield County Council officially embarked on a major economic development project last week, giving final authorization to an agreement between the County and the S.C. Department of Commerce to acquire more than 1,000 acres of land in Fairfield County that is located on the east side of I-77 and to the […]
Primrose Residents: We Were Lied To
August 4, 2016 By
‘Developer Promised Green Space’ BLYTHEWOOD (Aug. 4, 2016) – “We were lied to when we purchased our property. We were told that the green space would always be there,” said Cobblestone Park resident Lenora Zedosky during the public comment section of Monday evening’s Planning Commission meeting. About 30 of Zedosky’s neighbors, most of whom live on […]
