WINNSBORO – A 64-room senior living facility proposed for downtown Blythewood crossed a major hurdle Monday night when the Town of Winnsboro voted unanimously to approve a Water Capacity Availability and Willingness to Serve Letter for The Pendergraph Companies. The letter approves 11,520 gallons per day (GPD) for the facility. The facility, to be named […]
Deadlines tighten on vendor regulations
February 8, 2018 By
BLYTHEWOOD – On Monday night, the Planning Commission once again tackled the question of what policies, procedures and guidelines the Town government should put in place for itinerant vendors who want to set up shop in the Town Center District. And, once again, the Commission punted. Commission Chair Donald Brock opened the issue by questioning […]
Friends of the Earth statement on Dominion takeover of SCANA
January 4, 2018 By
A Bad Deal for Clean Energy in South Carolina and for SCE&G Ratepayers, who get Stuck Paying for the V.C. Summer Nuclear Reactor Debacle for 20 Years COLUMBIA, S.C. – On January 3, 2018, Dominion Energy and SCANA announced that Dominion has instigated a takeover of SCANA, a South Carolina-based utility. SCANA has been vulnerable to […]
SCE&G says it will pull license; Dominion Energy announces takeover of SCANA
January 4, 2018 By
CAYCE, S.C. – Barely two weeks after Fairfield County Council took South Carolina Electric & Gas Company (SCE&G) to court to request an injunction to prevent SCE&G from relinquishing its nuclear license for VC Summer Units 2 and 3, and before a judge could rule on the request, SCE&G filed a formal request with the […]
County Launches Economic Development Website
December 7, 2017 By
WINNSBORO – The County’s new economic development website has launched. And no one could be prouder of it than Ty Davenport, the County’s Director of Economic Development. “We wanted our new site to elevate Fairfield County and be attractive to companies interested in investing in the area,” Davenport said. “And I think it does that.” […]
LulaRoe opens Blythewood fashion distribution center in Hollywood style
October 5, 2017 By
BLYTHEWOOD – LuLaRoe officially opened its new east coast distribution center in Blythewood Monday with an enthusiastic Hollywood style event complete with glitz, glamour and music that had everyone moving around in five big white outdoor tents. After Blythewood Mayor J. Michael Ross and the LuLaRoe founders DeAnne and Mark Stidham welcomed guests, recognized officials […]
Sunshine & Serenity Grand Opening
October 5, 2017 By
Winnsboro’s newest gift shop, Sunshine & Serenity Boutique, held its ribbon cutting ceremony on Saturday, Sept. 30 with a reception and music provided by Heyward Mattox, Gen Palmer, and Friends. The ribbon was held by owner Vanessa Reynolds and her children, Adam Hamelink, 11, Sarah Burleson, 27. It was cut by Reynolds’s grandaughter, Serenity Miller, […]
Winnsboro native comes home to practice law
October 5, 2017 By
WINNSBORO – Native Adrian Wilkes has come home to practice law as an associate with the Law Office of Jonathan M. Goode, LLC. Wilkes graduated from The Citadel in 2011 and the Charleston School of Law in 2016. While at the Charleston School of Law, Wilkes held leadership positions in several student organizations and excelled […]
Durafiber closing hits town pocketbook; claims 220 jobs
July 20, 2017 By
WINNSBORO – Durafiber Technologies announced last week that it would close its plant in Winnsboro’s mill village if it can’t find a buyer for the plant by Sept. 11. The company said a total of 220 employees who work at the Fairfield plant will be affected by the closing. Another 580 employees in plant […]
Storage Express to expand along I-77
July 13, 2017 By
BLYTHEWOOD- A proposal has been made by Dewayne Bohannon, the owner of the existing Storage Express mini-warehouses that sit between Community Drive and I-77 and within the Town limits, to fully develop the five-acre site by adding 30,926 square feet of new mini-warehouse space. While that is an allowed land use in the Limited Industrial […]
