BLYTHEWOOD – Palmetto Utilities recently started construction on a new 2-1/2 foot diameter force main sewer line along Langford Road that is not only causing traffic slowdowns just north of downtown Blythewood, but is a sign of things to come for Blythewood – growth. And the local construction is part of a much larger growth plan for the county. “The sewer line begins […]
Enor Corp. Shutting Down
September 22, 2016 By
WINNSBORO (Sept. 22, 2016) – The days of Enor Corp., the toy manufacturing plant that opened its doors at 1 Quality Lane in Winnsboro in the fall of 2014, are apparently numbered, according to the company’s headquarters in Northvale, N.J. “We have stopped production there,” a source within the company’s N.J. headquarters, who wished not to […]
Neighbor Provides Pointe Fence
September 22, 2016 By
BLYTHEWOOD (Sept. 22, 2016) – The Board of Architectural Review (BAR) finally got its fence, though not exactly the one it wanted. After negotiating for months last year with the developers of The Pointe apartment complex to install a decorative fence (instead of the developer’s proposed chain link fence) on three sides of the Main Street […]
Phillips Granite Co. Enters New Era
September 15, 2016 By
WINNSBORO (Sept. 16, 2016) – After 83 years in business, Phillips Granite Company has decided to partner with Gulden Monuments of York County. The granite company has been in the family for three generations and was the last monument manufacturer in South Carolina. “My grandfather moved here in 1933 and started his own granite business and […]
Confusion Reigns Over Rezoning
September 15, 2016 By
Council Tables Request, Seeks Legal Advice RIDGEWAY (Sept. 15, 2016) – Confusion over Ridgeway’s zoning ordinance continued to plague Town Council last week as a motion on second reading to amend that ordinance to rezone .82 acres at the fork of highways 21 and 34 failed to carry. Instead, Council opted to table the amendment and […]
Big Grabbers –
September 15, 2016 By
Scout Mom Liz White and Troop 366 Boy Scouts Anthony Mitchell and Daniel White stake out territory at last weekend’s Big Grab in front of Blythewood Consignment to sell merchandise to benefit the Troop.
The Big Grab Map
September 8, 2016 By
Check out the map to see where all of your favorite businesses will be located for the big event!
Big Grab Gets Bigger
September 8, 2016 By
Bargain Hunting Begins Friday BLYTHEWOOD/FAIRFIELD (Sept. 8, 2016) – With a name like “The Big Grab,” one would have to imagine the event has considerable scope. After all, the word “Big” is right there in the name of the event. But this weekend’s curbside crawl of yard sales might have been better dubbed “The Bigger Grab.” […]
Shell Building Becoming Reality
September 8, 2016 By
BLYTHEWOOD (Sept. 8, 2016) – After several stops and starts and adjustments to the overall plan, Blythewood’s spec building on the grounds of Doko Meadows Park is at last on its way to becoming a reality. “It’s for real this time,” Ed Parler, the Town’s Economic Development consultant, told The Voice last week, just days after […]
Fighting for Green Space
September 8, 2016 By
Cobblestone Residents Look to P.C. for Help BLYTHEWOOD (Sept. 8, 2016) – After discovering in July that Cobblestone Park developer D.R. Horton is planning to build six new roads and 74 more homes in what residents thought would remain green space around their homes in the Primrose section of Cobblestone, Lenora Zedosky and about 30 of […]
