BLYTHEWOOD – South Carolina meteorologist Jim Gandy will be the speaker at the 11th Annual Community Garden Event, sponsored by the Blythewood Garden Club, on Thursday, March 17 at 7 p.m. at the Blythewood High School Media Center. His topic will be “Climate Change and Your Garden.” Gandy’s career has spanned 46 years, 34 of […]
Bethel Alums Still True to Their School
March 3, 2022 By
BLYTHEWOOD – Day one of this year’s two-day celebration of Black History Month in Blythewood was a walk down memory lane. Held in the gym of Bethel-Hanberry Elementary School, the event drew approximately 100 people, most of whom had attended school at Bethel-Hanberry. Yearbook videos and other exhibits around the room were a window into […]
Tackle technology at Winnsboro Senior Center
March 3, 2022 By
WINNSBORO – Fairfield County Council on Aging will host a senior computer training class each Wednesday during the month of March at the Winnsboro Senior Center. The class will focus on all devices – from laptops, to tablets and smartphones. Topics for classes include Computer Basics, Navigating Medicare.gov and more. Attendees should bring a device. […]
Cleaning Up Litter
March 3, 2022 By
WINNSBORO – Fairfield County recently received a $25,000 Litter Crew grant from Palmetto Pride for a litter cleanup program. The County, through the Department of Public Works, will use the grant to start a litter pick up program. Palmetto Pride’s Executive Director, Sarah Lyles, center, presented the grant at the Feb. 28 meeting to Fairfield […]
McKisick Speak to Fairfield GOP
March 3, 2022 By
WINNSBORO – Fairfield Republicans welcomed South Carolina GOP Chairman Drew McKisick to their Fairfield meeting Monday night. From left, Fairfield GOP Executive Committeeman Tibi Czentye; Chief of Chester County GOP Erin Mosley; McKisick; and Chair of the Fairfield GOP Randy Bright.
Submit Fairfield County survey by March 7
March 2, 2022 By
FAIRFIELD COUNTY – The Fairfield County Community Development Department seeks public input on Fairfield County’s 2022 Comprehensive Plan. Residents have until Monday, March 7 to complete the online survey to voice concerns and opinions to community leaders. Along with an open comment section, some questions included in the survey are: “How would you rate the […]
Citizens may speak March 7 on rezoning unincorporated 29016
March 2, 2022 By
BLYTHEWOOD – Residents in the unincorporated areas of 29016 (outside the Blythewood town limits) will have a chance next week to speak out for or against their property being rezoned by Richland County Council. The rezoning effort by Richland County is part of its newly revised Land Development Code (LDC). The LDC was adopted by […]
Deep South – Deep North
February 24, 2022 By
In this final of four excerpts from her book, Deep South – Deep North: A Family’s Journey, published in 2018, Ridgeway native Lottie B. Scott tells both the heartbreaking and triumphant tale of her maturation into adulthood against a racially-charged, impoverished, yet fiercely loving backdrop in Longtown, S.C. Racoon a Dinner Delicacy Family members [living […]
Fairfield First Steps awarded $152,632 grant
February 24, 2022 By
WINNBORO – Fairfield County First Steps has been awarded $152,632 in grants by S.C. First Steps as part of its initiative with the South Carolina Department of Education to support parents as the first and most important teacher of their young child. The funding will expand high-intensity, evidence-based parenting programs in Fairfield County to address […]
Humane Society offers $10 rabies shots
February 24, 2022 By
COLUMBIA – Each spring, the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) encourages pet owners to take their pets to a veterinarian for routine care and vaccinations. To help make rabies vaccines easily accessible, DHEC is rallying behind several veterinary partners in support of the free or low-cost rabies vaccination clinics they’re holding […]
