BLYTHEWOOD – A new Miss Blythewood and Miss Blythewood Teen will be crowned Saturday night at Blythewood High School as a preliminary event for the Miss South Carolina/Miss America pageant. Miss Blythewood will receive a $1,000 scholarship and Miss Blythewood Teen will receive a $500 scholarship. Pageant director Traci Cooper said the contestants will compete […]
Fairfield towns host First Fridays
January 31, 2019 By
FAIRFIELD COUNTY – With Valentine’s Day just around the corner, the merchants in downtown Winnsboro are stocked up and ready for shoppers. They will be kicking off red-heart shopping with First Friday store specials, refreshments and other treats from 5:30 – 7:30 p.m., Friday, Feb. 1. “First Friday is a way to get our community […]
Relay for Life kicks off
January 31, 2019 By
BLYTHEWOOD – The Relay for Life of Blythewood was kicked off Sunday afternoon with a meeting at Doko Manor of team leaders, volunteers and school representatives who will be organizing the Relay day set for May 3 at Doko Park. This year’s theme for fundraising teams will be ‘musical genres.’ Team leaders Kim Small, left, […]
Bass tourney set for Lake Wateree
January 3, 2019 By
RIDGEWAY – The Carolina Anglers Team Trail will hold its first Lake Wateree bass tournament on Sat., Feb. 16 at Clearwater Cove Marina in Ridgeway. Entry fees are $80 with no entry deadline. “Entry fees can be mailed in ahead of time or pay at the ramp. Teams can just show up and pay,” tournament […]
Blythewood parade rescheduled
December 6, 2018 By
BLYTHEWOOD – The Town of Blythewood Christmas Parade has been rescheduled from this Sunday, Dec. 9, to 3 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 16, due to expected cold, rainy weather this weekend. “We are sorry for the inconvenience,” Major J. Michael Ross said in an emailed statement to the media, “but we wanted to let the community […]
Holiday Marketplace in downtown Winnsboro
December 6, 2018 By
WINNSBORO – It may be cold and rainy outside on Saturday, but it will be warm and fuzzy inside at Winnsboro’s annual Holiday Market Place featuring offerings of gifts, crafts, bakery confections and local farm produce – fruits, vegetables, meats, honey and more – from farmers and artisans of Winnsboro, Blythewood and Ridgeway. The holiday […]
Merchants offer ‘Three Weeks of Christmas’
December 6, 2018 By
WINNSBORO – Downtown merchants will be celebrating Three Weeks of Christmas with themed nights of shopping from 5:30 – 7:30 p.m. each of the three evenings. First Friday, Dec. 7, shoppers can step back in time to the sights and sounds of a classic 1940’s White Christmas as they stroll downtown streets to big band […]
Museum Open House
December 6, 2018 By
WINNSBORO – The Fairfield County Historical Museum hosted the community for its annual Christmas Open House on Sunday afternoon. To the delight of those attending, there were musical presentations, a décor enhanced by holiday greenery provided by the several garden clubs in Fairfield County as well as a table of holiday confections. Museum Director Pelham […]
