BLYTHEWOOD – The town’s Christmas parade, organized for the second year by the Knights of Columbus Council 13713 and Transfiguration Church, is scheduled for Sunday, Dec. 10, at 3 p.m. Deadline for payment of entry and sponsorship fees is Friday, Dec. 1. For a list of rules and forms for entries, sponsorships and other information, […]
Scary Treats
November 2, 2017 By
Trunk or Treaters came early and stayed late at LongCreek Church of Christ’s Fall Festival. Kimora McCullough and Logan Lally made their way through the line of car trunks outside the church. Inside was a giant bounce house and lots of sweet treats.
Scare-O-Lina: more fun than scary
October 26, 2017 By
BLYTHEWOOD – As thousands of trick-or-treaters converged on the VillageChurch’s annual Lake Scare-O-Lina Halloween festival, most were anything but scary. They came as princesses, butterflies, brides and wedding cakes, frogs, ponies, kitty cats and dogs, fish and soldiers and every imaginable action figure sold in stores. But while they had cute, clever, creative costumes on […]
Winnsboro Veterans Day parade set for Saturday, Nov. 11
October 26, 2017 By
WINNSBORO – The Fairfield County Museum and Historical Society will host a Veterans Day Parade on Nov. 11. “With the help of several other organizations in Winnsboro and Fairfield County, we want the occasion of this Veterans Day to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the signing of the armistice which ended World War I hostilities […]
Boo!
October 26, 2017 By
Westwood High School chemistry teacher Jeff O’Shields poses with Jessica Dyarmett , WHS senior, who supervised horseback rides at Westwood’s 2017 Harvest Festival on October 22.
Barbecue, Bluejeans & Bluegrass lit up The Farm
October 19, 2017 By
RIDGEWAY – The Fairfield and Blythewood communities arrived at The Farm in Ridgeway in boots and jeans, dined on Doko Smoke barbecue, were entertained by The Twang Bomber’s bluegrass music and opened their wallets for this and that throughout the evening for live and silent auctions – all for the good cause of supporting their […]
Blythewood Pageants Rescheduled
October 19, 2017 By
BLYTHEWOOD – In an effort to include contestants for all 46 counties, the Miss Blythewood/Miss Blythewood Teen Pageant originally scheduled for Oct. 21, 2017 will be postponed until Oct. 20, 2018. The pageant will become an open pageant competition, which means contestants from all 46 counties will be eligible to compete. Miss BW Teen contestants […]
Thousands rock Winnsboro Clock
October 12, 2017 By
WINNSBORO – It was estimated that between 2,000 and 3,000 people attended this year’s Rock Around the Clock festival in downtown Winnsboro last weekend in spite of a rainout during part of the day on Saturday. “I think the Fantastic Shakers, great weather on Friday night and a lot of new acts and entertainers were […]
Bethel UMC Blesses the Animals
October 12, 2017 By
WINNSBORO – There were lots of wet kisses, sniffing, cuddling, obeying, not obeying, tail wagging and a few barks when church members and friends gathered, with their dogs, on the front lawn of Bethel United Methodist Church in Winnsboro Sunday for the church’s annual Blessing of Animals. After a greeting, followed by an invocation and […]
BBQ, Bluegrass, & Bluejeans set for Friday
October 12, 2017 By
Pull on your cowboy boots and grab your banjo. It’s time for the Fairfield Memorial Hospital Foundation’s annual knee-slapping, fundraising event at The Farm at Ridgeway. This year’s event will feature both a live and silent auction with Heyward Mattox, live music by the Twang Bombers featuring Susan Douglass Taylor, pumpkin painting for the kids, […]
