Smith: It’s crazy… a 25% tariff on the only TV assembler in the United States. County pressing for tariff exemption WINNSBORO – Just months after Element Electronics sought the county government’s help to begin looking to expand its footprint and potentially increase employment and tax revenue in the county, the company announced this week that […]
Citizens call for audit of Chamber
August 2, 2018 By
Gordge: Chamber Hopes to Continue Visitor Center Funding BLYTHEWOOD – Town council has yet to publicly address questions that have been raised recently about the Greater Blythewood Chamber of Commerce’s finances and how it spent thousands of dollars of the town’s A-tax money. However, several citizens who addressed council on Monday night called for an […]
Governor to attend airport unveiling
August 2, 2018 By
WINNSBORO – It was so dark, a state plane carrying S.C. Department of Commerce Director Bobby Hitt couldn’t land at the Fairfield County Airport. Not exactly the impression Fairfield County, a county hungry to land new industry, wanted to leave. Now when Hitt and his boss, Gov. Henry McMaster, potentially return in a few weeks […]
RW lifts ban on overnight parking
August 2, 2018 By
RIDGEWAY – Overnight parking is legal once again in Ridgeway, but only for brief durations and under certain circumstances. By a 3-0 vote at its July meeting, the Ridgeway Town Council amended its overnight parking ordinance to allow for overnight parking for up to 48 hours. Town permission is needed for longer periods. In October […]
Town Hall takes reins of Big Grab
August 2, 2018 By
Switzer: Town Agrees To Partner With Chamber BLYTHEWOOD – Blythewood Mayor J. Michael Ross announced via email on Wednesday, July 25 that the 2018 Big Grab is on for Sept. 7 and 8, and that the Town would be organizing and funding the event this year since two vendors, the Greater Blythewood Chamber of Commerce […]
Providence has FMH rehab in strategic plan
August 2, 2018 By
WINNSBORO – As Providence Health prepares to open a new emergency room in Winnsboro, its parent company is being sold. Tennessee-based LifePoint Health is being acquired by Apollo Global Management, a large venture capital firm, said Stephen Selzer, interim market chief executive officer of LifePoint. Selzer made the announcement during the Fairfield Memorial Hospital’s monthly […]
State donates $2M for megasite infrastructure
July 26, 2018 By
WINNSBORO – Economic development discussions led a busy night at Monday’s Fairfield County Council meeting. Council members voted to accept a $2 million grant for infrastructure improvements to the county’s megasite at I-77 and S.C. 34, as well as a series of ordinances that expand the boundaries of a regional industrial park. Council members voted […]
A-Tax meeting turns into a near donnybrook
July 26, 2018 By
BLYTHEWOOD – When two separate applicants appeared before the Town government’s Accommodation Tax (A-Tax) committee last week to vie for $10,000 the town council has allocated for someone to manage this year’s Big Grab yard sale, the tense, hour-long meeting erupted into a shouting match between the two applicants and their supporters until frustrated committee […]
Big Grab over A-Tax Funds
July 26, 2018 By
Applicants offered $5K; Mayor: Take it or leave it BLYTHEWOOD – After the Accommodation Tax (A-Tax) committee passed last week on choosing one of two applicants (the Greater Blythewood Chamber and shop owner Theresa McKendrick) to receive $10,000 in A-Tax funds to run the Blythewood portion of this year’s Big Grab event, council was left […]
Auditor: Town’s books were a mess
July 26, 2018 By
Council Advised To Hire Competent Accountant BLYTHEWOOD – Before presenting the audit for the town government during Monday night’s town council meeting, Gary Bailey, with Love, Bailey Auditors of Laurens, S.C., spoke plainly about the condition in which he found the town’s books when he was called to audit them last November. “The books were […]
