WINNSBORO – Last December, former County Administrator Jason Taylor hired Shelley Fentress to write grants for the county in hopes that she could bring in revenue for things the county needs. That hire is paying off. It was announced during Monday night’s county council meeting that the county’s grants department has been awarded two CARES […]
Blythewood Town Council mandates masks
September 23, 2021 By
BLYTHEWOOD – During a special called meeting last week, council voted 4 – 1 to approve an emergency mask ordinance that is, according to Town Administrator Carroll Williamson, largely like the one recently passed by Richland County and similar to the one the Town enacted last year. Councilman Eddie Baughman voted against the ordinance. One […]
Blythewood public input meeting set for Sept. 23
September 16, 2021 By
BLYTHEWOOD – A public input session regarding Blythewood’s comprehensive plan for the next 10 years will be held on Thursday, Sept. 23, from 6 to 8 p.m. at Doko Manor. Residents and business owners are invited to hear a short presentation by Gregory Sprouse of Central Midlands Council of Governments beginning at 6:15 p.m., with […]
Blythewood PC recommends approval for 3 zoning changes
September 9, 2021 By
BLYTHEWOOD – Blythewood Planning commissioners voted 5-0 to recommend that council approve requests for each of two zoning map amendments and a zoning text amendment that were before them Monday night. The commission first voted to recommend approval for zoning to be changed from Rural (RU) to Multi-Neighborhood Commercial District (MC)/Architectural Overlay District (AO) on […]
Blythewood reverses decision to release FOIA’d documents
September 2, 2021 By
BLYTHEWOOD – On Monday, Aug. 30, the town reversed its refusal to release responsive documents sought by The Voice from Town Administrator Carroll Williamson through a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request 41 days earlier. The Voice requested the following documents: 1) a copy of the contract or letter of engagement that secured the outside […]
Taylor talks about his plans for growth, revitalization in Winnsboro
September 2, 2021 By
WINNSBORO – Two months into his new job as town manager in Winnsboro, Jason Taylor says he’s been meeting with council members, other local leaders and town staff to hear their concerns and priorities and help formulate a vision for the future. Among the priorities on their list: improve the town’s utility services, increase utility […]
Blythewood purchasing more Christmas decorations
August 26, 2021 By
BLYTHEWOOD – At the behest of former Town Administrator Brian Cook, the Town of Blythewood stepped out last year like never before in its Christmas finery – lights everywhere, more lights than ever before wrapped around tree branches, outlining town hall and along the streets. Cook, who left Blythewood at the end of last year […]
MPA files motion for dismissal of counterclaim
August 26, 2021 By
BLYTHEWOOD – MPA Strategies, LLC has filed a reply to the Town’s counterclaims filed July 20, 2021, in response to a lawsuit filed by MPA Strategies against the town government on June 28, 2021. All the claims and responses were filed in the Court of Common Pleas Fifth Judicial Circuit in Richland County. MPA also […]
Town Hall mum on attorney contract, fees
August 19, 2021 By
BLYTHEWOOD – Since filing a countersuit against MPA Strategies marketing firm, its owner Ashley Hunter and the nonprofit State and Frink Foundation, the Town of Blythewood government has been less than open concerning its arrangements with outside counsel David Black, an attorney with Nexsen Pruet LLC out of Columbia, who is representing the Town in […]
Hospital property sale could happen
August 19, 2021 By
WINNSBORO – After going into executive session during its regular meeting on Aug. 9, to receive legal advice concerning the possible sale of the former Fairfield Memorial Hospital property and its existing leases, council members voted 7-0 to sell the property to the Eau Clair Health Care Cooperative for $1.3 million. Next week, council will […]
