BLYTHEWOOD – Three days after MPA Strategies filed a lawsuit against the Town to obtain overdue responsive documents sought from Mayor Bryan Franklin through a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request on April 15, the Town’s outside attorney released those documents on Friday, July 9. The attorney, David Black, with Nexsen Pruet law firm in […]
Roger Gaddy retires from mayoring, but carries on as doctor and community builder
July 15, 2021 By
WINNSBORO – After 16 years in office, recently retired Winnsboro Mayor Roger Gaddy says politics is a slower-moving process than he first expected – but he lists improved working relationships with the county and major infrastructure improvements among his accomplishments in office. He says he hopes to see those efforts continue. As a doctor he […]
Bell, Roseborough face constituents at separate meetings on July 17
July 8, 2021 By
FAIRFIELD COUNTY – County Council members Moses Bell (District 1) and Tim Roseborough (District 4) will each meet with their constituents in separate meetings on Saturday, July 17, and under separate conditions. Bell’s Meeting Bell posted an announcement on his Facebook page that the meeting for District 1 will be held at the Ridgeway Fire […]
$1.8M budget adds $60K for legal costs
July 8, 2021 By
BLYTHEWOOD – Town council passed a $1,854,837 budget at the June 28 meeting, an increase of $35,070 over the FY 20/21 budget. Of the pluses and minuses in the FY 21/22 budget, those that stand out include an increase in the town government’s legal expenses for outside attorneys – $60,000, up $35,000 from $25,000 last […]
MPA files lawsuit against Town after mayor fails to comply with FOI law
July 8, 2021 By
BLYTHEWOOD – The Town of Blythewood has been at risk of a legal action for almost two months after Mayor Bryan Franklin failed to submit responsive documents to a Freedom of Information request from MPA Strategies, the town’s newly contracted marketing and grant writing firm. On Tuesday, June 28, MPA filed that legal action against […]
Blythewood ‘makes right’ over wrong business license
July 1, 2021 By
BLYTHEWOOD – After town hall mistakenly issued a business license for a business located on property it was not zoned for, Town Administrator Carroll Williamson sought to stem the zoning/business license conundrum by allowing the business to continue operating for the duration of its five-month lease. “On June 4, 2021 the Town of Blythewood made […]
Public Works, Transit System announce changes in service
July 1, 2021 By
FAIRFIELD COUNTY – Fairfield County Public Works has announced new hours of operation, effective July 5. All recycle sites will be closed on Mondays and Wednesdays, reducing the operation hours to 52 per week. Recycle centers will be open Sun. from 2 – 6 p.m. and on Tues. and Thurs. – Sat. from 7 a.m. […]
Fairfield to spend $300k on land for RW rec center
June 24, 2021 By
County to Build $2.5M Rec Center WINNSBORO – The majority 4 voted to pass a resolution last week to option two parcels of land off Highway 21 in Ridgeway for the construction of a $2.5 million recreation center. While the county will build the recreation center with funds provided through a lawsuit settlement with Dominion […]
Ridgeway council votes to remove wings
June 24, 2021 By
RIDGEWAY – After the Ridgeway Board of Architectural Review (BAR) voted 3-0 on June 7 to deny a request from Patsy Palmer to allow a mural of wings on the Olde Town Hall Restaurant building, the next step was for the town council to vote on whether to remove the wings from the wall or […]
Franklin stalls response on MPA’s FOIA request
June 17, 2021 By
BLYTHEWOOD – During a town council meeting on May 24, Mayor Bryan Franklin publicly criticized those town council members who he inferred were not complying with an FOIA (Freedom of Information) request submitted by the Country Chronicle on May 6, even though the responses to that FOIA request are not due until June 25. Franklin, […]
