WINNSBORO – Days after he was offered the job, Gerald Seals is no longer Fairfield County’s interim county administrator. County Council Chairman Moses Bell informed members of the council prior to Monday’s council meeting. Seals is the second candidate in the past week to be publicly offered the position of interim administrator, only to abruptly […]
Council hires former Richland County Administrator Gerald Seals as interim administrator
May 21, 2021 By
WINNSBORO – During a special called meeting Thursday evening, Fairfield County Council voted to hire former Richland County Administrator Gerald Seals as interim administrator for Fairfield. Current Fairfield County Administrator Jason Taylor will be leaving the county on June 5 to assume the duties of Town Manager for the Town of Winnsboro. Seals served as […]
New business gets COA for new paint
May 20, 2021 By
BLYTHEWOOD – With literally thousands of homes being built in and around Blythewood these days, a Columbia realtor is taking the first steps to open a new office in the heart of town. Rhonda Walsh of Home Advantage Realty in Columbia jumped the first hurdle Monday evening by receiving unanimous approval from the Board of […]
Time change for May 24 Blythewood town council meeting
May 20, 2021 By
BLYTHEWOOD – The Blythewood town council meeting that was scheduled to meet at 7 p.m. on Monday, May 24, at the Manor, has been rescheduled to meet at 6 p.m. at the same location. Contact town hall at 803-754-0501 for information or with questions.
Bell considering educator Jim Rex as interim county administrator
May 14, 2021 By
WINNSBORO – Fairfield County Council Chairman Moses Bell has scheduled a special called meeting for 6 p.m., Monday evening to consider his nominee to serve as interim county administrator. “[The] agenda will consist of a executive session item to include an interview and discussion with Dr. Jim Rex to potentially serve as interim county administrator […]
MPA Strategies’ Ashley Hunter wants to put the shine on Blythewood
May 13, 2021 By
BLYTHEWOOD – Blythewood’s new marketing effort kicked off May 1, the day Ashley Hunter started work at town hall. Hunter’s marketing firm, MPA Strategies, was selected by the Blythewood Town Council for marketing and grant writing by a competitive RFP process. “My job is listening to what citizens and businesses are saying, listening to what […]
Majority 4 control county budget
May 13, 2021 By
WINNSBORO – With no discussion, the Fairfield County Council gave final approval of its $44.6 million budget for 2021-2022. The vote itself, however, spoke volumes. Indicative of the division under the current council, the budget passed by a 4-3 vote. The voting bloc of Chairman Moses Bell and council members Mikel Trapp, Tim Roseborough and […]
Staff, council recommend 4-way stop
May 13, 2021 By
Public Meeting for Input on Issue set for May 26 BLYTHEWOOD – In a follow up to a discussion by council last month about the Richland County Penny Tax program’s plan to construct either a small roundabout or a 4-way stop at the corner of Boney Road and McNulty Street, town hall staff recommended to […]
Assistant Administrator for Fairfield County announces departure
May 6, 2021 By
WINNSBORO – Assistant County Administrator Laura Johnson has submitted a letter of resignation to County administrator Jason Taylor, effective June 4, 2021, the day before Taylor leaves his job and takes over as Town Manager of Winnsboro. Johnson is the third high level county employee to leave or be forced out in the last two […]
Council meetings inch closer to donnybrooks
May 6, 2021 By
Is the Town Headed to Court with MPA? BLYTHEWOOD – Town council meetings have, of late, more often than not turned into donnybrooks. But few if any have topped Mayor Bryan Franklin’s public tirade during Monday night’s meeting when he targeted The Voice for 19+ minutes over a story he didn’t like in the April […]
