WINNSBORO – In a series of votes Monday night, council members struck down budget amendments that would have added $900,000 in recreation improvements, $100,000 for vehicle replacement and a $1.2 million economic development office. Council members also balked at a proposal to fund individual discretionary spending accounts following public outcry. As one council member suggested, […]
‘New’ Farmers Market building opens grandly
May 16, 2019 By
WINNSBORO – A grand opening and ribbon cutting will be held Saturday for the new jewel in downtown Winnsboro – the recently renovated former county stable located on East Washington behind the Town Clock. Under County Administrator Jason Taylor’s guidance, county workers have turned the former stable into a show barn that will house the […]
Rec plan may be on the table
May 16, 2019 By
BLYTHEWOOD – As homeowners in Crickentree brace for a second rezoning request that could allow as many as 600 homes to be built on the 183-acre former Golf Club of South Carolina, Town Councilman Bryan Franklin announced to council last week that there could be a light at the end of the tunnel for residents. […]
TC proposes $1,670,875 budget
May 16, 2019 By
BLYTHEWOOD – Last week, Council held the first of two budget workshops scheduled for the proposed $1,670,875 budget for fiscal year 2019-20. It exceeds last year’s budget by $105,761. The discussion on the budget was led by Town Administrator Brian Cook. Reviewing the General Fund revenue, Cook said building permits and fees are projected at […]
Coyotes raising concerns in Blythewood neighborhoods
May 16, 2019 By
BLYTHEWOOD – Blythewood has a coyote problem. But it is not unique to the Blythewood community. Once native to the western states, coyotes now inhabit almost every available habitat in the Eastern United States, including residential and urban areas. Reports are rampart of the wily predator being sighted in highly-populated communities like Cobblestone Park and […]
Doko title snafu cleared, but costly
May 16, 2019 By
BLYTHEWOOD – During its first budget workshop for the fiscal year 2019-20 last week, Mayor J. Michael Ross asked Town Administrator Brian Cook to confirm that the $39,000 listed under capital improvement expenditures is the year-to-date amount the Town has spent on legal and professional fees associated with the sale of the Doko Depot building […]
Bridge Champ
May 16, 2019 By
WARSAW, POLAND – Blythewood’s Joyce Martin Hill competed last week in the Palace Cup International Bridge Tournament in Warsaw, Poland. The team, made up of Hill and six others from around the world, took home a $1,000 prize. Hill began playing bridge at age 12 with her parents, who belonged to two bridge clubs. On […]
Blythewood claims Game 1 of the 5A championship series
May 11, 2019 By
BLYTHEWOOD – Zach Bailes’ last hit in his home ballpark was a bouncer up the middle that barely made it to the outfield. For the Bengals, that little hit Bailes cracked with two out in the bottom of the ninth was the shot heard ’round the Midlands. Bailes hit a 1-0 pitch hard back to […]
Blythewood artisan creates flowers from clay
May 9, 2019 By
BLYTHEWOOD – A dewy, delicate arrangement of orchids . . . that lasts forever. It sounds like hothouse hocus-pocus, but Blythewood’s Chatchakorn ‘Jom’ Sonday can make it happen. A native of Thailand, Sonday is one of the few artists in America who specialize in clay flowers, a traditional Thai art that involves sculpting and painting […]
Drop-in planned for departing magistrate
May 9, 2019 By
BLYTHEWOOD – Prior to the May 28 town council meeting, Mayor J. Michael Ross and council members will host a reception honoring Blythewood’s Magistrate, Judge Josef Robinson, and his staff. Robinson, who was serving his second term after being appointed to the bench by Sen. Joel Lourie in 2014, said he was notified by Sen. […]
