WINNSBORO – With the intent of showing off its downtown merchants, the Winnsboro Town Council recently hired a marketing firm to produce a video to promote the various shops and restaurants on the town’s website, Town Clerk Lorraine Abel said in an interview with The Voice. Splash Omnimedia, a Lexington marketing firm, spent several days […]
Council taps new board members
October 25, 2018 By
BLYTHEWOOD – Town Council approved three new appointees and re-appointed two others to the town’s boards and commissions on Monday night. Mark Cruise, a resident of Cobblestone Park, was appointed to the Planning Commission. Cruise is a three-year resident of the town and is the owner of Governance4Good, a consulting firm for nonprofit organizations. Cruise […]
County water authority explained
October 25, 2018 By
WINNSBORO – An otherwise procedural vote to revise Fairfield County Council bylaws flowed into deeper discussion about how a proposed water and sewer authority will function. At its Oct. 8 meeting, the council voted 7-0 to approve a resolution to revise the bylaws addressing how authority board members are appointed. The county and town would […]
Palmetto Citizens CU sends final check to town
October 25, 2018 By
BLYTHEWOOD – Former Council member Paul Moscati, representing the Park Foundation, presented a check for $40,000 to town council Monday evening. It was the final payment from Palmetto Citizens Credit Union for naming rights for the amphitheater in Doko Meadows. The foundation has raised a total of $280,000. “We are now pricing through some documents […]
Ghost tour set for Saturday
October 25, 2018 By
WINNSBORO – For 16 years, Lisa Cathcart has been organizing an annual Ghost & History Walk as a fundraiser for the Winnsboro Woman’s Club. This year it will take place on Saturday, Oct. 27, and Cathcart says it’s going to be the best one yet. “I’m a history/ghost tour buff and I’ve been to all […]
Rent cost, no contract muddle ‘village’
October 25, 2018 By
WINNSBORO – Taxpayer money, not previously mentioned by the Fairfield County School District Foundation, will help subsidize a ‘teacher village,’ a proposed residential development intended to attract and retain teachers in the District, should the plan move forward. Under questioning by Council members, Foundation and District officials also confirmed that they do not yet have […]
Rapha Wells cuts ribbon
October 25, 2018 By
WINNSBORO – Owner of a new primary health clinic named Rapha Wells cut the ribbon during a grand opening ceremony Saturday. From left, front row, are: Chamber of Commerce Director Terry Vickers, Winnsboro Town Councilwoman Janice Bartell, Carol Williams, Jeffrey Williams and his daughter, Tabitha Williams (owner), the clinic’s physician Dr. Michael Jeremiah Gibson, office […]
Update: Shoot out near Drawdy Park
October 24, 2018 By
WINNSBORO: The Voice received clarification this morning that two people, not three as previously reported, were shot in last night’s shooting in the Drawdy Park area behind the Fairfield County Administration Building in Winnsboro. One victim was shot in the leg and another was possibly grazed by a bullet. A third victim, who was injured […]
Pig on the Ridge survives up/down vote
October 18, 2018 By
POR Committee Seeks 75 Volunteers RIDGEWAY – It appeared last week that the almost 20-year-old Ridgeway institution – Pig on the Ridge – was about to breathe its last. The festival survived an up or down vote by the hair of its chinny-chin-chin when the POR steering committee voted 3 – 1 on Oct. 11, […]
Blythewood plans parade
October 18, 2018 By
BLYTHEWOOD – The town’s Christmas parade is scheduled for Sunday, Dec. 9, at 3 p.m. It is being organized for the third year by the Knights of Columbus Council 13713 and Transfiguration Church. “We’re looking for folks who would like to be part of this event either as a participant or as a sponsor,” Paul […]
