If you are like us, you flipped the calendar to August and felt a slight shift in the air. The days are slowly getting shorter and soon, maybe…hopefully, the weather will get a little cooler. For us, the spectators, seasons are just getting started. But for athletes and coaches, preparation started months ago. While others’ […]
Martin: Sheriff’s contract saves Ridgeway $70K a year
August 16, 2018 By
RIDGEWAY – After voting on Aug. 9 to contract with the Fairfield County Sheriff’s office for law enforcement services for the Town of Ridgeway and on Aug. 11 to defund the Ridgeway Police Department, Town Councilman Dan Martin reported that the change would save the Town approximately $70,000 annually. “The fact is, we spent $108K […]
Blythewood BZA denies Taco Bell variance
August 16, 2018 By
BLYTHEWOOD – Plans for a Taco Bell with a drive-thru to come to Blythewood Road were doused Monday evening when the Blythewood Board of Zoning Appeals (BZA) denied the company a variance request to enlarge the usable area of the property the fast food restaurant proposed to build on. The applicant, BWL Holdings, LLC, represented […]
Counties differ on animal abusers
August 16, 2018 By
WINNSBORO – A man convicted of setting a dog on fire is serving a five-year prison sentence, the maximum allowed under state law. Another man who dragged a dog with a truck more than a mile didn’t spend one day in prison. So what makes these cases different? One was prosecuted in Richland County; the […]
Council defunds RWPD and Culp
August 16, 2018 By
RIDGEWAY – After failing on Aug. 9, to finalize a vote to defund its Police Department, the Ridgeway Town Council held a special meeting Saturday, Aug. 11, at 10 am to pass the vote. Following executive session at the Aug. 9 meeting, Councilman Dan Martin moved to ‘implement a reduction in force by eliminating funding […]
The Pig Gives Back
August 16, 2018 By
RIDGEWAY – Pig on the Ridge committee representatives Tom Connor and Henry Dixon present a check for $1,000 to the Barclay School to help fund its fledgling program for students who learn differently. Below, they also donated $300 to Geiger Elementary Principal Myra Bramlett for the school’s “Look For The Good Project” that the school […]
Back to School
August 16, 2018 By
BLYTHEWOOD – Marsha Washington, left, and Christine Stoney, kindergarten teachers at Bethel-Hanberry Elementary School, ready their rooms with last minute touches before welcoming their charges on Wednesday, the first day of school for Richland 2 students.
Legal loopholes complicate R2 code
August 9, 2018 By
BLYTHEWOOD – It’s being billed as a way to simplify the school district’s procurement code. But loopholes in state law could pose legal and ethical complications to the Richland 2 school procurement policy. Approved at its July 24 meeting, the Richland 2 Board of Education voted to strike a series of policy revisions, including one […]
BW still looking to expand ball fields
August 9, 2018 By
BLYTHEWOOD – For at least five years, town council has, off and on, been looking at ways to expand and improve the ball fields available to Blythewood baseball and softball teams. While the county made several hundred thousand dollars of improvements to the town’s current (county-owned) ball fields about four years ago, adding new fencing […]
Hilton’s Home 2 Suites eyes Blythewood site
August 9, 2018 By
BLYTHEWOOD – Hilton Hotel’s Home 2 Suites is considering putting down roots in Blythewood. The hotel’s owners are seeking permission from the Town to build a four-story, 88-bed hotel building on a 1.93 acre vacant lot adjacent to the I-77 ramp. But without considerable adjustments to the entrance to the property, the 55,672 square foot […]
