JENKINSVILLE – It’s not often that a public body violates the state’s Freedom of Information Act without actually holding a meeting. But that’s exactly what happened when the Jenkinsville Water Company refused to release an agenda after cancelling Monday night’s meeting, according to open government experts. The Voice requested a copy of the agenda as […]
FCSD Board approves $2.2M loan
August 9, 2018 By
WINNSBORO – Fairfield County school board members are taking out another line of credit, one of many the district has sought to help pay for building and facilities projects. At its July meeting, the board voted 6-1 to borrow $2.2 million to fund a variety of building and facilities projects. Board member Paul Hartman cast […]
Taco Bell finds a spot on Blythewood Road
August 9, 2018 By
BLYTHEWOOD – It has been rumored for over a year that a Taco Bell might be coming to Blythewood. A public hearing on Monday, Aug. 13, will confirm that rumor. An application for the hearing before the town’s Board of Zoning Appeals (BZA) requests a variance to permit a reduction in the width of the […]
Update: Doko hitch
August 9, 2018 By
BLYTHEWOOD – Further delays are expected in the closing of the Town of Blythewood’s contract for the purchase of the Doko Depot facility. Possible defects in title in some of the underlying land have been revealed and the Town is in the process of remedying those issues. A portion of the land under contract was […]
Element blames closing on tariff
August 8, 2018 By
Smith: It’s crazy… a 25% tariff on the only TV assembler in the United States. County pressing for tariff exemption WINNSBORO – Just months after Element Electronics sought the county government’s help to begin looking to expand its footprint and potentially increase employment and tax revenue in the county, the company announced this week that […]
McCrorey-Liston cafeteria named for Eugenia Wilson
August 2, 2018 By
BLAIR – More than a hundred people gathered on Friday in the McCrorey-Liston Cafeteria to honor Eugenia G. Wilson for her years of service in the school’s cafeteria. School Principal Chandra Bell said Wilson “was the matriarch of the school.” She also recalled Wilson’s oft-repeated mantra – “It’s all about the children.” Many of those […]
Citizens call for audit of Chamber
August 2, 2018 By
Gordge: Chamber Hopes to Continue Visitor Center Funding BLYTHEWOOD – Town council has yet to publicly address questions that have been raised recently about the Greater Blythewood Chamber of Commerce’s finances and how it spent thousands of dollars of the town’s A-tax money. However, several citizens who addressed council on Monday night called for an […]
Governor to attend airport unveiling
August 2, 2018 By
WINNSBORO – It was so dark, a state plane carrying S.C. Department of Commerce Director Bobby Hitt couldn’t land at the Fairfield County Airport. Not exactly the impression Fairfield County, a county hungry to land new industry, wanted to leave. Now when Hitt and his boss, Gov. Henry McMaster, potentially return in a few weeks […]
RW lifts ban on overnight parking
August 2, 2018 By
RIDGEWAY – Overnight parking is legal once again in Ridgeway, but only for brief durations and under certain circumstances. By a 3-0 vote at its July meeting, the Ridgeway Town Council amended its overnight parking ordinance to allow for overnight parking for up to 48 hours. Town permission is needed for longer periods. In October […]
Meals on Wheels in critical need of volunteers
August 2, 2018 By
WINNSBORO – The Fairfield County Council on Aging currently delivers meals to 190 senior citizens throughout Fairfield County every week, and more are waiting to receive the service. But without additional volunteers to deliver those meals, it’s impossible to add more routes and more recipients to the program, according to Angela Connor, Executive Director of […]
