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, […]
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 […]
Guest Editorial: Ridgeway Council is overreaching
March 22, 2018 By
I found myself reminded today of the necessity to keep the relative size of things in perspective. The term big-government does not refer just to the number of people involved or the geographic area it represents. A prime example of that is the over-reach that the Ridgeway Town Council is executing over the monies raised […]
Editorial: A Fact by Any Other Name is Still a Fact
March 15, 2018 By
RIDGEWAY – If you frequent The Voice’s Facebook page – and we hope you do – you have probably noticed that the newspaper is under attack from Ridgeway mayoral candidate and Councilwoman Angela Harrison for omitting what she calls ‘facts’ in recent stories about her perception that the Pig on the Ridge steering committee has […]
Council proposes restrictions on POR $
March 15, 2018 By
RIDGEWAY – At its March meeting, Town Council continued chipping away at the Pig on the Ridge (POR) festival steering committee’s longstanding level of involvement with the festival by introducing an ordinance that Interim administrator David Hudspeth said would establish financial procedures for the administration of POR funds. While the steering committee – Tom Connor, […]
Harrison has plans for Pig on the Ridge’s revenue
March 8, 2018 By
RIDGEWAY– After Ridgeway Town Administrator David Hudspeth cashed in 10 Pig on the Ridge CDs in January, prior to their maturity, and deposited that cash into the Town’s General Fund, Town Councilwoman Angela Harrison made a motion at the Feb. 26 meeting that could eventually strip the Pig on the Ridge steering committee of its […]
RW Admin stirs CD controversy
March 2, 2018 By
RIDGEWAY – After Ridgeway Town Council went on a spending spree in June, 2017, spending more than $113,000 from a capital expenditure fund that did not exist, interim Town Administrator David Hudspeth suggested Council amend the budget to accommodate that spending. As part of that amendment, Hudspeth suggested the Town cash in all its CDs, […]
RW Council to amend budget by 30.46%; Prioleau Criticizes Cotton Yard Purchase
January 11, 2018 By
RIDGEWAY – Town Council will will hold a public hearing and take a final vote Thursday night to amend the budget for the 2017-2018 fiscal year by 30.46 percent. The Town’s current revenue will be amended from $744,200 to $970,900. However, the difference of $226,700 is not newly generated revenue, administrative consultant David Hudspeth told […]
Soggy Hog –
November 7, 2014 By
The rain may have dampened the Pig on the Ridge festival last weekend, but not the barbecue . . . it was great, as usual. Show here are the barbecue winners for the professional division: Tony Crout (fifth place) of Blythewood’s Doko Smoke, Gene Culberson (first place) of Backwoods BBQ and Ley Morris (second place) […]
Pig on the Ridge Marks 16 Years in Hog Heaven
October 31, 2014 By
RIDGEWAY – It was in May of 1999 that Tom Connor of Ridgeway was visiting family in Memphis, Tenn. and attended the country’s largest barbecue festival. To his surprise, he met up with an old friend from Ridgeway, J.W. Joye, who was cooking at the festival. Impressed with the event, Connor asked Joye if […]
