Editorial: A Fact by Any Other Name is Still a Fact

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 $

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

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

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

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 –

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

  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 […]

Porkopolis –

Ridgeway Mayor Charlene Herring shows off two of the painted pigs that decorate yards and store fronts in downtown Ridgeway to remind folks of the upcoming Pig on the Ridge barbecue festival, Nov. 2-3.

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