BLYTHEWOOD – It was a busy night for the Blythewood Board of Architectural Review Monday evening. Board members approved Certificates of Appropriateness for construction of a Zaxby’s restaurant, construction of a State Farm Insurance Office and alteration of the Blythewood Depot Building. All three projects flew through the BAR with no major adjustments to the […]
Board’s Promise vote leaves some unfunded
October 24, 2019 By
Green: School Board will revote Promise funding issue next month WINNSBORO – All Fairfield County high school graduates are not currently able to receive free college tuition funds contributed by the Fairfield County School District as promised last summer under the newly minted Promise Program. A school board vote last week left Promise Program tuition […]
Council OKs, then denies library funds
October 24, 2019 By
WINNSBORO – They actually did vote for the $521,000 before they voted against it. At its Oct. 14 meeting, the Fairfield County Council inadvertently voted to award $521,000 in matching funds for the Fairfield County library in Ridgeway. Later in the meeting, the council voted to reconsider the library vote, meaning the county now is […]
Ball field issues mount for BYBSL
October 17, 2019 By
BLYTHEWOOD – There’s no clear plan in place for new ballfields in Blythewood, but town and community recreation leaders say there’s a desperate need. Meanwhile, changes to county maintenance plans for the existing fields have raised additional concerns. According to the Richland County Recreation Commission, in an emailed response to questions from The Voice, the […]
Town council candidates lay out plans
October 17, 2019 By
Eddie Baughman, 62 I am a retired battalion chief. I am married to the former Donna Miller, and we have 2 grown children and 4 grandchildren. My son and his family also live in Blythewood. I graduated from Spring Valley High School, class of 1977. I continued my education throughout my Naval and Fire service […]
Residents oppose Vulcan quarry
October 17, 2019 By
RIDGEWAY – The announcement last week that Vulcan Materials plans to open an $18M granite quarry in Fairfield County, just north of the county’s 1,500-acre megasite in Ridgeway, was hailed as good news for the county from an economic development standpoint. Neighbors in the rural area of the proposed quarry, however, came to county council […]
Blythewood’s oldest hometown girl
October 17, 2019 By
BLYTHEWOOD – Annie Faust has lived in the same house in Blythewood for about 75 years – just down the road from where she grew up on Rimer Pond Road. Hers was a simple life with few frills. But today, at 103, Annie is living every senior citizen’s dream, basking in round-the-clock attention of an […]
Video, documents contradict claims by council members Bell and Trapp
October 17, 2019 By
WINNSBORO – On Feb. 11, at the third council meeting of 2019, County Councilman Moses Bell listened intently to a presentation about a new farmers market. When the presentation ended, Bell voiced his support for the farmers market work and praised County Administrator Jason Taylor for the county’s participation in it. “The building, Mr. Taylor, […]
District’s report card mixed
October 10, 2019 By
WINNSBORO – Fairfield County elementary students did well in classroom testing last school year, but successes didn’t carry forward into middle and high school scores. Fairfield Magnet School for Math & Science and Kelly Miller Elementary both received “Excellent” ratings, the highest possible on the 2019 South Carolina report cards, which were released last week. […]
Mayoral candidates have their say
October 10, 2019 By
The candidates for Blythewood mayor present their plans and platforms. Keith Bailey, 60 A Blythewood resident for 23 years, I was born in Nassawadox, VA. I am a military child with roots all over the world. I received a B.S. Degree in Business Management from Hampton Institute (now Hampton University) in Hampton, VA, in 1981. […]
