BLYTHEWOOD – The Movie in the Park will return to Doko Park Saturday, May 20, featuring Indiana Jones Temple of Doom on the big screen. The event is free and will include food trucks on site. Erica Page, organizer of the event, will be on hand to pass out balloons and goody bags before the […]
May 22 is ticket deadline for Farm to Table dinner
May 18, 2023 By
FAIRFIELD COUNTY – The last day to purchase tickets for the county’s dinner of the year – the annual Farm to Table Dinner – is Monday, May 22. The sit-down dinner, sponsored by the members of the Fairfield Farmers & Artisans Market, is set for June 13 and will be held this year at the […]
Eagles complete 2-game sweep for SCISA A state championship
May 18, 2023 By
BLACKVILLE—For the first time in a long time, the Richard Winn Academy baseball team can close out the season with no tears of regret, no woulda-coulda-shouldas. The Eagles secured a 9-0 victory Tuesday night over Jefferson Davis Academy, and clinched a 2-game sweep over the Raiders in the SCISA 1A state championship series. And in […]
Eagles dominate in Game 1 of SCISA A title series
May 16, 2023 By
WINNSBORO – Ten-run-mercy rule games are hard to come by in state final baseball series. When a team as hungry as this year’s Richard Winn Academy squad readies for its plate appearances, mercy is more the rule than the exception. The Eagles jumped all over Jefferson Davis Academy in the first game of the best-of-three […]
BZA hearing for 140 homes on Wilson Blvd. set for May 15
May 11, 2023 By
BLYTHEWOOD – A special exception has been requested from the Board of Zoning Appeals for a cluster single-family development to be approved on two parcels at 11017 Wilson Boulevard in Blythewood. The property is located just south of the former Dinkins used car business on Wilson. Chandler Roy, representing the Pulte Group in Columbia, said […]
MPA files motion to dismiss Blythewood’s counterclaim
May 11, 2023 By
BLYTHEWOOD – According to recently filed court documents, Town leaders are using litigation to punish their former marketing firm for requesting public records through the FOIA. MPA Strategies has asked a circuit judge to grant summary judgment to dismiss eight causes of action, including fraud, civil conspiracy, negligence/gross negligence, and another misconduct. The causes of […]
Blythewood Garden Club celebrates 70 years with garden tour
May 11, 2023 By
BLYTHEWOOD – The Blythewood Garden Club is celebrating its 70th Anniversary with a garden tour. Eight gardens in Blythewood will be on tour on Saturday, May 13, from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. The tour will include small, carefully designed gardens as well as larger spaces and farms. The cost is $5, and tickets are […]
Public shut out of water treatment plant report
May 11, 2023 By
WINNSBORO – On Tuesday night, May 9, the Fairfield Joint Water and Sewer System (FJWSS) commission voted during a special called meeting to go into executive session to receive “legal advice concerning a draft wastewater plant alternatives analysis.” According to The Voice’s media attorney, the executive session may not have met the requirements of the […]
Wings and Wheels set for May 13 in Fairfield
May 11, 2023 By
FAIRFIELD COUNTY — The 18th annual Wings and Wheels Festival, hosted by the Fairfield County Aeronautics Commission, is scheduled for Saturday May 13 from 10 a.m. until 3 p.m. at the Fairfield County Airport. “So many people don’t know anything about our jewel of an airport,” says Fairfield County Airport Director, Denise Bryan, C.M. “The […]
Blythewood Council’s ‘ethics opinion’ on Brock not issued by SC Ethics Commission
May 4, 2023 By
BLYTHEWOOD – After The Voice questioned whether an ethics opinion received by town council from its outside attorneys during a March 27 executive session was a valid ethics opinion, Meghan Walker Dayson, Executive Director of the S.C. Ethics Commission, confirmed in an emailed response to The Voice that “only the Ethics Commission can determine if […]
