BLYTHEWOOD – During its February meeting, Town Council voted to adopt an amendment to the town’s tree preservation ordinance that would remove an exemption that Town Attorney Jim Meggs suggested is being interpreted by developers as permission to clear cut lots without a tree removal permit from town hall. On Monday night, the Planning Commission […]
Blythewood to honor black history on Feb. 17
February 15, 2018 By
BLYTHEWOOD – The Town and residents will take part in the annual Black History Month celebration this Saturday night, Feb. 17 with performances by the Westwood High School Dancers, the Round Top Baptist Church Youth Choir and EboniRamm and Band. The celebration, which will be emceed by performer EboniRamm, will be held again this year […]
Freeway Music mulls move to Depot
February 1, 2018 By
BLYTHEWOOD – After a year of planning, a year of construction and a year of searching for a buyer, the Town of Blythewood has found a potential purchaser for the Doko Depot, and if the sale goes through as expected, it may come with a bonus – Freeway Music. The music company, which offers lessons […]
Gunshot fired through window of Blythewood home
February 1, 2018 By
BLYTHEWOOD – A Blythewood family was not at home on the afternoon of Jan. 12 when a bullet came crashing through the breakfast room window of their home and traveled through a kitchen cabinet, into the dining room before embedding into an adjacent wall. “It had to have happened between 11:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. […]
Council retreat set for March; Mayor invites community
January 11, 2018 By
BLYTHEWOOD – Town Council’s annual day-long working retreat may be a little larger than usual this year, and a little different. Mayor J. Michael Ross said on Monday that he and Council are making an all-out effort to include resident participation in this year’s event. “The public has always been invited to our retreats,” Ross […]
Council decides against refinancing 2010 $5.5 million BFC bond
December 14, 2017 By
BLYTHEWOOD – After suggesting last month that the Town of Blythewood might want to consider taking advantage of advance refunding to refinance its $5.5 million bond issued in 2010 by the Blythewood Facilities Corporation (BFC), attorney Ray Jones of Parker Poe, returned to a Council workshop last week to advise the Town to hold off […]
Wildfire doused near Ashley Oaks
December 7, 2017 By
BLYTHEWOOD – Much of Blythewood was blanketed in smoke last Thursday when a wildfire that was described as low-intensity spread over approximately 50 acres just north of Ashley Oaks. Several firefighters, a brush truck and an engine were sent from Columbia. The South Carolina Forestry Commission also assisted, bulldozing firebreaks around the northern and western […]
Parker Poe suggests refinancing $5.5 M bond
November 30, 2017 By
BLYTHEWOOD – Attorney Ray Jones of Parker Poe, the Town’s bond consultant for the $5.5 million bond issued by the Blythewood Facilities Corporation in 2010, told Council Monday evening that it might want to take advantage of an opportunity to refinance that bond under advance refunding which, he said, is a financing technique that allows […]
Council Rethinks Poe Hire
September 15, 2016 By
Hospital Negotiations Land in County’s Lap WINNSBORO (Sept. 15, 2016) – During Monday’s County Council meeting, County Administrator Jason Taylor called members’ attention to a request for action to engage the services of Parker Poe Consulting, LLC for assistance with legal matters relating to Fairfield Memorial Hospital. The issue had been sent forward to Council by […]
