COLUMBIA – Scout unveiled its two Scout vehicles to South Carolina Friday night – The Traveler SUV and The Terra truck – before a crowd of about 150 state, county, and local elected officials, including Blythewood’s County Council Representative Derrek Pugh, Blythewood Mayor Sloan Griffin, Blythewood Councilwoman Erica Page, Fairfield County Senator-elect Everett Stubbs and […]
Douglas opens Southern Kilt home furnishing store
November 7, 2024 By
WINNSBORO – There’s a new business in downtown Winnsboro. Southern Kilt LLC has opened its doors to sell and consign quality furniture and home furnishings. MaryGail Douglas is the owner. While the shop is already open for business, an official ribbon cutting is set for Thursday, Nov. 14, at 4 p.m. “I am quite pleased […]
Scout unveils Traveler SUV and Terra pickup truck
October 31, 2024 By
COLUMBIA – After officially introducing two production-intent concept vehicles, the Scout Traveler SUV and Scout Terra truck on Oct. 24, the company is preparing to host a South Carolina reveal at the University of South Carolina football game on Nov. 16. It will be the first opportunity for South Carolina residents and Gamecock fans to […]
Olde Town Hall celebrates 10 years
October 31, 2024 By
RIDGEWAY – When Angelina Surina opened her Olde Town Hall Restaurant and Bar in downtown Ridgeway 10 years ago on Halloween day, she was serving burgers, wings and other foods that could generally be found in other local eating establishments. But she was also serving foods that were not available in Blythewood, Winnsboro or other […]
Amazing Nails has a new look
October 24, 2024 By
BLYTHEWOOD – When Amazing Nails opened its doors Monday morning, the salon was not only celebrating 20 years in business in Blythewood, but it unveiled a whole new look – shiny white marble tile floors, new cream colored pedicure chairs and foot baths, new nail stations with white marble tops, newly painted walls with more […]
A Fun Place to Shop
October 24, 2024 By
RIDGEWAY – The Eclectic Station opened recently in Ridgeway with a ribbon cutting on Oct, 18. “It’s not a consignment store or an antique store,” said co-owner Deborah Humphries. “It’s primarily a painted furniture store with some home décor pieces. Clearly, it’s a little different,” she said with a smile. “We hatched the idea over […]
Chapel in the Woods
October 17, 2024 By
BLYTHEWOOD – Larry Sharpe’s sprawling wedding venue, The Farm, located between Ridgeway and Blythewood on Highway 21, now has what many of today’s wedding venues lack – a charming white wedding chapel. The simple sanctuary, which will seat 200, features giant wrought iron chandeliers, elegant 14-foot tall cathedral windows, and 43 feet of glass accordion […]
Helene meant ‘All Hands on Deck’ for Fairfield Electric Coop employees
October 10, 2024 By
BLYTHEWOOD – When Helene struck South Carolina on Sept. 27, it hit every Electric Cooperative in the state. That was a double blow to the cooperatives, according to Fairfield Electric’s Doug Payne, Vice President of Member Services. “Normally, when disaster strikes one or several cooperatives, the other cooperatives can free up crews to send to […]
Painted furniture store coming to Ridgeway
October 10, 2024 By
BLYTHEWOOD – Deborah Humphries and Denise Nelson grew up in military families, moving from post to post, wherever their dads’ Army jobs took them. It was while their dads were both stationed at Ft. Jackson Army Base in the 1970’s that the two women – then pre-teens – first crossed paths at Coughman Road Middle […]
Great Southern Homes COA request deferred
September 19, 2024 By
Townhomes Proposed at Traffic-Congested Intersection BLYTHEWOOD – Great Southern Homes made its third appearance Monday night before the Blythewood Architectural Review Board in a bid to receive a Certificate of Appropriateness for 104 single-family attached townhomes. That bid was deferred. The project first came before the Architectural Review Board on Oct. 17, 2022. The townhomes […]
