RIDGEWAY – Slightly North of Charleston, a new fine art gallery in Ridgeway, held its grand opening last week with a ribbon cutting by the Fairfield County Chamber of Commerce. The gallery is located in the former police station on Palmer Street. Shop owner Kathy Goldbach, center, and Ridgeway Mayor Heath Cookendorfer cut the ribbon. […]
New Artist in Town
November 12, 2020 By
Kathy Goldbach, right, gives former Ridgeway mayor Charlene Herring a touch up during Ridgeway’s Walk into Fall event last weekend. Goldbach recently opened a new art shop/gallery in downtown Ridgeway.
Food Lion to acquire Bi-Lo in Winnsboro
November 10, 2020 By
ALISBURY, N.C. — Food Lion announced on Tuesday that it plans to purchase the Bi-Lo grocery store in Winnsboro as well as 61 other Bi-Lo/Harveys Supermarket stores from Southeastern Grocers. The stores are expected to open as Food Lion stores early next year according to Food Lion President Meg Ham. “We are thrilled to move […]
Sea Pro sells nationally, hires local
October 29, 2020 By
WINNSBORO – The county’s new Sea Pro boat manufacturing facility in Winnsboro recently built its first boat, said Preston Wrenn, vice president of the company. “We are now working on boat number two as we speak,” Wrenn said. “We currently have about 14 people in house working, and we’re looking to grow that to approximately […]
Fairfield County lands Oldcastle APG
October 8, 2020 By
$25M+ Investment Will Create Almost 100 Jobs COLUMBIA – Oldcastle APG, a global leading provider of outdoor living and building materials, announced on Thursday plans to establish operations in Fairfield County. The company’s more than $25 million investment will create approximately 100 new jobs. Located at 355 Commerce Boulevard in Ridgeway, S.C., Oldcastle APG’s new […]
Gov. McMaster in Blythewood to issue manufacturing week proclamation
October 8, 2020 By
BLYTHEWOOD – Representing Blythewood Mayor Bryan Franklin, Town Councilmen Donald Brock and Sloan Jarvis Griffin were on hand to welcome Governor Henry McMaster to town Friday to issue a proclamation In recognition of National Manufacturing Day and the importance of the manufacturing industry in South Carolina. The governor issued the proclamation during a ceremony at […]
County, town fund e-commerce websites
September 17, 2020 By
Sites To Benefit Fairfield Businesses WINNSBORO – The County and Town governments are looking to fund e-commerce sites for the county’s businesses as a way to help them survive the restrictions ordered during the Time of Corona. In a presentation Monday night during the County Council meeting, County Administrator Jason Taylor said the two governments […]
Town offering grants to improve storefronts
September 17, 2020 By
WINNSBORO – For the third year in a row, the Town of Winnsboro is offering façade grants to businesses to improve store fronts in the town. Town Council approved $3,000.00 for six $500 Façade Grants to merchants located on Congress Street in downtown Winnsboro. “The idea behind the grants is to improve the street-facing fronts […]
Winnsboro boutique takes it on the road
September 10, 2020 By
WINNSBORO – Jerrica Beam, the owner of one of Winnsboro’s new crop of fashionable boutiques – To Be Stitched – has a new business model – she’s taking her shop on the road, literally. Beam recently purchased an RV, and with the help of her family, converted it into a mobile extension of her shop […]
Thrift store interrupted
September 10, 2020 By
WINNSBORO – “I just love to shop garage sales and estate sales. Every time I go out, I buy stuff. I can’t help it,” said Mary Melton, one of the owners of a new Winnsboro thrift shop she calls Under One Roof. “I actually opened the shop in 2015, but things got interrupted when my […]
