Attorney: Too Late to Alter Home Density BLYTHEWOOD (Dec. 15, 2016) – The Planning Commission Monday night gave their OK to a preliminary plat for the Cambridge Pointe subdivision without requiring sidewalks and gave it a virtual pass on interconnectivity with adjacent neighborhoods as called for in Blythewood’s Master Plan. While the former was a relief […]
Sweet Reward –
December 8, 2016 By
Sweet Pea’s Ice Cream Parlor opened in Blythewood in July and last week the store captured the coveted Golden Spatula Award and was featured on WLTX-TV. “We are thrilled!” said store owner Susan DeMarco (at right, with WLTX’s Sonia Gutierrez). “The award is presented to an eating establishment that has received a 100 percent rating […]
Hospital Losses Easing
December 1, 2016 By
CT Scanner Remains Offline WINNSBORO – While Fairfield Memorial Hospital continues to struggle financially, Tim Mitchell, the hospital’s Chief Financial Officer, reported to its Board of Directors last week that the losses are trending downward. Mitchell told the Board during their Nov. 22 meeting that the hospital had experienced an operating loss of $88,155 for […]
Tax Notices on the Way
December 1, 2016 By
WINNSBORO (Dec. 1, 2016) – Forget to pay your property taxes? Hoping to get a good deal because someone else did? Then next week is your first opportunity to settle up or clean up as Fairfield County’s delinquent tax notices make their first run in The Independent Voice. Approximately 600 listing of properties will appear next […]
Sno-Ball Rezoning Fails
December 1, 2016 By
BLYTHEWOOD (Dec. 1, 2016) – Rimer Pond Road residents and their neighbors live to fight (commercial zoning) again. On Monday night, Council voted 5-0 in support of the residents who spoke out against a request by Pelican Sno-Balls for Multi-Neighborhood Commercial zoning (MC) at 10711 Wilson Blvd., at the entrance to Rimer Pond Road. The MC […]
Cobblestone Residents Reach Boiling Point
December 1, 2016 By
BLYTHEWOOD (Dec. 1, 2016) – A group of 50 or so Cobblestone Park residents unleashed their fury on Town Council Monday evening for having amended zoning in March 2015 to allow developer D.R. Horton to add 143 additional homes and six roads to the Primrose section of Cobblestone Park. Residents speaking at the meeting said the […]
Shop Small –
November 23, 2016 By
Merchants in Blythewood, Winnsboro and Ridgeway are encouraging shoppers to shop local on Saturday after Black Friday. Shops in the three towns will be offering sales and surprises. At Ridgeway’s tiny police station, starting about 10 a.m., Saturday, Louise and Doug Ruff will be handing out free Shop Small shopping bags bulging with discounts, goodies […]
Incumbents Out in County Council Races
November 9, 2016 By
Fanning Wins State Senate, Trapp Retakes District 3 BLYTHEWOOD/FAIRFIELD – Two long-standing Fairfield County Council members were bumped out Tuesday night, while a former Councilman who was ousted in 2013 reclaimed his seat in local election results. Fairfield County voters also gave their approval to Sunday alcohol sales. District 4 Councilman Kamau Marcharia and […]
Lawsuit Alleges Fraud in Industrial Site Land Deal
October 27, 2016 By
WINNSBORO (Oct. 27, 2016) – Fairfield County Council made it official last July, passing third reading on a deal to partner with the S.C. Department of Commerce to purchase more than 1,000 acres of land near I-77 and Highway 34 to develop as a mega-industrial site. Last month, one of the owners of a key portion […]
