WINNSBORO (Aug. 11, 2016) – If County Council passes by Sept. 9 an ordinance allowing the Sunday sale of alcoholic beverages in Fairfield County, that will put it on the Nov. 8 ballot as a referendum for the people to decide if they want Sunday alcohol sales, County Administrator Jason Taylor told members of the Public […]
International Arts –
August 11, 2016 By
Bulgarian artists Vania Lavasheva and her daughter Nastasia displayed their work last week at The Gallery in Over The Top Boutique during Ridgeway’s First Friday event. Musician Frederick Ingram entertained while shoppers enjoyed wine and sweet treats.
A-Tax Committee Reverses Course on Band, Chamber
August 11, 2016 By
BLYTHEWOOD (Aug. 11, 2016) – The Town’s A-Tax Committee was publicly chided by Mayor J. Michael Ross at a special called meeting of the Committee on Aug. 3 for tabling last month a $10,000 funding request from Band Director James Barnes for Blythewood High School’s Band Tournament and for voting against recommending $3,000 for what the […]
County OK’s Deal for Mega Industrial Site
August 4, 2016 By
WINNSBORO (Aug. 4, 2016) – Fairfield County Council officially embarked on a major economic development project last week, giving final authorization to an agreement between the County and the S.C. Department of Commerce to acquire more than 1,000 acres of land in Fairfield County that is located on the east side of I-77 and to the […]
Primrose Residents: We Were Lied To
August 4, 2016 By
‘Developer Promised Green Space’ BLYTHEWOOD (Aug. 4, 2016) – “We were lied to when we purchased our property. We were told that the green space would always be there,” said Cobblestone Park resident Lenora Zedosky during the public comment section of Monday evening’s Planning Commission meeting. About 30 of Zedosky’s neighbors, most of whom live on […]
Yoga: A Healthy Lifestyle
July 29, 2016 By
BLYTHEWOOD (July 29, 2016) – About 5:45 every Wednesday evening, several women and sometimes a man or two in the 40-60 age range begin arriving at the Blythewood Recreation Center with rolled up floor mats tucked under their arms and wearing yoga pants or something similar. As they step into the dim, quiet, candle-lit room, they […]
BAR Finds ‘Hiccup’ in Sign Rule
July 21, 2016 By
BLYTHEWOOD (July 21, 2016) – The Board of Architectural Review granted a Certificate of Appropriateness Monday evening for a new sign at the Kellie Ballentine Allstate Insurance office at 162 Langford Road in downtown Blythewood. It also voted unanimously to grant Ballentine a variance because her new sign did not conform to the sign ordinance because […]
County Moves Forward on I-77 Project
July 7, 2016 By
WINNSBORO (July 7, 2016) – After a brief executive session Tuesday evening, County Council voted unanimously to pass first reading of an ordinance authorizing the execution of an agreement between Fairfield County and the S.C. Department of Commerce that authorizes the County to purchase property located in Fairfield County. Earlier, the Administration and Finance Committee spent […]
County Hires Economic Leader
June 30, 2016 By
WINNSBORO (June 30, 2016) – When County Council introduced Jason Taylor as their new County Administrator earlier this month, they also filled another long-vacant position by announcing the hire of Ty Davenport as the County’s new Economic Development Director. Davenport, 52, took office on June 6. The County has been without an Economic Development Director since […]
I-77 Project Under Way
June 29, 2016 By
BLYTHEWOOD (June 29, 2016) – If you haven’t noticed by now, then you probably haven’t been behind the wheel of your automobile for the last week or so. In case you’ve missed it, the S.C. Department of Transportation (DOT) got under way on June 20 with a massive two-year project to widen and repair I-77 in […]
