BLYTHEWOOD (May 12, 2016) – The Town’s event center, the Doko Manor, which was once labeled by at least one Town official in a public meeting as a financial albatross, appears to be pulling out of a three-year financial nose dive with a projected revenue of $145,992 for fiscal year 2016. While Event Director Steve Hasterok […]
Scrolling Sign May Scroll No More
May 12, 2016 By
BLYTHEWOOD (May 12, 2016) – Having prevailed in 2011 in what the attorney representing Companion Animal Hospital called “the unpleasantness” of securing a variance for a non-compliant electronic changeable copy (ECC) sign after a long, contentious sign permitting history dating back to 2008, the hospital’s owner, Elaine Meincke, returned to the Board of Zoning Appeals (BZA) […]
BZA Denies Abney Hills Variance
May 12, 2016 By
BLYTHEWOOD (May 12, 2016) – The Board of Zoning Appeals (BZA) rejected a request Monday night for a variance that would have squeezed more homes into less space in the Abney Hills subdivision. About 25 residents of the Phase I section of Abney Hills subdivision packed Monday night’s BZA meeting in opposition to the request from […]
Caterpillar Announces Ridgeway Closing
May 6, 2016 By
RIDGEWAY (May 6, 2016) – Caterpillar, manufacturer of construction equipment and machinery, announced the closing last week of five production facilities nationwide, including an assembly facility in Ridgeway. The generator set control panel assembly facility in Ridgeway is one of two S.C. Caterpillar sites slated for closure in the next 12-18 months, the company said. The […]
Abney Hill Estates Gets Variances
May 5, 2016 By
BLYTHEWOOD (May 5, 2016) – After Town Administrator Gary Parker gave administrative approval to Essex Homes earlier this month for a proposed sketch plan for Phase 2 of the Abney Hill Estates subdivision, the Town’s Planning Commission on Monday evening voted unanimously to delegate authority to Parker to issue a preliminary approval letter for the plat, […]
Water Rate Hike Could Hit Blythewood
May 5, 2016 By
BLYTHEWOOD (May 5, 2016) – A proposed increase in Columbia water and sewer rates could impact as many as 800 residential and commercial customers in the Blythewood area. Columbia City Council is currently considering a 4.3 percent increase in rates, which would take effect July 1. The rate hike could add between $2.26 and $12.77 to […]
Profits for a Cause –
April 22, 2016 By
The Fairfield Chamber of Commerce held a ribbon cutting for the grand opening of Southside Ranch & Tack in Winnsboro on April 9. Cutting the ribbon are owners Wesley and Lori Jones. Susan Yenner, Fairfield Chamber Secretary and horsewoman Laura Collins hold the ribbon. Standing behind the Joneses are: Steve Jones, Grace Kocsis, Kat Stout, […]
School for Troubled Teens Slated for Greenbrier
April 22, 2016 By
WINNSBORO (April 22, 2016) – When the director of a new alternative school for troubled teens presented County Council with his plans during Council’s March 28 meeting, one Councilman encouraged the director to make a similar presentation to the community before opening for business. Cameron Tea, director of Cambio Academy, told Council his Utah-based company was […]
Plan Update Puts Leadership on Notice
April 15, 2016 By
WINNSBORO (April 15, 2016) – As consultants continue their work on Fairfield County’s newest set of long-range plans, County Council during their March 28 meeting received a word of advice during an update on their Economic Development Plan: officially get behind the next Strategic Plan. “I will point out that that 2010 Strategic Plan was never […]
Fairfield Square Lands Second New Business
April 15, 2016 By
WINNSBORO (April 15, 2016) – After taking a big hit in January with the exodus of Walmart, Fairfield County is suddenly on a roll. State Sen. Creighton Coleman (D-17) and Interim County Administrator Milton Pope announced late last week that Roses has signed a lease to open a department store at 83 Highway 321 Bypass S., […]
