WINNSBORO (April 8, 2016) – The European energy company that had planned to locate a wood pelleting plant near White Oak may have hit its final snag last month when two key pieces of property it needed were bought up by a local LLC, effectively blocking the proposed plant’s access to railway lines. AEC Pellet 1 […]
IGA Coming to Winnsboro
April 8, 2016 By
WINNSBORO (April 8, 2016) – When Walmart closed up shop at the end of January, it took with it more than just Fairfield County’s largest retail outlet. It also left Bi-Lo as the only grocery game in town. That monopoly is now over. This week, State Sen. Creighton Coleman (D-17) announced that IGA (Independent Grocers Alliance) […]
Blythewood Builds –
April 7, 2016 By
Blythewood 29016 is the second hottest area for new home construction in the Midlands with contractors building in at least five subdivisions according to a recent report in The State. With 507 building permits, Blythewood is second only behind the Town of Lexington with 1,007 permits. Above, construction work has begun on The Pointe, a […]
Council Pulls Plug on Wi-Fi
March 31, 2016 By
BLYTHEWOOD (May 31, 2016) – After Michael Switzer, Executive Director of the Blythewood Chamber of Commerce, challenged Town Council to repair the town’s Wi-Fi system during Council’s annual retreat in February, Council rejected the plea on Monday night, voting 4-1 to eliminate the Town’s current failed Wi-Fi system and to ask AT&T about providing more hot […]
Ridgeway in the News –
March 24, 2016 By
As part of a news program about women in business that aired on WLTX- News 19 last week, several Ridgeway shop owners were interviewed. Tina Johnson, owner of the Over The Top boutique on Palmer Street, talks about the struggles and rewards of women running businesses. Filming is WLTX camerawoman Joyce Koh.
Council OK’s Water for Pointe
March 18, 2016 By
WINNSBORO (March 18, 2016) – Town Council Tuesday night gave the OK to a formal resolution to provide water for The Pointe at Blythewood, a multi-family residential development slated for 423 Main St., Blythewood. According to the agreement, Winnsboro will reserve 19,200 gallons per day of capacity for the 56-unit apartment complex recently renamed Just The […]
Growth, Taxes on Tap at Retreat
March 3, 2016 By
BLYTHEWOOD (March 3, 2016) – The prospect of impending growth and serious consideration of a property tax to pay for that growth will be the focus of Town Council’s annual day-long retreat on Saturday at the Langford Nord House. “This is a time we need to be looking at what services can be provided to a […]
Intergov Meeting Focuses on Economic Development
February 26, 2016 By
RIDGEWAY (Feb. 26, 2016) – Intergovernmental meetings have a reputation of being either mundane, elbow-rubbing affairs, or fur-flying cat fights between elected officials. Last week’s meeting at the Century House found a middle ground. With the focus of the Feb. 18 meeting on economic development, particularly in the wake of last month’s closing of Walmart in […]
Layoffs at TV Plant
February 26, 2016 By
WINNSBORO (Feb. 26, 2016) – Element Electronics, manufacturer of television sets for Walmart, has laid off nearly 85 employees, Interim County Administrator Milton Pope told County Council during their Feb. 15 meeting. The layoffs occurred in early February, he said. Pope said the company, operating at 392 Highway 321 Bypass N., still has more than 250 […]
New Digs –
February 25, 2016 By
Blythewood Chamber of Commerce executive director Mike Switzer and assistant Kitty Kelly show off the Chamber’s temporary office located in McNulty Plaza after recently closing the doors on the group’s Blythewood Road office. Switzer told The Voice that the Chamber has been offered the space by the owners of the Plaza until which time it […]
