WINNSBORO (Jan. 22, 2016) – With the announcement last week that Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. plans to shutter 154 stores nationwide, including its Walmart Express store at 721 Highway 321 Bypass S. in Winnsboro, local leaders have been scrambling for a plan to fill the enormous retail gap that will be left by the closing, or perhaps […]
New Developer Eyes Rimer Pond Road
January 21, 2016 By
BLYTHEWOOD (Jan. 21, 2016) – Another Rural (RU) zoned property on Rimer Pond Road is on the block for rezoning; however, this one hasn’t drawn the ire of neighbors as have other recently requested rezonings on the road. A request by Kevin Steelman, representing Land Tech developers, to amend the current RU zoning on a 41+ […]
Shell Building Profit No Sure Thing
January 21, 2016 By
BLYTHEWOOD (Jan. 21, 2016) – As Town Council’s proposed shell building, to be built in the park across from Town Hall on speculation, moves forward, there is no guarantee that the Town will reap a profit or even break even when the 3,800-square-foot building is sold, Ed Parler, the Town’s Economic Development Consultant, told Council members […]
Half of H-Tax Unpaid
January 15, 2016 By
RIDGEWAY (Jan. 15, 2016) – Owners of a pair of Ridgeway business could be on the hook for fines or even jail time for not kicking in their share of the Town’s hospitality tax, according to documents obtained from Town Hall this week. The issue came to light at Town Council’s Jan. 7 work session as […]
Enor: Winnsboro Plant Safe During Chapter 11
January 1, 2016 By
WINNSBORO (Jan. 1, 2016) – Bankruptcy proceedings will not affect production of employment at Enor Corp. on 1 Quality Lane in Winnsboro, a spokesperson for the New Jersey based toy company told The Voice this week. “This is just a credit restructuring,” the spokesperson said. The Winnsboro plant, he said, “is not going to be affected.” […]
Pellet Plant Rezoning on Hold
December 25, 2015 By
WINNSBORO (Dec. 25, 2015) – Third and final reading to rezone two parcels of property near White Oak for the controversial AEC Pellet 1 USA wood pellet plant is officially on hold, Interim County Administrator Milton Pope said during County Council’s Dec. 15 meeting. But that does not mean, Pope added, that the project may not […]
Cambridge Point Gets Water Deal
December 25, 2015 By
WINNSBORO (Dec. 25, 2015) – Town Council during their Dec. 15 meeting gave the green light for water for a Blythewood subdivision on which developers plan to break ground in the spring. Council voted unanimously to approve 3,000 gallons of water per day in a willingness to serve letter for 100 planned homes in the Cambridge […]
Offices Get Conditional OK
December 24, 2015 By
BLYTHEWOOD (Dec. 24, 2015) – The Board of Architectural Review (BAR) gave conditional approval for a certificate of occupancy (COP) Monday evening for construction of a 6,500-square-foot medical building on Blythewood Road across from Companion Animal Hospital. The approval is conditional on plans for lighting, landscape and signage being presented and approved at the BAR’s Jan. […]
B.A.R. Silences Critics
December 24, 2015 By
BLYTHEWOOD (Dec. 24, 2015) – In a move to stem citizen dissent over The Pointe, a low-income apartment complex proposed for downtown Blythewood, Michael Langston, Chairman of the Board of Architectural Review (BAR) opened Tuesday night’s meeting with the announcement that citizen testimony that evening would not be allowed on agenda items slated for discussion. “Tonight, […]
Attorney General: No Crime in Dennis Probe
December 18, 2015 By
WINNSBORO (Dec. 18, 2015) – More than a year after the S.C. State Law Enforcement Division (SLED) opened the case, the S.C. Attorney General’s Office cleared Dan Dennis of any criminal wrongdoing in connection with allegations by Former Fairfield County Administrator Phil Hinely that Dennis had blackmailed him, according to documents released by SLED last week […]
