Royal Greens, Ridgeway’s new wholesale/retail hydroponic plant business, opened its doors at 200 E. Church St. last week to a huge crowd including Alex English, left, and his wife Vanessa of Blythewood and Fairfield County Councilman Marion Robinson, right. With them are manager of operations Chip Harriford, next to Robinson, and his son Scott. The […]
Great Greens: Father, Son Turn Factory into Food Op
January 29, 2015 By
RIDGEWAY – A hydroponic growing business, Royal Greens, is setting up shop in downtown Ridgeway where it will soon headquarter a national wholesale company supplying greens and other organically grown vegetables to the likes of US Foods, Sysco and Whole Foods. Director of Operations Chip Harriford, 52, said the hydroponic and, later, aquaponic components of […]
Big Grab Brings Big Bucks
September 11, 2014 By
On Shoestring Budget, Event Gives Local Merchants Shot in the Arm BLYTHEWOOD/FAIRFIELD – Friday and Saturday were good days for the shops, restaurants, service stations, hotels and other merchants in Blythewood, Winnsboro and Ridgeway. Long lines of cars and trucks began snaking into the towns early Friday for the annual Big Grab Yard Sale. The […]
Toys Are Us –
August 20, 2014 By
S.C. Gov. Nikki Haley (third from right) and Bobby Hitt (second from left), S.C. Secretary of Commerce, stand with Interim Fairfield County Administrator Milton Pope (far left) and County Council members Kamau Marcharia, Dwayne Perry, David Brown, Carolyn Robinson, Chairman David Ferguson and Mary Lynn Kinley before a sampling of products to be manufactured in […]
Toy Company to Bring 151 Jobs
August 14, 2014 By
Hiring Begins for Sept. Startup WINNSBORO – In an announcement made at the Midlands Technical College QuickJobs campus Thursday afternoon, Enor Corp., a manufacturer of toys and games, was introduced as the latest addition to Fairfield County’s growing economic base. The New Jersey based company will operate out of the former Ruff & Tuff building […]
Mayor Honored by USC
May 8, 2014 By
COLUMBIA – Blythewood Mayor J. Michael Ross has been named the 2013-14 Outstanding Alumnus of the University of South Carolina College of Pharmacy. He was awarded the honor on Wednesday during ceremonies at the Coliseum where he delivered the Keynote Address for the Convocation for the College of Pharmacy.
Public, Private Money Lure Industry
November 8, 2013 By
WINNSBORO – Documents made available to The Voice last week through a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request reveal the scope of financial incentives employed by Fairfield County and the State Department of Commerce (DOC) to lure a television manufacturing company to Winnsboro. Element Electronics, headquartered in Minnesota, announced plans on Aug. 22 to relocate […]
Fairfield County Restaurant Reports, November 2012
December 27, 2012 By
29130 City Gas and Fuel, 1 Palmer St., Nov. 1 – Follow-Up – A Paul’s Bar and Grill, 7480 Highway 34 E., Nov. 5 – Routine – A 29180 Dairy Queen #955, 10959 Highway 200, Nov. 16 – Routine – A Greenbrier Grocery, 1005 Evergreen Road, Nov. 1 – Routine – A House of Prayer […]
Fairfield County Property Sales, November 2012
December 27, 2012 By
29055 Nov. 16 13834 State Highway 200. From: Leslie Mace; To: Marion E. Heath and Linda S. Heath; For: $175,000. 29130 Nov. 19 2575 Rockbridge Road. From: Sarah W. Crouch; To: Charles Dennis Murphy and Rebecca W. Murphy; For: $101,250. Nov. 21 321 Rockbridge Road. From: Michael R. Buch and Patsy M. Buch; To: Raymond […]
Richland County Property Sales: August 2012
October 11, 2012 By
29016 Aug. 1 228 Hawkins Creek Road. From: Mungo Homes, Inc.; To: Christina Y. Scott; For: $139,876. 283 Quiet Pond Way. From: Essex Homes Southeast, Inc.; To: Mariea A. Mims Daniels and Nathan E. Daniels; For: $235,500. Lot 230, Crescent Lake. From: Randy Humphries dba Circle H; To: Peachtree Communities, LLC; For: $46,500. Aug. 2 […]
