WINNSBORO – When Wanda Young decided to open a flower shop recently in downtown Winnsboro, she named it Maggie’s Floral after her mother, Maggie Hall, who passed away in 2017. Young said she’s always wanted to carry on the tradition of her mother’s passion for beautiful flowers. “My mother loved flowers and always had gardens […]
Enjoy Bessie’s Bites at Food Truck Friday
July 7, 2022 By
COLUMBIA – The City of Columbia extended their Food Truck Friday summer initiative into July. New food vendors and the food trucks will operate in the REI Co-op parking lot at the corner of Bull Street and Colonial (2300 Bull Street). “Food Truck Fridays was started to showcase some of the great businesses and great […]
The Arden is accepting applications
June 9, 2022 By
BLYTHEWOOD – The new Arden apartments next to the IGA are open and taking applications. The apartments are exclusively for residents 55 years of age and up. Applications are available outside the entrance to the apartments or can be requested by emailing [email protected] or calling 803-291-0387. The Arden is located at 121 Creech Road, Blythewood […]
Tiffany’s Diner opens at Grand Central
June 9, 2022 By
FAIRFIELD COUNTY – Tiffany Craig has made a round trip. She started out in 1998 working at Grand Central restaurant at 11198 St Hwy 200 in Winnsboro. She left to open her own very popular Tiffany’s Diner on Chester Avenue in Great Falls. Now, after 24 successful years in her Great Falls location, she is […]
Bessie’s ‘Bites’ truck opens June 5
June 2, 2022 By
BLYTHEWOOD – If you’re gotten into the habit of picking up a sweet snack at Bessie’s Sweet Delights at the Blythewood Farmer’s Market on Wednesday afternoons, you’ll be glad to know that owner VonGretchen Donawald and her husband Tyrus have expanded their menu, hours and location to include Soul Food Sunday dinners from their new […]
Spring Fling at Store34
May 19, 2022 By
Store34 was packed last Saturday as shoppers browsed the line of vendors at the store’s second annual Spring Fling. Pictured below, Fresh Picked Band, from left, Jeff Mattox, Heyward Mattox, Lynn Douglass and Natalie Pope.
Coop drive-thru election May 16-20
May 12, 2022 By
WINNSBORO – Fairfield Electric Coop’s drive-thru Annual Meeting & Trustee Election will be May 16 – 20. To register, bring the Official 2022 Annual Meeting registration form and a photo ID to a registration site. Five seats are open: Districts 1, 2, 3, 9 and one At-Large District. Members in those districts will vote for […]
Your meal will be cooked from scratch at Millie’s in Ridgeway
May 12, 2022 By
RIDGEWAY – Ring the cow bell outside the service window to either order food or pick up an order from Millie’s country food restaurant in Ridgeway. And what she hands through the outdoor pass-through window to the customer will not be made from frozen beef patties, or chicken cooked in the morning and set under […]
MLILY gives 31 mattresses to FCSD, EMS
May 12, 2022 By
WINNSBORO – Fairfield County mattress manufacturer, MLILY, has donated mattresses to Fairfield County’s Sheriff’s Department, EMS, and Emergency Management. Representatives from MLILY presented the mattresses to the public safety units in the MLILY showroom located at 1 Mlily Way in Winnsboro on Monday. “Fairfield County is thrilled to announce that MLILY has made this generous […]
Fairfield Electric board trims its benefits package
April 28, 2022 By
BLYTHEWOOD – In preparation for the upcoming Fairfield Electric Coop’s annual meeting, the Board of Trustees met March 28 to discussing discontinuing the health/life/dental benefit package for new Trustees beginning with the May 20 election. The vote to do so was unanimous. The package, valued at about $19,000, has always been free to Trustees, except […]
