WINNSBORO – The Fairfield County School Board followed up last weeks’ mostly inaudible discussion of an impending $2.7 million shortfall in next year’s budget with a presentation on the 2020-2021 budget at Tuesday night’s regular board meeting. Kevin Robinson, the district’s chief financial officer, said staff would likely bring a continuing resolution for board consideration […]
Doko Meadows walking trails open; park, Manor, playground, restroom closed
April 30, 2020 By
BLYTHEWOOD – During a two-hour zoomed town council meeting Monday night, council spent an hour discussing whether or not to re-open the park’s walking trail before voting 4-1 to open it. Councilman Larry Griffin voted against. At issue was the fact that the trail has been used steadily since it was officially closed by a […]
Westwood Softball: The Toughest Season
April 30, 2020 By
Schools and after-school activities may have been cancelled because of the coronavirus pandemic, but Westwood head softball coach Steven Cruz has a long-distance vision of the Redhawks’ success. Even so, on the short range of it, Cruz and the players felt the sting just like any other team that has seen a season put in […]
On Parade
April 30, 2020 By
WINNSBORO – With a pending graduation ceremony amid COVID-19 stay-at-home orders and upcoming Principal Appreciation Day, Richard Winn Academy held a parade last week to celebrate seniors and first-year Head of School Kristen Chaisson. Richard Winn’s seniors were escorted down Old Chester Road in their cars and then paraded on foot through the parking lot […]
Bengals Softball… put on hold
April 30, 2020 By
The Blythewood softball field looked razor sharp this spring. “We spent a lot of time getting the field ready for this year,” head softball coach Jordan Atkinson said. “We had it laser graded and we felt like it was the best the field ever looked in its history. It was awesome.” Likewise, the Bengals softball […]
The season that never happened
April 23, 2020 By
Blythewood Council Honors Teams and Senior Athletes Life has changed. It’s different. The impact of the novel coronavirus has been felt across the world, the nation, the state and right here in Blythewood. And while our normal routines have dwindled into the distance, we are confident that our lives will return to what they were. […]
Blythewood drive-in movie set for Saturday
April 23, 2020 By
BLYTHEWOOD – The community is invited to get out of the house for a while and take the kids to a drive-in movie Saturday night at the town’s rodeo grounds located at 311 Blythewood Road across from the Food Lion shopping center. The movie, “Despicable Me,” will begin about 8:30 p.m. or as soon as […]
A Big Thanks
April 23, 2020 By
Hadi Jacobsen and her husband Kurt hung a banner from their roof on Newberry Road as their way of saying ‘Thank You’ to the health care heroes.
Blythewood Baseball: What Might Have Been
April 23, 2020 By
It was no secret among Blythewood players as well as coaches, players and reporters from around the state that 2020 was poised to be the year of the Bengals. Instead, because of the precautions taken because of the COVID-19 pandemic, 2020 will go down as the season that might have been. Coming off a 2019 […]
