BLYTHEWOOD – Saturday night’s Movies in the Park event in Blythewood’s Doko Park started like prior Movies in the Park events – with parents sitting on blankets with their children, laughing and talking, playing games, playing with their dogs, and munching on snacks as they wait for the movie to start at sundown. In the […]
Commercial rezoning hearing set for March 25
March 20, 2025 By
BLYTHEWOOD – Rezoning requests for three large-acre Blythewood 29016 properties will come before the Richland County Council for a public hearing on Tuesday, March 25. The first of three required votes on the rezoning will be taken at that meeting. Of the three required meetings, this March 25 meeting is the only one where the […]
Ad hoc committee applicants not required to submit qualifications
March 20, 2025 By
Goldbach: I Don’t Know If Any Represent Animal Welfare Organizations WINNSBORO – The seven members of the newly formed animal control advisory ad hoc committee were not required to submit applications or their qualifications for the positions before being appointed by county council. Only one application was submitted, according to the county’s Public Information Officer […]
Blythewood to hold public hearing on Land Devopment Ordinance March 24
March 20, 2025 By
BLYTHEWOOD – The Blythewood Town Council will hold a public hearing at 6 p.m., Monday, March 24, at the Doko Manor regarding the second and final vote on an ordinance adopting text and map amendments to the Town’s Land Development Ordinance (LDO) for all parcels and property located within the Town of Blythewood corporate limits. […]
FJWSS to break ground on connector line
March 20, 2025 By
FAIRFIELD COUNTY – A groundbreaking ceremony will be held Wednesday, March 26, at 2 p.m. for the start of construction of the Winnsboro Connector Line Project. This line is being paid for with a $10M SCIIP grant from the SC Rural Infrastructure Authority. When completed, the line will supplement some of the wastewater capacity needs […]
Review of budget allocation reveals $18K Christmas party, new line item
March 13, 2025 By
BLYTHEWOOD – During a special called budget workshop meeting on March 5, council first reviewed the fiscal year 2024-25 budget, then heard from department heads regarding what their budget needs are looking like for the coming year. As that wrapped up, Councilman Donald Brock asked about items on a separate, loose spreadsheet that included budgeted […]
Fairfield County Animal Ordinance Ad Hoc Committee members named
March 13, 2025 By
FAIRFIELD COUNTY – The county’s animal welfare ordinance has long been under scrutiny with the aim to strengthen and update it. Last year a proposed amended ordinance was presented to council with some inaccuracies that had been included by the county attorney and were objected to by some in the community. To that end, council […]
Ruff, Pauley block Goldbach’s amendment to bylaws
March 13, 2025 By
WINNSBORO – After Fairfield County Council Chairman Clarence Gilbert refused after three weeks to appoint council’s only female member, Peggy Swearingen (Dist. 3), to any one of five council standing committees, Councilman Don Goldbach offered an amendment to the bylaws at Monday night’s county council meeting that would guarantee that all members of the council […]
Carpenter welcomed during council meeting
March 13, 2025 By
WINNSBORO –Fairfield County’s new Administrator Vic Carpenter introduced himself to the community during Monday night’s county council meeting, and received a warm welcome in return from council members. After spending 13 years at various management levels for Boy Scouts of America, Carpenter said he settled into a career in county government Giving a short review […]
Court ruling grants Blythewood town council’s motion for injunction against mayor’s hiring practices
March 6, 2025 By
COLUMBIA – A court ruling handed down March 2 granted Town of Blythewood council members a temporary and permanent injunction that prohibits Blythewood Mayor Sloan Griffin from enforcing an executive order issued by him that would allow him to hire town hall employees without town council authorizing funding for those positions. The injunction was filed […]
