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JWC hikes water rates 26%

JENKINSVILLE – After voting 5-1 on Feb. 6 to pass a water rate increase without specifying the amount of the increase or when it would...

JWC reports inconsistent

JENKINSVILLE – In February, James Green, Jenkinsville Water Company’s licensed water operator, began including in his monthly well production reports, the number of gallons of...

Pay vetoed for school trustees

COLUMBIA – After the South Carolina Senate voted on Feb. 28 on a bill to allow the Board of Trustees of the Fairfield County School...

Water tower given home but no name

RIDGEWAY- The town of Ridgeway’s proposed new water tower officially has a home now, but it does not yet officially have a name. Following executive...

Residents to get seat at table

COLUMBIA – When Rimer Pond Road and LongCreek Plantation area residents spoke at a County Council public hearing last month, Council listened. But apparently more...

Ridgeway Faces Do-Over on Book Deal

Plans Constitute Improper Use of H-Tax RIDGEWAY (March 2, 2017) – Town Council’s decision during their Feb. 9 meeting to dip into hospitality tax funds...

Board Considers Funding U.K. Field Trip

WINNSBORO (March 2, 2017) – When the School Board approved a trip to England for eight STEM students at Fairfield Central High School last fall,...

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