On Behalf of the Blair Coalition of Churches, I would like to thank all of the wonderful people who attended our Thirteenth Annual Blair Day on Saturday, April 28th. The weather, food and fellowship were exceptional. The Newberry Boy Scouts, McCrorey Liston Girl Scouts, Fairfield Central Band, Fairfield Central ROTC, Classic Car Clubs, Classic Truck […]
Letters: Still Caring and Still Open
May 3, 2018 By
NPR 2/28/18 “The National Rural Health Association says 673 rural hospitals are at risk to close, and 210 of those are at “extreme risk”— 60 rural hospitals closed between 2010 and February 2016.” These facts portend a serious health and economic crisis for rural communities like Fairfield across the nation. However, our hospital, Fairfield Memorial […]
Letter to the Editor: Lost in Cyber Space
April 12, 2018 By
Certainly, the internet is a plus for mankind, but it is also a bane to states’ funding due to an unworkable “hit and miss” remote tax collection system. The 45 states which have a sales tax are losing over $13,000,000,000 yearly in taxes on remote transactions according to an estimate by the GAO. South Carolina’s […]
Letter to Editor: TVs Cover Fire Drill
March 29, 2018 By
We should all thank local TV stations WIS and WLTX for their apparent renewed interest in our county. Hopefully, the stations’ recent rapid response to cover a fire drill at FCHS was emblematic of their commitment to cover Fairfield County. One might guess the stations’ helicopters spotted the commotion at FCHS and dispatched their roving […]
Letter to the Editor: Look for Progress
March 8, 2018 By
Fairfield County is in a good place. Not just because we have Jason Taylor as our Administrator, but because we have the I-77 Alliance offering to set up an animated website to market our 1100-acre industrial site. Nearly the entire I-77 Alliance meeting on Feb. 15 was about how to set up the website. The […]
Letter to the Editor: Thank You!
March 8, 2018 By
On Saturday March 10, as James and I turned onto Hwy 215 S., we saw smoke, people and a burned area not far from us. But help was on the way. As we started back up the road we met sheriff deputies, fire trucks, volunteers and the forestry personnel…all coming to serve and protect lives […]
Letter to Editor: Robbing the Poor to Pay the Rich
March 1, 2018 By
We must ensure more oxygen is pumped into the state legislators’ chambers, very quickly. Those whacky state legislators are at it again with their annual regressive assault on the incomes of our most vulnerable citizens. Their scheme is to raise the costs of basic necessities like groceries, healthcare and utilities via the elimination/reduction of life […]
Letter to Editor: Horror Story
February 22, 2018 By
Do your homework, listen to the citizens and put citizens’ well-being above your personal greed! Each new SCANA horror story screams the aforementioned message to all government bodies ever more loudly and clearly. The question is, will our elected officials hear and the message? The good news for Fairfield is the Council has had a […]
Letter to the Editor: Vote for Revitalization
January 11, 2018 By
I lived in Winnsboro for 25 years and participated in my community in many ways. Although I now live away from Fairfield County, I continue to be vitally interested in a place that will always be near to my heart. I support the proposal before council to revitalize property with historic significance and put it […]
