RIDGEWAY – In a deeply divided race for mayor and two council seats, three candidates who ran as a block won as a block, tipping the balance of power in the Ridgeway town government. Councilman Heath Cookendorfer, with 71 votes (54.20 percent), bested Councilwoman Angela Harrison, with 59 votes (45.04 percent) to capture the mayor’s […]
Guest Editorial: Ridgeway Council is overreaching
March 22, 2018 By
I found myself reminded today of the necessity to keep the relative size of things in perspective. The term big-government does not refer just to the number of people involved or the geographic area it represents. A prime example of that is the over-reach that the Ridgeway Town Council is executing over the monies raised […]
Harrison has plans for Pig on the Ridge’s revenue
March 8, 2018 By
RIDGEWAY– After Ridgeway Town Administrator David Hudspeth cashed in 10 Pig on the Ridge CDs in January, prior to their maturity, and deposited that cash into the Town’s General Fund, Town Councilwoman Angela Harrison made a motion at the Feb. 26 meeting that could eventually strip the Pig on the Ridge steering committee of its […]
Yumm! It’s Cookie Time!
March 8, 2018 By
RIDGEWAY – Brownies Haley Autry, left, and Madalyn Stout set up shop in downtown Ridgeway Saturday to sell Girl Scout cookies. If you missed them before they sold out, you can still purchase the cookies by calling 803-206-5333. You can never eat too many Girl Scout cookies!
New chic boutique opens in Ridgeway
February 8, 2018 By
RIDGEWAY – The town of Ridgeway is quickly gaining ground as a shopping mecca for up-to-the-minute style. Its newest fashion and gift boutique, Simply Town, opened two months ago and is already making a splash. Owner Cristina Surina, 26, said she curates the boutique’s looks and labels during her frequent travels to fashion shows in […]
Six candidates file for RW election
February 8, 2018 By
RIDGEWAY – With the filing deadline ending on Feb. 2, four candidates have declared for the two open seats on Ridgeway Town Council and two have declared to run for mayor. These candidates will be on the April 3 ballot: Council – Roger Herring, Rick Johnson, former mayor Rufus Jones and Dan Martin; Mayor – […]
Ridgeway Dollar General robbed again
February 1, 2018 By
RIDGEWAY – In yet another daring robbery at gunpoint of the Dollar General store in Ridgeway, a gunman got away with $1,400 after threatening to shoot the store’s manager during an early morning heist on Sunday, Jan. 28. The store manager reported that as he was in the process of stacking items for display outside […]
RW candidate deadline Feb. 2
January 25, 2018 By
RIDGEWAY – With still over a week before the filling deadline, four candidates have declared for the two seats on Ridgeway Town Council that will be on the ballot April 3. Those candidates are Roger Herring, Rick Johnson, Dan Martin and Rufus Jones. Terms for the two seats are ending for Councilmen Heath Cookendorfer and […]
Funds needed to paint, repair Ruff Chapel
January 25, 2018 By
RIDGEWAY – Entering the Town of Ridgeway from Blythewood on Highway 21, one of the first buildings motorists see, on the left, is the Ruff Chapel, a one-room wooden structure with a bell tower built sometime in 1872 on land purchased by an ancestral uncle of Ridgeway brothers John and Dan Ruff. In September of […]
Ridgeway Councilman wants vote rescinded; Mayor’s economic interest questioned
January 18, 2018 By
RIDGEWAY – After a controversial 3-1 vote by the Ridgeway Town Council on Dec. 14, 2017 to purchase the Cotton Yard from Norfolk-Southern Railroad for $73,000 plus an estimated $11,000 for associated costs, that vote is now under the microscope with the possibility of being rescinded. That possibility was raised at the Jan. 11 council […]
