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By Rachel Haynie While Cantey Wright was cruising Bohicket Sound last weekend, booksellers were scratching their heads wondering on which table, history or cookbooks, his new title, More ... Richland County presents $1,000 to Zig the Pig Contributed by Richland County Government Richland County employees have spent the last two months raising money for Zig the Pig, an organization which helps South Carolina kids with cancer. Richland County knows the importance of giving back to our community and helping those in need. The county council members and employees are committed More ...
City of Forest Acres receives settlement check Stories and photos by John Dixon Cub@TheColumbiaStar.com A number of years ago a service station near Forest Acres City Hall had a leak in an underground storage tank which resulted in ground contamination. The contamination leached onto the property where City Hall sits, and the company was mandated to do clean-up. The contamination has long since bee More ...
The area of Willingham just off Forest seems to have become a magnet for change. First the heavily wooded property behind the Laureate was targeted for a dense development of large homes on small lots. Plans for the proposed development are still under study to be sure appropriate right of ways, se More ...
The Forest Acres Appearance Commission has taken notice of good citizens doing good things preserving green spaces in the city limits. When W. Nettles Green DMD, constructed a new office on Landmark Drive just off Forest Drive in one of the most commercialized parts of the city, there were some be More ... Forest Acres Factoid The state offered land at ten dollars for a hundred acres in 1785, and in that year Thomas Taylor, Wade Hampton, and Timothy Rives bought 18,500 acres on both sides of Gill Creek. Wade Hampton took the land on the side of the creek extending to Millwood. Col. Taylor's portion lay on the side toward More ...
By Warner M. Montgomery Warner@TheColumbiaStar.com Charles G. Pfeiffer is a Zane Grey aficionado, a 50-year stalwart at Columbia College, and an in-demand Sunday School teacher at Washington Street Methodist Church. Pfeiffer is a teacher's teacher and a preacher's preacher, a man admired for his dedication to The Word. But at his talk to the Torch C More ...
By Gail Trebuchon gailt@sc.rr.com The Wade Hampton Sertoma Club has joined with the East Columbia Optimist Club and the Masons of the Midlands for their annual barbeque, with monies going to the Mid-Atlantic Chapter of The National Sclerosis Society. This year, they donated $7,290.75, providing funds for research and treatment of th More ...
Major General and Mrs. Eli Wishart (the former Diane Wolack) attend the change of command ceremony at the South Carolina State Guard Headquarters October 21, 2006. Wishart is retiring, and Brigadier Gen. Nelson C. Lacy has been named the new commander of the state guard. More ... SOUTH CAROLINA BAR LAWYER REFERRAL SERVICE GOES ONLINE Online and telephone referrals available to the public Contributed by The South Carolina Bar The South Carolina Bar announces that its Lawyer Referral Service can now be accessed online in addition to the traditional telephone format. More ... |
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