BLYTHEWOOD – Managing growth, maintaining fiscal responsibility, and ensuring transparency highlighted the topics four candidates for Blythewood Town Council addressed during a recent candidate forum at Doko Manor. Incumbent council members Eddie Baughman and Donald Brock as well as challengers Andrea Fripp and Trisha Hovis spent about 90 minutes Tuesday night, Oct. 24, answering questions […]
Fairfield County Council reverses direction on filling vacant administrator position
October 27, 2023 By
WINNSBORO – At the Oct. 9 county council meeting, Chairman Doug Pauley announced council would hire a recruiting firm within two weeks to begin a search for a county administrator. At Monday night’s county council meeting he announced a change in plans. “Instead of hiring an expensive firm to recruit a county administrator, a decision […]
Brock files for protective motion
October 26, 2023 By
BLYTHEWOOD – A town councilman has asked a judge for a protective order regarding testimony in a deposition he says was “unilaterally” set by opposing counsel. Councilman Donald Brock filed the motion Monday as part of an ongoing Freedom of Information lawsuit between Mayor Bryan Franklin/Town of Blythewood and MPA Strategies, the Town’s former marketing […]
Franklin continues to hide Town’s expenses for MPA lawsuits
October 26, 2023 By
Town’s Legal Expenses Could Be Approaching $800,000 BLYTHEWOOD – After almost three years and hundreds of thousands of dollars in legal fees paid to attorneys and consultants by the Town government for lawsuits involving Mayor Bryan Franklin and marketing firm MPA Strategies, Franklin continues to prohibit the Town’s attorneys from revealing to the public, the […]
Jenkinsville again declared a town
October 26, 2023 By
JENKINSVILLE – This tiny town of 83 residents will get to keep its charter after all. After a brief scare, the Town of Jenkinsville recently learned that its town charter would not be revoked over its sparse population after state officials confirmed the town has more than 50 residents, enough to remain incorporated. Mayor Greg […]
Blythewood Town candidates head into final stretch
October 19, 2023 By
Mayoral Candidates: Bryan Franklin and Sloan Griffin, III Bryan Franklin: Hi. I’m Bryan Franklin, Mayor of Blythewood. I’m asking for your vote for re-election on November 7th because we’re not done. Background & Experience. I grew up in Blythewood when our population was 370 – now it’s over 5,000! I attended RCSD2 schools, graduated the […]
Dominion’s ‘temporary’ gas tanks coming back
October 19, 2023 By
Next Door Neighbor Byron Dinkins: ‘I Can’t Believe We’re Here Again.’ BLYTHEWOOD – The Blythewood Board of Zoning Appeals approved a temporary permit for a compressed natural gas storage truck to be kept at the corner of Syrup Mill Road and Blythewood Road again this winter. According to one of two representatives from Dominion Energy, […]
Ridgeway council awards highest bid for foundation repair
October 19, 2023 By
RIDGEWAY – After a member of one of Ridgeway’s founding families announced his plans to gift an historical building to the Town for a museum, town council approved a bid during the Oct. 12 council meeting to repair the building’s foundation. The winning bid, $38,655.53 from Southern Reflections Building & Remodeling, was more than five […]
After 10 months of silence, council faces questions regarding admin search
October 12, 2023 By
Pauley: Admin Hiring Process Could Take 6 More Months WINNSBORO – During Monday night’s council meeting, council member Dan Ruff questioned Council Chairman Douglas Pauley as to why, after 10 months, council has not hired a firm to recruit a new county administrator. Ruff also wanted to know when the county would post the job […]
Fairfield County Planning Commission rejects R-2 Gum Springs zoning
October 5, 2023 By
WINNSBORO – For the second time in two years, Fairfield residents are banding together to oppose a controversial rezoning in their backyards. Last week, the Fairfield County Planning Commission voted 4-1-1(an abstention) to recommend that council vote against rezoning nearly 400 acres at the southwest corner of S.C. 34 and Gum Springs Road to accommodate […]
