Come help the Friends of the Irmo Branch Library celebrate the 18th annual National Friends of Libraries Week from October 15-21. Friends members, former members and the public are invited to an opening celebration from 2 – 4 pm this Sunday, October 15, in the Mungo Community Room of theContinue Reading
Richland County Council has approved a revised version of the County’s Land Development Code (LDC) zoning map. The zoning map passed a third reading during the regularly scheduled Council meeting on October 3. Text amendments to the LDC passed a first reading. State law required Council to first adopt aContinue Reading
Education for many students in School District Five of Lexington and Richland Counties begins with a bus ride. School District Five’s Transportation Department, although not located in a classroom, plays a large part in the district’s vision of Loving and Growing Our Students. Our bus drivers create a culture ofContinue Reading
River Springs Elementary School held a ribbon-cutting ceremony recently to open their new outdoor classroom. The PTO paid for the project with money raised during the school’s annual Boosterthon. After the ribbon cutting students enjoyed a popsicle treat.Continue Reading
Get Ready for Paaloween! Come be a part of a Halloween weekend event for adults in the Midlands, all while helping Palmetto Animal Assisted Life Services (PAALS) raise money to provide service dogs to those with physical, intellectual, and emotional disabilities.Paaloween is a costume party scheduled for 7 – 11Continue Reading
Columbia is set to come alive with 12 days of pure excitement as the 154th South Carolina State Fair makes its return October 11 – 22. The event will offer fair classics and 13 new foods and drinks and two traveling exhibits. “From the blue-ribbon home-grown produce to the outstandingContinue Reading
By Thomas Grant Jr. Is timing everything? Chapin football could find out at 7 p.m. Thursday night at Cecil Woolbright Field. Fresh off a bye, the Eagles (5-2, 0-1) play host to a Dutch Fork team coming off its first region loss in eight years. Head coach Justin Gentry believesContinue Reading
As a small vineyard in SC, Enoree River Winery has been producing real wines made with real fruit juices for 15 years. Their handcrafted wines are made the old-fashioned way, without artificial flavorings or enhancements which are part of kit wine processing. A true SC Certified producer, they support otherContinue Reading
In honor of International Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day, the Columbia VAHCS is hosting a remembrance ceremony and candle lighting on October 13, at 6:30 pm on the Dorn VAMC campus at the Healing Garden outside of Building 106. Anyone in the community who has experienced the loss ofContinue Reading
By Terry Ward The annual Gervais Street Bridge Dinner hosted more than 1,500 people, Sunday afternoon, into the evening on the bridge that connects West Columbia and Columbia. The Bridge Dinner, which began in 2015, is a production of the nonprofit Carolina Together. “We are many towns in the MidlandsContinue Reading
Bob Jones University recently named Petra Cruz of Irmo to the Lyric Choir, BJU’s all-women music ensemble. Cruz is a Freshman majoring in Nursing. Auditions are held at the beginning of each semester and are open to both music and non-music majors. The group is directed by Laura Brundage. TheContinue Reading