A Lexington-Richland School District Five veteran educator has been named the President-Elect of the South Carolina Music Educators Association (SCMEA). Colleen Marcou is the orchestra director at Irmo High School International School for the Arts and the district orchestra coordinator, with a 24 year career in School District Five. SheContinue Reading
Emily and Lucy Harling received their black belts in Tae Kwon Do from Legacy Martial Arts on Saturday, March 13. The girls have been in training for the last five years going through all the stages of ‘belts’ to earn this prestigious award. Continue Reading
By W. Thomas Smith Jr. Active and retired Richland County Sheriff’s Department (RCSD) deputies and others gathered at the RCSD Region 3 headquarters and RCSD training facility – the cafeteria-auditorium of the former Denny Terrace Elementary School – for the 23rd annual RCSD Retirees Luncheon, Mon. Mar. 8. Sheriff LeonContinue Reading
POWERPLANTSC tree planting event to aid in far reaching effort By W. Thomas Smith Jr. Trees are a critically important, life-sustaining component of our global environment. Trees provide oxygen. They absorb carbon. They stabilize the soil. They provide nesting for birds and animals, as well as fruit and other nourishmentContinue Reading
A review of artist Dawn Buskard Faber’s “Love Lifted Me” By W. Thomas Smith Jr. Art is a journey. Sounds vague, even cliché. But it’s true. And like music and poetry, visual physical hand-formed works of art are also subjective in terms of their sensory appeal. Though the clearly masterfulContinue Reading
By Al Dozier The expected vote at Tuesday’s council meeting to authorize a feasibility study on a plan to have the town of Irmo take over sewer services now provided by Blue Granite Water Co. was deferred as the town considered a possible new source of funding the $30,000 plan.Continue Reading
Lexington Medical Center held a ribbon-cutting for their new community medical center in Northeast Columbia. On Tuesday, March 15 the facility was blessed and the ribbon was cut on the 225,000 square foot building that will provide urgent care, imaging services, mobile MRI, X-ray, ultrasound, CT and women’s imaging, andContinue Reading
Each year, the Irmo Chamber hosts their Awards Night and Gala to recognize partner businesses and members of the community for accomplishments and contributions during the previous calendar year. The Large Business of the Year award recognizes a business in the Irmo community with more than 25 employees who hasContinue Reading
Lexington-Richland School District Five is announcing important updates and details about its in-person 2021 graduation ceremonies for the Class of 2021. Ceremonies will still be held in-person on Friday, June 18 and Saturday, June 19, but the district will now hold ceremonies at sites within the district, instead of atContinue Reading
Richland County announced that Irmo residents will pay more for sewer privileges beginning April 2, 2021. For a household currently paying $55 a month the rate would hike up to $64 a month. The utility said that the rate would have changed on July 1, 2020 but due to COVID-19Continue Reading
March 8 through March 12 was National School Breakfast week, and in Lexington-Richland School District Five, Student Nutrition staff celebrated by bringing in special menu items in hopes of increasing more participation and educating students about the importance of eating breakfast. “School breakfast provides a lot of key nutrients, likeContinue Reading