February 18, 2005 RSS feed / Front Page

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Developers begin Convention Center Headquarters Hilton Hotel this spring

Fast facts about the new Hilton
Senate Street front and Ruth’s Chris Steakhouse entry at the new Hilton between the State House and the Convention Center Photo courtesy of Windsor/Aughtry More...

Dig uncovers valuable artifacts at the Seibels House

By Warner M. Montgomery

Hidden beneath the kitchen floor for over 200 years were a gold necklace, a bone and horsehair toothbrush, English pottery, buckshot, buttons, a medicine bottle, and glass marbles. More...

Tibetan New Year celebrated in Columbia

New Years will be celebrated in March this year, with momos and chai, as Tibetan Buddhists in Columbia invite the community to join them for Losar, the traditional Tibetan new year festivities. More...

Opinion/Crime

Photo

The public speaks Open letter to Councilman Daniel Rickenmann

Response to City Issues Survey By Warner M. Montgomery More...

Letters to the editor

Governor stands with the people and against special interests

Governor Sanford More...

Thirty–something speaks

Cookies, character, and a few tired mothers

The Girl Scouts is a worthy organization. I just never pictured myself working for them. But as my oldest daughter dons her vest and joins her Brownie troop every other Thursday night, I find myself doing more and more work...and I More...

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Government / Neighborhood

Temple Ligon’s City Notebook Columbia City Council meeting •February 16 • 9 am

Libby Gober

Roll call City council convened about 10:10 Wednesday morning for its work session. Daniel Rickenmann left word he would be out of town. Tameika Isaac Devine called to say she More...

Mike Cox”s County Notebook Columbia City Council meeting • February 15 • 6 pm

Roll Call Members present were Anthony Mizzell, Doris Corley, Joyce Dickerson, Valerie Hutchinson, Damon Jeter, Paul Livingston, Joseph McEachern, Michael Montgomery, Bernice Scott, and Kit Smith. Greg Pearce was absent More...

Last Week at City Council

Leroy Moss was asked to come forward with Mrs. Moss to accept a token of the city More...

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Society

History repeats itself

Senators give decades and decades of service
By Brent Breedin

Washington, Jan. 31, 1805 More...

Are you

there ? If you have hot flashes, you

there is, you either must be 20 More...

Happy 100th Junia Gunter

By Amanda Taylor Junia Gunter, a resident of the Finlay House and a long More...

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Events

Around the Town

Auctions

The Spring Valley Education Foundation will hold its 19th annual auction to support Spring Valley High School February 26, at the Wildewood Country Club Tennis Center. Rally in the Valley II will begin at 6 pm with a silent auction. More...

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Travel

Warner M. Montgomery’s

Adventure Travel Coming to America Part 2: Star Scholar receives honors

D r. Naby Camara of Guinea, West Africa, arrived in Washington Dulles Airport on February 7 and was met by Dr. Jim Fisher and me. We spent the night at the home of Dr. Fisher More...

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Beauty in the Backyard

The search for the perfect fit

A Columbia foot specialist explores the World Shoe Association Show in Las Vegas
Chuck Gerald is dwarfed by

The search for the ultimate fit led me to the World Shoe Association Show held in Las Vegas, Nevada February 5 More...

The original mystery plant

Dr. John Nelson Each week The Columbia Star More...

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City proclaims February 16

Dr. Naby Camara Day

Columbia City Council Member Anne Sinclair, Dr. Naby Camara, Council Member E. W. Cromartie, Mayor Bob Coble, Council Member Hamilton Osborne, and Council Member Sam Davis celebrate Dr. Naby Camara More...

Caughman Road Elementary School’s literary magazine receives national honors

Denise Duke and Bonnie Lutz of Caughman Road Elementary School hold their award More...

Hootie & The Blowfish to headline Animal Mission benefit concert

Hootie & The Blowfish will headline The Animal Mission More...

News

City is losing $5 million on CanalSide

For the past ten years city council has been losing money, big money.
Commentary by John Temple Ligon

City council gets on More...

SC Book Festival comes to Columbia

Page in History makes debut at book festival
By Rachel Haynie

Books honoring a living individual More...

Local authors set stories in Atlanta

By Rachel Haynie

Robert Lamb, the author of Atlanta Blues will be signing his book at the SC Book Festival this weekend. Lamb More...

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Business

No. 5: Get a sister city in China

By John Temple Ligon

Columbia participates in the Sister Cities International program with siblings in Russia (Chelyabinsk), Romania (Cluj Napoca), Bulgaria (Plovdiv), and Germany (Kaiserslautern). More...

Business Briefs

By John Temple Ligon Become a city arbiter of taste More...

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Education

Caughman Road Elementary literary magazine receives national honors

By Tammie Maddock

Ten years ago, Bonnie Lutz started Caughman Road Elementary More...

Crayton Middle School announces its Classified Employee of the Year

Contributed by Crayton Middle School

Crayton Middle School More...

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Public Notices

Notice of Application

Notice is hereby given that Todd V. Garrett intends to apply to the South Carolina Department of Revenue for a license/permit that will allow the sale on premises consumption of Beer, Wine and Liquor, at 3137 Beltline Blvd., Columbia, SC 29206. More...

Public Notices

MASTER’S SALE 02-CP-40-4127 By virtue of a decree heretofore granted in the case of Carolina First Bank against Ashley Tower, LP, I, the undersigned Master in Equity for Richland County will sell on Monday, March 7, 2005, at 12 o&rsquo More...

NOTICE TO CREDITORS OF ESTATES

All persons having claims against the following estates are required to deliver or mail their claims to the indicated Personal Representa-tives, appointed to administer these estates, and to file their claims on Form #371PC with the Probate Court of More...

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