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December 5, 2008  RSS feed
Jimmy and Susan Martin did not hear the thunderous boom at their home Saturday, November 29, 2008. The couple was spending Thanksgiving weekend at the beach. A tree next door at 732 Meadow Street had uprooted, fallen, and crashed straight through the couple's roof and porch. This was not a surprise to the Martins, who were called by a relative. More...

Heathwood Hall Episcopal School's Intermediate/ Middle School students hosted a successful Turkey Trot, the annual fundraiser for Harvest Hope Food Bank, at the school November 25. The event garnered more than $14,000 in pledges. More...

On a cool autumn day Mary Leigh Hatcher and Taylor Baird, two tenth graders, set out down the street to deliver bright green flyers to their neighbors. More...
Home prices Among the 20 markets tracked by the Standard & Poor's/Case- Shiller Home Price Index, the Dallas home prices fell the least in September compared to the same month last year, 2.7 percent. Next to Dallas was Charlotte with a price drop of 3.5 percent. More...
Susan Leigh Smarr Black and James Todd Nichols exchanged wedding vows on August 2, 2008, at The Commerce Club, Greenville, South Carolina. Retired Rev. George H. Nichols Jr., father of the bridegroom, officiated the 6 pm ceremony. A reception followed. More...
Dabo isn't the only change at Clemson
I haven't been to a Clemson- Carolina game since the fight of 2004 so when my cousin called with a couple of extra tickets, I jumped at the chance. Being a Clemson alumnus and diehard fan, I thoroughly enjoyed the game. As one guy put it coming out of the stadium after the game, "It never gets old beating the Gamecocks. More...
The Irmo Yellow Jackets (4- 0) defeated the Spring Valley Vikings (0- 1), 89- 81 on Tuesday Night, December 2, at Spring Valley. Jeremy Clinkscales led Irmo with 23 points. Spring Valley's Jamil Jones led all scorers with 32, while Ronald Zimmerman added 26 points for the Vikings. More...
Bridge Creek Elementary School held a Carolina- Clemson Week Competition Food Drive to benefit Harvest Hope Food Bank. Classes collected canned goods and non- perishable items for a week. At the end of the week, the class collecting the most items won a pizza party from CiCi's Pizza. More...
Part 3: Disaster averted at First Lock
When my wife Linda and I returned from touring the Women's Rights sites in Seneca Falls, our friends John and Janice ushered us aboard Fantessy, our Erie Canal home for a week. Our boat was a 40- foot- long replica of the famous barges of yore. The flat- bottom, flat- top boat was fitted out like a high seas yacht. More...
-ART The South Carolina Arts Commission and the University of South Carolina's McKissick Museum are accepting nominations for the 2009 Jean Laney Harris Folk Heritage Award, which honors distinguished practitioners and passionate advocates of the state's diverse cultural traditions. http://www.southcarolinaarts. More...
Roll call Columbia City Council met at 9 am, Wednesday, December 3, 2008, on the third floor of City Hall. All council members were present: Kirkman Finlay III, Tameika Isaac Devine, E.W. Cromartie, Mayor Bob Coble, Sam Davis, Daniel Rickenmann, and Belinda Gergel. More...
NOTICE OF APPLICATION Notice is hereby given that Shanon Davis dba Big Country's Bar-b-que & Convenience intends to apply to the South Carolina Department of Revenue for a license/permit that will allow the sale ON/OFF premises consumption of Beer, and Wine, only at 2002 Horrell Hill Rd., Hopkins, SC 29061. More...
Stopping to smell the flowers
Central Columbia is a city in a forest. The overstory of shade trees brings challenges for gardeners desiring floral bloom. Enter hardy cyclamen, a tuberous perennial native of deep woods along Mediterranean France, Turkey and Greece. More...













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