The main lobby area of the Columbia Museum of Art was filled with associates and friends of Columbia- based real estate services from NAI Avant Tuesday, April 15, 2008, from 6 pm- 8 pm. There was no speech and no program, just every opportunity to meet and greet among the invitation- only crowd a... More...
The African Awareness Workgroup of Carolina Peace Resource Center recently held a program in support of the people of Guinea who are struggling under a tyrannical dictator, shortages of food, and a deteriorating infrastructure. The featured speaker was Amara Camara, a native of Guinea who is perfo... More...
Photo by Jackie Perrone Mary Kirkland, Marie Adams, and Carrie White, great granddaughters of Samuel and Harriett Barber.The Sweet Potato Festival is sponsored by a group of interested citizens in the Hopkins Park area and supported by the Richland County Recreation Commission. Also, The Lower Richl... More...
Whether it is drizzled with mustard, smothered in barbecue sauce, or soaked in vinegar, barbecue is a Southern tradition. USC's McKissick Museum will celebrate this culinary favorite with the exhibition, "Barbecue Joints & The Good Folks Who Own Them," May 10 through July 19. More...
Manufacturing excellence awards go to some of SC's top manufacturing operations.
The Silver Crescent Foundation and the South Carolina Manufacturing Extension Partnership held their annual luncheon to award the Silver Crescent for Manufacturing Excellence to some of the state's top manufacturing operations. More...
Dr. and Mrs. Michael Muthig announce the engagement of their daughter Erin Jo to Brandon Thomas Bridges, son of Mrs. Wanda Winters and Mr. Gary Bridges. The bride elect is the granddaughter of Dr. and Mrs. Frank Hines Jr. and Mrs. Ann Muthig and the late James Muthig of Leesville, South Carolina.... More...
I should have known better than to tell my son to do more than one thing at a time. After all, he is genetically bound to struggle with more than one task performed simultaneously. That's because he is a male, and he is my son. I can get a whole list of things accomplished if I do those things one... More...
Adam Westmoreland struck out 16 Midland Valley hitters and threw a complete game to lead the Brookland- Cayce Bearcats over Midland Valley 3- 1 in AAA baseball playoff action Monday, May 5. More...
You are invited to eat sweet potato pie (See Events)
The sale of 42 1/2 acres in Lower Richland by the Freedmans' Bureau in 1872 led to a record- setting family tradition that continues today. Sam Barber, a freed slave, well- digger, and preacher from Virginia, made his way to Lower Richland before the Civil War. In Log Town, a suburb of Kingsville... More...
Show me your cemeteries, and I will tell you what kind of people you have. - Benjamin Franklin Cemeteries are records of the past. Gravestones are expressions of love and affection engraved in history. More...
Harriet Barber would love for folks in the Midlands to come out to Hopkins Park May 10 and eat some sweet potato pie. Donations will go toward restoring her historically important home off Lower Richland Boulevard. The South Carolina Land Commission was a unique program by a southern state to giv... More...
Roll call Chairman Joe McEachern, Vice Chair Val Hutchinson, Joyce Dickerson, Norman Jackson, Paul Livingston, Bill Malinowski, Greg Pearce, Bernice Scott, and Kit Smith were present. Damon Jeter and Mike Montgomery were absent. More...
NOTICE OF UNCLAIMED VEHICLES/PUBLIC SALE The following vehicles are subject to towing, repair and/or storage liens; are declared to be abandoned pursuant to Section 56-5-5810, More...
Growing up in the company of crinums, horticulturist Jenks Farmer extols the virtues of the robust subtropical bulb. Native to south Africa, crinums made their way to the Caribbean, Central America, and the American south via 18th century trade routes. More...
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