Sweet Seasons sponsors: City of Forest Acres, Forest Acres Restaurant and Merchant Association, Cultural Council of Richland/Lexington Counties, WXRY, Pasta Fresca, and Midtown at Forest Acres
Sweet Seasons, a free family affair with food and entertainment, took place December 3, 2009, on the Rooftop of Midtown from 6–8 pm. Photos by John Dixon More...
As new dismal unemployment numbers were released, Congressman Joe Wilson (SC–02), a member of the Education and Labor Committee, continued to ask the Administration and Speaker Pelosi to consider job creation policies: More...
To: The Honorable Kenny Bingham, Chairman Employment Security Commission Ad Hoc Study Committee From: Frank Knapp, president and CEO of Small Business Chamber of Commerce The current unemployment insurance tax structure is not only unfair to our More...
Clemson University Freshman Drew Stokes (Ben Lippen HS Graduate 2009) and Kyle Turner (Lexington HS Graduate 2009), both of Lexington, who are majoring in Engineering, teamed up to earn one of the top scores in the Department of Engineer- ing’ More...
The memories of the 2009 Heathwood Hall Episcopal School’s football season are synonymous with the name “Whalen.” Ditto with the basketball season, it seems. More...
For the past few seasons, the Dreher boys basketball team had an insurance policy: Aaron Johnson. The shot–blocking machine routinely saved the Blue Devils from defensive breakdowns or unsuccessful gambles. More...
The postseason has become almost a birthright for the Richland Northeast boys’ basketball team. In 13 of the past 15 seasons, the Cavaliers qualified for the Class 4A tournament. More...
The 9th Annual Vet’s Christmas Charity Ride will be held Sunday, December 13, 2009. The ride starts at Carolina Honda Powerhouse Store, 901 Buckner Road, Columbia. The ride departs at 2 pm rain or shine. More...
Meet me at Crafty Feast will be held Saturday, December 12. Tired of shopping for gifts at chain stores? Something different is happening December 12 at the historic Tapp’s building in downtown Columbia. More...
-ART Columbia Museum of Art will present The Dorothy and Herbert Vogel Collection: Fifty Works for Fifty States October 23–January 17 at 1515 Main Street. 799-2810. More...
Life in the South will never be the same as it was in 1850. But there is still a place where the Old South comes alive with all of its history and beauty, Goodwill Plantation. More...
The last Saturday morning of November dawned as any other beautiful fall day with a blue sky and just enough crispness in the air to put pep in the step. More...
M. Maddock Mary and Archie Harrell celebrated 61 years of marriage this past summer, and on December 5, Archie turned 92. The couple started A.A. More...
Between bailouts and bonuses and healthcare confrontations along with White House party crashers, the American working public has had quite a year. More...
By Warner M. Montgomery Warner@TheColumbiaStar.com
Dr. Dorothy Fowles Kendall is the product of 14 generations of South Carolina aristocracy, daughter of a Columbia lawyer, graduate of Dreher High School and the USC School of Medicine, and wife of a renowned psychiatrist /pilot. More...
Greenville–based Windsor/ Aughtry, developers of the downtown Columbia Hilton hotel, responded to the City of Columbia’s request for proposals (RFP) in April 2004. More...
Not enough According to state officials quoted in The State newspaper, S.C.’s prepaid college tuition program is $64 million short of the money necessary to pay its current contracts. About 6,100 S.C. More...
Upstairs inside the former Hinson’s Feed & Seed building, where Shearing’s more recently sold rugs on the ground floor, is the headquarters of Cohn Construction Services. More...
Paige Hamlin Sample of Columbia, South Carolina, and Joshua Thomas Walters of Valparaiso, Indiana, were married December 5, 2009 at Jamestown United Methodist Church in Jamestown, North Carolina. More...
Elizabeth Taylor, executive director of the Irmo–Chapin Recreational Commission, briefed the membership about progress made since the commission first started. More...
By Warner M. Montgomery Warner@TheColumbiaStar.com
Paris is full of wonderful sights: historical buildings, fumbling tourists, curious signs, and strange vehicles. Here are a few of the more interesting modes of transportation we saw while in Paris. (Next week: Famous Monuments) 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, 56-5-5635 and/or 29-15-10 SC Law as Amended; and are in the custody o More...
Nestled in a cozy wooded area between Leaphart Road and Highway 1 in West Columbia is Pets Inc., a no–kill animal shelter. Pets Inc. was founded in January 1992 by Patricia McQueen and Jane Brundage. More...