Carina Romero, a sophomore at Hammond School, had never entered a pageant until September 2009, when she encouraged her young cousin, Gabby, to enter the Miss Saluda County pageant. Gabby didn’t want to unless cousin Carina entered with her. More...

In 1980, the staff at Epworth Children’s Home, responded to the parents of young children with developmental delays. It opened The Epworth Early Intervention Center (EEIC), the first private special needs preschool program in South Carolina. More...

Friends? Enemies? Fr–enemies? More...

Communicating with CMRTA Representatives of the Central Midlands Regional Transit Authority (CMRTA) presented their plans to a quorum of Columbia City Council on Monday, March 15. More...

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In the fall of 2009, Junior Achievement of Central South Carolina received a grant from the UPS Foundation to implement a rigorous, innovative program for local high school students called the “Be Entrepreneurial Business Plan Challenge.&rdquo More...

Mrs. Judy Rutland Craig of Columbia and Mr. Edward McIlwain Craig of Prospect, Kentucky, announce the engagement of their daughter, Caroline Castles Craig of Greenville to Joseph Andrew Bates of Greenville. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. More...

Quilters of South Carolina presented a check March 4 for $11,000 to the Best Chance Network, a non –profit organization that supports women’s health by providing free breast and cervical cancer screening for medically underserved women i More...

The Wadboo Swamp section, a picturesque part of the Swamp Fox Passage of the Palmetto Trail, was the latest conquest of members of the Greater Piedmont Chapter of the Explorers Club. More...

Directed by Jamie Harrington, Town Theatre’s Youth production of “Robin Hood” will feature 50 area youth singing, dancing, and sword–fighting their way through the Sherwood Forest. More...

Ann Brodie’s Carolina Ballet will present “Romeo and Juliet” together with “Othello: Passion Re-venged” and “Hamlet: Lamentations,” for two performances only, April 1, 2010, at The Koger Center for the Arts More...

Last year, 19,000 South Carolinians removed more than 2.8 million pounds of trash and recyclables. Join us this year and let’s see what we can do together. More...

“Creative Art of Ikebana” exhibition and tea, presented by Ikebana International Chapter 182, was held March 17 at the Garden Club Council Building, 1605 Park Circle at Maxcy Gregg Park. More...

Several weeks before the start of the Cherry Blossom Festival in Washington, D.C. the predictions and wagers begin: When will the flowering yoshino and kwansan cherry trees lining the Tidal Basin reach the peak of their bloom? More...

Vegetable from the brassica family include broccoli, brussels sprouts, cabbage, cauliflower, collards, kale, kohlrabi, mustard, rutabaga, and turnip. Broccoli Salad More...