Happy Fiscal New Year! Break out the champaign flutes. Gather around with your friends and neighbors. Break out in renditions of Auld Lang Syne. Ok, while the start of a new fiscal new year may not warrant quite that level of celebration, and you might not be able to find decorations for it at Walmart, for cities across the nation […]
Columbia Arts Academy debuts Elvis tribute
Columbia Arts Academy will debut its new Elvis tribute Saturday, July 2, 8:30 p.m., at Art Bar, 1211 Park Street. Bernie Love will feature longtime Columbia music scene veterans Jay Matheson, Kevin Brewer, Marty Fort, and Patrick Baxley as Elvis in a full blown Elvis tribute with costumes, piano, and a killer set of 11 classic Elvis tunes from the […]
Lake Murray’s 4th of July celebration will light up the sky July 2
Capital City/Lake Murray Country Regional Tourism Board will host the annual 4th of July Celebration on Lake Murray Saturday, July 2. The annual boat parade will take place at noon and this year’s theme is “Honoring our Heroes.” The boat parade is viewable from the park sites at the Lake Murray Dam or by boat. The fireworks show will take […]
Razor Blades and Water
It’s not a criticism; It’s an observationThe first time corporations decided to lie to consumers and profit from the result was when Lambert Pharmacal Company marketed Listerine by basically inventing halitosis as a troubling condition to increase sales of a ineffective cleaning product. In 1895. In 1971, Gillette introduced a razor with two parallel blades, triggering a scam that is still being felt. As time passed […]
CREW Midlands-SC offers mid-year membership special
Guest ColumnCREW Midlands-SC is offering a mid-year membership special to join the local chapter of CREW Network, the leading global business network in commercial real estate. Now through September 30, dues for 2022 are just $165, discounted from the annual $330 rate. “CREW is the only organization dedicated to transforming the commercial real estate industry, as a whole, by advancing women,” […]
Under the Tuscan Spell— The great cathedral, il Duomo
Originally published July 1, 2005Most cities have three main centers—political, religious, and commercial. Columbia, S.C.’s capital city founded as the U.S.’s first planned city in 1790, had places designated for these major functions of urban life. Government and politics centered at the junction of Senate and Assembly Streets, now the location of the State Capitol and other government buildings. Churches lined up along Sumter […]
FOLKS ABOUT TOWN
Beau Good and Tristan Lee have joined NAI Columbia as summer interns. William H. Floyd III has been named The S.C. Department of Employment and Workforce (DEW) chief of staff. Nehemiah Ashford-Carroll has joined LS3P as a summer intern. Danna Lilly has joined Experience Columbia SC (ECSC) as vice president of the Convention and Visitors Bureau (DBA Experience Columbia SC). […]
U-Haul supports local business in West Columbia
U-Haul Company of South Carolina, Inc. has announced 2 Blessed Storage LLC signed on as a U-Haul® neighborhood dealer to serve the West Columbia community. 2 Blessed Storage at 4027 Delree Street will offer essential services like U-Haul trucks, trailers, towing equipment, and support rental items. U-Haul has teamed with independent dealers to offer rental equipment to do-it-yourself movers since […]
Ritedose employees get help with gas prices
The more than 450 employees at The Ritedose Corporation in Columbia are getting relief from high gas prices. Jody Chastain, president and CEO of the pharmaceutical company, announced each employee will get what amounts to a $100 per month “fuel subsidy” included in their paychecks during this period of record gasoline prices. Chastain estimates this subsidy amounts to, on average, […]
A Good Neighbor to Lighthouse for Life
Local State Farm agent Jen Wilkes presented a $5,000 grant on her behalf from State Farm® to Lighthouse for Life in recognition of being a 100 for Good® Champion. Wilkes was among 100 State Farm agents recognized for their dedication of time and resources to serve local communities. Lighthouse for Life is a 501(c)3 actively fighting against human trafficking.