On January 17, a large group of people gathered on a damp morning at Camp Discovery, a nonprofit environmental education organization in Blythewood to support the students in the nature-based NASA Discoveries STEM Enrichment Program. A school bus filled with excited fourth grade teachers and students and cars with career mentors pulled onto the property ready to participate. Twenty students […]
Kiwanis donates dictionaries to students at A.C. Moore Elementary
On Wednesday, February 22, Golden K Kiwanis of Columbia visited the third-grade students of A.C. Moore Elementary School to present to each third grader his or her own dictionary. Research data reveals children of about eight years of age experience pivotal progress in learning words and enhancing reading and writing skills. Assistant Principal Tiffany Ligon assembled the students in the […]
Pineville, a historic refuge
Plantations and PeopleOriginally published April 13, 2007
By 1800, there were over 30 plantations along the River Road (now S.C. Hwy 45) between St. Stephens and Eutaw Springs. Most were about 300-400 acres though some were over 2,000 acres. These farmlands ran from the road to the Santee River. Major plantations and their early owners were Belle Isle (Marion), Bluford (Williams), Buck Hall (Gourdin), Eutaw (Sinkler), Laurel […]
Button Up
I’m just saying...I fervently hope when I die and if I get to Heaven, God and the angels will reward my good deeds on earth by giving me a television with a simple ON and OFF button. That’s all…one button that if I push it one way, the television comes on, and if I push it the other, the television goes off. […]
Dear People of the Great State of South Carolina
Letter to the EditorFebruary 3, 2023 Dear Editor, Hello! I am a third-grade student in Northern Virginia, and my class is learning about the United States. Each third-grader has been assigned a specific state, and I have received your state! I am very excited to learn more about the great state of South Carolina and wish to represent you well in my final […]
FOLKS ABOUT TOWN
Tacara L. Carpenter has been named associate vice president of marketing and communications at Allen University. Staci Sansone has joined NAI Columbia as a junior property manager. Dan Adams has been named director of operations at Pulliam Restoration. The Columbia Chamber has announced the recipients of the annual Columbia Impact Awards— Ben Arnold has received the Cathy Novinger Trailblazer Award; […]
REAL ESTATE
NAI Columbia’s latest transaction report includes: Will DuPree represented Iconic Wraps in leasing a 3,877 SF space located at 624 Sunset Boulevard, West Columbia. Jeff Hein, SIOR renewed the lease of 2,800 SF in Decker Plaza. Ben Kel ly, CCIM and Pat r ick Chambers sold 441 Industrial Drive in Lexington. The property is 31,345 SF industrial space. John Gregory, […]
Survey of South Carolina’s small businesses reveals new and existing post-pandemic challenges
The United States— and especially South Carolina— have experienced consistent and steady economic recovery following the COVID-19 recession that took place during the Spring of 2020. Yet 2022 brought with it a new set of challenges. To specifically identify the various new and ongoing issues faced by South Carolina businesses in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic, the South Carolina […]
The Town and Country Garden Club holds last meeting after more than 60 years
The Town and Country Garden Club was organized in the late ’50s. Seven members met for lunch at Forest Lake Club February 25 to celebrate the club’s last meeting. Those pictured are (l-r) Joan Chamblin, Mary Riley, Mitzie Trotter, Peggy Weston (charter member), Blake Burnside (charter member), Nola Covington, and Betty Barton.
League of Women Voters turns 103
The League of Women Voters of the Columbia Area is celebrating its 103rd anniversary. The organization was founded February 14, 1920, following the ratification of the 19th Amendment in August 1919, giving women the right to vote in the United States. Although African American women were included in the women’s suffrage movement during the early 1900s, many were not able […]
