Richland County announces grant information
Grants are now available for groups seeking to protect and preserve Richland County’s rich land and historic places. On Friday, December 1, nonprofits, neighborhood organizations, governmental agencies, commercial entities, and other institutions became eligible for Historic Preservation and Natural Resource Grants. Interested groups can apply through the Richland County Conservation Commission. Both grants require a 20 percent match by the […]
Your training can be pawsitively successful
So what exactly is positive training, sometimes called reward-based training or force free training? How does it work? Can a dog be trained completely with positive training? Truly positive training means instead of punishing the dog when it does something wrong, the trainer rewards the dog with food or play for doing the right thing. A reward-based, force-free trainer does […]
Hold the sausage…take the potato
I’m just saying...I’m beginning to think I need constant supervision—and in the kitchen more than anywhere else! Anyone who knows me knows my culinary skills are extremely limited, and the kitchen is not my favorite room in the house. As far as I’m concerned, a microwave, a toaster oven, and a coffee pot are really all I’ve ever needed. There are stories […]
Pineville, a historic refuge—Redeemer Reformed Episcopal Church
Originally published January 4, 2008Editor’s Note: At the request of his readers and in memory of Warner M. Montgomery, Ph. D, we will continue to publish his Adventure Travel stories for the time being. Disaffected by the established Episcopal Church following the Civil War, black Anglicans organized churches under the name of the Reformed Episcopal Church. In 1874, five local Reformed Episcopal churches merged […]
FOLKS ABOUT TOWN
Tifani Moore has been named executive director of the LRADAC Foundation. Maurice Pearl has been named executive director/CEO of the Central Midlands Regional Transit Authority ( The COMET). Local piano teacher Dr. Ann Wilson has been inducted into the Steinway & Sons Music Teacher Hall of Fame. Christine Pettus has joined Weichert, Realtors®—Ray Covington, Inc., 2725 Devine Street.
BUSINESS BRIEFS
Wing Zone Hot Chicken and Wings, one of the nation’s leading fastcasual brands serving made-to-order, flavor-packed chicken wings, has announced plans to bring at least six new locations to Columbia and its surrounding communities over the next five years. According to a study by SmartAsset, the Columbia area ranked among the 10 most popular places for Gen Z movers (people […]
REAL ESTATE
NAI Columbia’s Milliken Land Team consisting of Tombo Milliken, Tom Milliken, and Nelson Wes ton, recently closed on two tracts of land. The first sale was a turn-key recreational property consisting of approximately 93 acres for $510,000 off Old River Road in Winnsboro; the second sale is for a multi-tenant retail development— NAI Columbia represented the owner in selling approximately […]
ATTORNEYS HONORED
Bluestein Attorneys has been listed in the top tier of Best Law Firms for the Columbia area.
Mungo Homes Foundation makes $30,000 donation to Reconciliation Ministries
To kick off the Third Annual Week of Giving, the Mungo Homes Foundation made a surprise donation of $30,000 to Reconciliation Ministries on Monday, December 4. Under the guise of serving coffee to employees at the Mungo Homes company headquarters in Irmo, Lucky Dettie and Ashley Arrington of Reconciliation Ministries were surprised when Mungo Team Members presented them with the […]
