Kate Liggitt (third from left) appeared on Season 2 of the Netflix show, Love on the Spectrum, that aired Friday, January 19. Kate and her friend, Tanner Smith, were on episode two. Last spring, the show was looking for participants to meet for fun outings in the Greenville, Clemson area and Kate was chosen to meet Tanner. Tanner graduated from […]
Jamie Scott Fitness celebrates 15 years
Jamie Scott (l) and Leah Wicevic, executive director of Sistercare, speak at a press conference Tuesday, January 23. Along with celebrating his 15 year anniversary as owner of Jamie Scott Fitness, Scott announced a new Parkinson’s oriented workout program. Scott lost his father to the disease almost two years ago. During the press conference, Wicevic announced the Power Run 5K, […]
Eagle Scout receives scouting’s highest honor for lifesaving
The Indian Waters Council of the Boy Scouts of America presented scouting’s highest award for lifesaving to one of its own—Eagle Scout Joseph Pope of Columbia. On January 21, Pope received the Honor Medal With Crossed Palms, which is awarded only in exceptional cases in which a youth member or adult leader has demonstrated unusual heroism and extraordinary skill in […]
City of Columbia hosts tenants and landlords workshop
The City of Columbia hosted a tenants and landlords rights and responsibilities workshop at the Columbia Metropolitan Convention Center Thursday, January 18. The panel of speakers included Zac Woodard, portfolio management specialist from HUD; Jennifer Morrow, MOR manager from the South Carolina State Housing Finance and Development Authority; David Hatcher, director of code enforcement; and Samuel Kramer, attorney from South […]
Getting old is confusing
It’s not a criticism; It’s an observationI’ve been encountering indications I’m getting old for decades now and it’s getting old. When seniors discuss growing into those late decades we all dread, a couple things don’t get mentioned—at least they didn’t get mentioned to me. The first is how time accelerates as we age. Waiting on my 16th birthday, and Driver’s License Freedom, took forever. Turning 21 […]
Ode to Richland Mall: The Beginning of an Era
EditorialI read with huge interest the editorial by Mary Skinner in the in the January 12, 2024 edition of the Columbia Star. She gave us a firsthand experience of the joys of the mall and its unfortunate decline. This motivated me to share my experience as it predates and overlaps with hers. My family moved to nearby Glenwood Road, a […]
Pineville, a historic refuge—Gourdins and Marions stay the course
Originally published February 22, 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. Between Reconstruction and the Santee-Cooper Project, a small group of men used their vested interest in land and heritage to save Pineville from total destruction. The Gourdin and Marion men, […]
Project H.O.P.E.—helping our precious elderly
Columbia realtors Steve Joye and Stefanie Lane, with RE/MAX Advantage Group, teamed up last August with the Richland County Sheriff’s Department and collected 100 fans with the help of their friends and clients. Sheriff Leon Lott and several of his deputies picked up the fans to begin delivering to those in need in the community. “Because of the generosity and […]
NAI Columbia Kelly Team secures Lowes Foods as first anchor for Platt Springs Crossing
Winston-Salem based Lowes Foods, LLC has signed a lease to anchor Platt Springs Crossing, a grocery anchored mixed-use development in Lexington, by LLDC Platt Springs LF, LLC, an entity affiliated with Columbia based NAI Columbia Platt Springs Crossing is a 57-acre, mixed-use retail development located at the intersection of Platt Springs Road and Old Orangeburg Road, near the intersection with […]
FOLKS ABOUT TOWN
Christy A. Hall, the Secretary of Transportation for the South Carolina Department of Transportation, has announced her retirement effective March 31, 2024. Christopher Lee Boguski has been named a member of the law firm Robinson Gray. John Boyd, of Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd, P.A., has been selected to serve a two-year term on the Board of Directors for Sustain SC. Dr. […]