What’s happening with the 1% Capital Projects Sales Tax? The County Council has appointed a citizen Committee to give the Council a list of projects that could be funded by the proposed 1% capital sales tax. The tax works just like a sales tax, and would add 1 cent to the sales tax of many […]
For those of us who have been watching and waiting for the progress of the Sweetwater Community Center. The attached sign has now been placed at the Community Center. The statement below is from Genia Blackwell, our Merriwether District Councilman and Vice Chairman of the County Council. It is due in large part to her efforts on […]
Opinion – By G. Miller Thompson – Perhaps you have seen the car insurance commercial in which the representative pitches a sale for insurance that even a college student on a “Ramen noodles every night budget” could afford. As a college student, I have certainly learned that a box of Ramen noodles is a cost […]
Guest Editorial – By Kate Lowish – Did any of you catch the little ticker tape news update at the bottom of the TV screen on Good Morning America last week that announced South Carolina has the most courteous and polite people in the nation? I didn’t have time to sit and watch the program so […]
OPINION – By G. Miller Thompson – What counts in life is not the mere fact that we have lived. It is what difference we have made to the lives of others that will determine the significance of the life we lead. ~Nelson Mandela The world joined together in mourning on Thursday after learning of […]
– By G. Miller Thompson – Orangeburg resident and self proclaimed Tea Party Republican Bill Connor joins this “Profiles” series as he officially announced his campaign for the 2014 GOP Senate nomination. Connor does not currently hold public office but has served our nation as an officer for the US Army for 23 years. He […]
OPINION – By G. Miller Thompson – Nearly 400 years ago, European colonists in Plymouth and Wampanoag Indians came together at one table to enjoy an “autumn feast” which many today describe as the first Thanksgiving in the colonies. When considering the mistreatment of the native population by many of the colonists, this first Thanksgiving […]
OPINION – By Ben Homeyer – The deficit in Washington is growing—and I’m not speaking about our nation’s floundering finances. The trust-deficit between Americans and policymakers is distressingly large—with only 19 percent of Americans, according to an October Pew poll, who say that they have faith that the government will do what is right just […]
Dear Editor, This year in South Carolina it is estimated that 27,260 people will be diagnosed with cancer. For them, the cuts to cancer research that took place as a result of the sequester are very real. Because of these cuts, 1,000 fewer people were able to enroll in potentially lifesaving clinical trials this past […]
– By Vernon Miller – In recent years there has been a trend to spell “Meriwether” with double R’s. This erroneous way of spelling Meriwether does not give the prominent family for which the community was named proper honor. This family has given us such illustrious men as Thomas Meriwether, Capt. Robert Meriwether, Dr. Nicholas […]