previous 5 hits Chesnee High's Little Women Presentation is a Hit 5/8/2008 By David Stephens HOMETOWN NEWS Louisa May Alcott's classic work of literature, Little Women, tells the story of The Marches, a family used to hard toil and suffering. While Father March is away with the Union Army, Marmee March tends to her four daughters Meg, Jo, Amy, and Beth as they live through good times and bad. Even while pledging to remain together for their entire lives, the sisters learn that life's circumstances will alter even the best - laid plans. Continued... Presentation is a Hit Chesnee Music Hall Grows in Popularity 5/2/2008 By David Stephens HOMETOWN NEWS When Keisler Tanner opened the Homespun Bluegrass and Gospel Music Hall fifteen months ago in a former retail store location in Chesnee, he wanted to do two things: Tanner wanted to keep the tradition of bluegrass and gospel music alive and he wanted to give everyone, especially those who because of economic or physical reasons could not travel, a local place where they could enjoy traditional music. Continued... Chesnee City Council Receives Annual Financial Report 4/24/2008 By David Stephens HOMETOWN NEWS The Chesnee City Council convened in regular session on April 14 with Mayor Pro Tem Robert Johnson presiding and all council members present. Continued... Glaucoma Awareness Day opens community’s eyes to disease 4/17/2008 By Leon G. Russ HOMETOWN NEWS lruss@hometown-news.com The JC Strobel Foundation’s first “Glaucoma Awareness Day – Fight for Sight” was held under sunny skies on the quad of USC Upstate on Friday, April 11. The day was the brainchild of Jekeithlyn “Kiki” Strobel Ross, daughter of Spartanburg institution J.C. Strobel of “Call It!” fame from the Beacon Drive-In restaurant. Continued... Sale of Chesnee Sewer District Opposed By Councilman 4/10/2008 By David Stephens HOMETOWN NEWS For some months the Chesnee City Council has been negotiating the sale of their sewer district to the Spartanburg Sanitary Sewer District. That sale offer was predicated by the financial burden the sewer system places on the city of Chesnee and its budget. City Administrator Becki Hood said, “Our financial auditors more than once have said that the sewer maintenance was eventually going to break the city.” Continued... previous 5 hits