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Upstate company carries on moonshine tradition - legally
By Jay King
HOMETOWN NEWS
With the recent arrest of three men in Spartanburg County for operating an illegal moonshine still in the Landrum area, Upstate residents have been reminded that distilling spirits from corn is a longstanding tradition here dating back to colonial times.
It was in part to connect […]

By Jed Blackwell
Editor
A newly-formed Commission will be tasked with overseeing the progress of the Inman Trail, as a portion of the statewide Palmetto Trail project will be established in Inman.
The Inman Trail Commission, began meeting in late May, and will work under the guidance of the city’s Planning Commission. Trail Commission members include Summer Tebalt, […]

Extreme Makeover: Home Edition
By Jay King
HOMETOWN NEWS
A Campobello log cabin manufacturer has been chosen to build a home for the wildly popular ABC television program, “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition” for its 9th season to be aired this fall.
Blue Ridge Log Cabins is the leading manufacturer of modular log homes and will build 90 percent of […]

By Jed Blackwell
Editor
Inman City Council met Monday night, approving a budget for fiscal year 2011-2012 on second reading.
The budget includes projected revenues and expenditures of $968,000.  It reflects a .0052 percent change in both those categories over the present fiscal year.
The estimated millage remains at 60.2 mills with no increase. The estimated millage equates to […]

District One Schools announces the retirement of Mr. William “Ott” Sizemore, Principal of Holly Springs-Motlow Elementary School effective June 30, 2011.  Mr. Sizemore has served as Principal of Holly Springs-Motlow Elementary for three years and has worked in District One for a total of eighteen years in several capacities.
Mr. Ott Sizemore began his educational […]

By Jay King
HOMETOWN NEWS
Spartanburg County Council is set to take a closer look at its insurance options during a budget work session this week, and among those options the front-runner appears to be self-funding the county’s health insurance.
According to Assistant Administrator Jim Hipp, the administration has been working on refining plans and figures stemming from […]

Photo By John Messer
Sue Maxwell, a cashier at Inman’s Bi-Lo store for 37 years, is set to retire on Friday.
By John Messer
Contributing Writer
Friday, May 27, 2011, will be a day of gladness, but with a somber tone, at Inman’s Bi-Lo #89, on the Asheville Highway. This day will feature a retirement lunch for Cashier Sue […]

James Edward “Big Jim” Everhart was born at #19 Fourth Street (New Side) , Inman Mills on 19 Jan 1924. Son of the late “Big Joe” and Kathreen “Tack” Lee Everhart, he had two deceased brothers, Joe Jr., of Inman Mills and Raymond Everhart, who died in infancy. He has one surviving brother, the Rev. […]

By Jed Blackwell
Editor
Inman City Council met Monday night, approving on first reading a budget for the 2011-2012 Fiscal Year.
The budget reflects a tax base of 60.2 mills, or $60.20 on every $1,000 of assessed property value.
The tax rate remained the same as last fiscal year, with no tax increase.
In other actions:
City Council split over a […]

By Jed Blackwell
Hometown News
With just a few days until the North Spartanburg Relay for Life, organizers are looking forward to another great event.
This year’s North Spartanburg event has a change in location, but everything else will remain pretty much the same, according to one event organizer.
Keith Maxwell said that the location should be the only […]