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By Jay King
HOMETOWN NEWS

Photo by Jay King
Wofford sophomore and AmeriCorps Vista volunteer Erin Frost paints an underwater scene at the new gross motor skills classroom at the Middle Tyger Community Center earlier this month. The Byrnes graduate has spent the summer involved with two service projects that demonstrate her commitment to giving back to her […]

By Matthew Burdick
For HOMETOWN NEWS

The Greer Commission of Public Works is planning to extend its natural gas service once again, and will offer incentives to potential new customers in the Holly Springs community in Spartanburg County.
CPW plans to lay gas lines along a one and one-quarter-mile stretch of Highway 357, making gas available to people […]

By Jay King
HOMETOWN NEWS

Photo by Jay King
Members of the SJWD board join General Manager Mike Caston (3rd from right) and
members of the design team at the groundbreaking for a new $13.7 million upgrade to the water district’s existing water treatment facility on Groce Road in Lyman. The project is expected to take 18 months […]

By Leon G. Russ
HOMETOWN NEWS

The future of the Greenville Spartanburg Airport looks bright with Southwest Airlines set to call the airport home this fall and with plans to expand the terminal to accommodate the expected increase in passengers.
That was the message Dave Edwards, Executive Director of the Greenville-Spartanburg Airport (GSP), delivered when he spoke of […]

Former area resident pictures Charleston’s sacred places
By Theron Willis
HOMETOWN NEWS

Photo by Diana Deaver
Steven Hyatt with his Nikon D3S standing on the steeple of St Michael’s Episcopal with St. Philip’s Episcopal in the background. 
Former area resident Steven Hyatt is gaining some artistic fame in the low country for his stunning photography of the historic […]

Issue Drawing National Interest
By Theron Willis
HOMETOWN NEWS
Woodruff City Council voted unanimously in favor of an official invocation policy for city council meetings at a special council meeting on Tuesday, August 3 at 6 p.m. called for the specific purpose of reviewing the policy of prayer at city council, in which television crews and members of […]

By Jay King
HOMETOWN NEWS
The ongoing fracas involving the Holly Springs Fire and Rescue Department’s budget and whether or not the department can afford a fulltime chief highlights a basic misunderstanding on the part of the commission on how government budgeting works.
The situation has the county auditor’s office both puzzled and frustrated, especially after members of […]

By Jed Blackwell
HOMETOWN NEWS

Photos by Jed Blackwell
An angry citizen has words for Carrol Bradley, who spoke in support of the Holly Springs Fire Commissioners last Friday. Many citizens were angry about not being given the opportunity to be put on the agenda to speak at Friday’s meeting, which ended with the termination of Chief Lee […]

Letters from long-ago war reveal a young and tragic love

STORY AND PHOTOGRAPH by Theron Willis
HOMETOWN NEWS

Pam Whitehead looks through the letters that she hasn’t read in over 40 years that were sent to her from a special someone who fought in the Vietnam War.
Sometimes the opening of an old dusty envelope hidden away in […]

By Leon G. Russ
HOMETOWN NEWS
Staff writer Theron Willis contributed to this story.

When it comes to South Carolina you won’t find a dirtier word than taxes.
Have you ever heard a politician state taxes need to be increased?
If so,  you must have been having a nightmare.
However, falling revenue coupled with years of cutting taxes is about […]