Simpsonville

Garden Club has an award-winning year and installs new officers

As the growing season goes into full bloom, the Garden Club wraps up the 76th year of service to Simpsonville with an award-winning year of projects.  Back in August we started off the year.....Read More

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• Former Simpsonville resident Broadus West, lost at Pearl Harbor remembered

• Memorial Day

• Obituary - Sheila Brown Harmon

• COUNTYBANK PROMOTES AMBER PRICE TO HR DIRECTOR

• Train in Heritage Park running Saturdays, Sundays weather permitting

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Mauldin

First Steps, and Sold Signs

Lately, it feels like every headline about the real estate market comes with a side of doubt. Are prices going up or down? Are we headed for a crash? Will rates ever come down? But here’s one.....Read More

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• Mauldin Garden Club News MAY 2025

• Get Amp’d Up This Summer in Mauldin!

• Mauldin Memorial Day Service set for 11am on the 26th

• Groundbreaking Ceremony for the Triumph Stadium

• The Art Haven celebrates nine years in Mauldin

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Fountain Inn

Mayoral Minutes...Impact Fees for Fountain Inn?

One of the top ten recommendations from our city’s Comprehensive Plan, adopted just over twelve months ago with broad public input, was to explore implementing impact fees on new development......Read More

More Recent Fountain Inn Stories

• Fountain Inn Chorale receives gift

• Column: Inn the Know...from the Desk of Shawn Bell Bell

• Revolutionary War Lecture - Colonel Elijah Clarke

• Fountain Inn Fire Dept. Introduces Community Connect

• Mayoral Minutes...Mayors Conference

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Moonville, Piedmont, Fork Shoals

Moonville Mae and the Piedmont YWCA

Union Church 1879 Piedmont Manufacturing Company, the pioneer textile of the upstate, was founded in 1874 by H.P. Hammett, an experienced textile man, having worked with his father-in-law at the.....Read More

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• Piedmont Manufacturing Company’s Dams 1873 Forward

• Moonville Mae Thinks About Two Presidents of the Twentieth Century

• Fork Shoals Christmas Parade

• FALL IS AT HAND NOW

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Local

Joseph Kellett Blockhouse sign dedication set for June 21

Joseph Kellett ( 1728-1785) first appeared on the pages of history as chain bearer in 1767 from North Carolina.Later he built a structure known as the Kellett Blockhouse on Rabon Creek.It was on the.....Read More

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• First Steps, and Sold Signs

• Protecting Those Who Protect Us:

• Center for Community Services Summer Fundraising and Volunteering Efforts

• Flying for the Fun of It!

• Piedmont Manufacturing Company’s Dams 1873 Forward

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Money Matters

Investors Column | Buying on Margin

As an investor, sooner or later you will run into the term, “buying on margin”.   You will hear it labelled as a good investment tactic, as a bad investment tactic, as a tactic.....Read More

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• Finance | The Trump Economy

• What Is the Measure of Humanity?

• Investors Column

• Finance

• Investors Column

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Recipes

Connie's Recipes

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• Connie's Recipes

• Connie's Recipes

• Aunt Jo’s Lemon Pie with Cherry Topping

• Connie's Recipes - Chicken Stew

• Rhoda's Recipes

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Celebrations

Moonville Mae and the Piedmont YWCA

Union Church 1879 Piedmont Manufacturing Company, the pioneer textile of the upstate, was founded in 1874 by H.P. Hammett, an experienced textile man, having worked with his father-in-law at the.....Read More

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• Wofford announces spring 2025 Dean's List

• Fountain Inn Chorale receives gift

• Peden Reunion set for July 18-19

• Revolutionary War Lecture - Colonel Elijah Clarke

• Fountain Inn Fire Dept. Introduces Community Connect

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Street Survival Tactics

Street Survival Tactics

Welcome back Street Survivors. I’m taking a readership survey, and I’d like as much participation as possible. Since we started this column over 15 years ago, we’ve discussed many.....Read More

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Church

Langston Baptist Church unveils historical marker

Langston Baptist Church Unveiling On Saturday, April 26, at 4:30 the Laurens County American Revolution Committee (SC 250) and Langston Baptist Church will unveil the historical marker telling the.....Read More

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• Coptic? What does that mean?

• Local men and women's church group enjoys hiking our mountain trails

• Simpsonville Presbyterian Church celebrates 100 year anniversary

• Mauldin holds National Day of Prayer...

• Welcome to the Reedy River Missionary Baptist Church!

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Nature

Garden Club has an award-winning year and installs new officers

As the growing season goes into full bloom, the Garden Club wraps up the 76th year of service to Simpsonville with an award-winning year of projects.  Back in August we started off the year.....Read More

More Recent Nature Stories

• MY BLUEBIRDS ATE MY PEANUT BUTTER & JELLY

• In the Garden

• Mauldin Garden Club News MAY 2025

• RASCAL, A PESKY RACCOON

• SPRING FLOWERING TREES...Achoo!

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Political

Mayoral Minutes...Impact Fees for Fountain Inn?

One of the top ten recommendations from our city’s Comprehensive Plan, adopted just over twelve months ago with broad public input, was to explore implementing impact fees on new development......Read More

More Recent Political Stories

• Column: Inn the Know...from the Desk of Shawn Bell Bell

• Get Amp’d Up This Summer in Mauldin!

• Mayoral Minutes...Mayors Conference

• Inn the Know

• Mayoral Minutes...Why Events Matter

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Commentary

Street Survival Tactics

Welcome Back Street Survivors! We are continuing our series on organizations that help families be more secure in unique ways. I’d appreciate your feedback on this, if you or a family member.....Read More

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• Time to Get Tough...

• Crystal Ball – the 2028 Presidential Election

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• Are we between a rock and a hard place?

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Editorial

Letter to the Editor

To the Editor: My thanks to Rick Grover for his informative Street Smarts article about preparing for the loss of a spouse in the March 2025 edition. Very helpful. My wife and I started our will.....Read More

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• “We Heard You Sent Your Turkey to Washington”

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• Motown Show at the Younts Center

• Letter to the Editor

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Sports

Flying for the Fun of It – RC Model Airplanes

Triple Tree Aerodrome is a private airport near Woodruff, South Carolina.  Throughout the year, they not only hold fly-ins intended for people with airplanes, but they also hold events for people.....Read More

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• American Legion Post 271 Baseball Season

• FREE Basketball Coaching Course For All Level of Coaches:

• Miracle Field in Mauldin celebrates 20th anniversary

• Mauldin Sports center announces Survival of the Fittest winners

• Mauldin businessman shares Super Bowl experience from Cincinnati

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Obituary

Mike Newman, Former Simpsonville Planning Commission Chairman Dies at 74

ROCK HILL - Michael L. (Mike) Newman, 74, of Rock Hill, previously of Simpsonville, passed away on Tuesday, April 8, 2025. Born September 14, 1950, in Kenton, OH, he was a son of Wilbur and Carol.....Read More

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