Each summer during June, Marina Dock Age hosts its annual marina photo contest, celebrating the waterfront and the marina lifestyle. Hannah, at Jake’s Landing, entered her photo and it was a runner-up for the July/August issue. Go to https://www.marinadockage.com/photo-contest/# to see the winner and the rest of the entries.Continue Reading
Central Carolina Community Foundation invites Richland and Lexington County residents to join a community-focused, conversation-based initiative by hosting a virtual or socially distanced gathering during On the Table. Previously a day of conversations, On the Table has been expanded to a full week, October 4-10. Register to be a hostContinue Reading
South Carolina businesses and human resource professionals will be gathering online in October to learn how to close the disability employment gap and build a disability-inclusive workforce. The Employer Summit, an annual event held by Hire Me SC, will be held online this year on October 7, from 9:30 amContinue Reading
The Stivers Chevrolet Big Bass Tournament will be held September 27 out of Dreher Island State Park. The tournament will benefit the SC Troopers Association’s Foundation Fund which is a 501-C-3 tax deductible foundation. Stivers Chevrolet has donated the payback to anglers. The other sponsors are Palmetto State Armory ofContinue Reading
Friday Night Laser Lights at the South Carolina State Museum returns with health and safety precautions in place this Friday, August 21. There will be shows featuring lasers and CGI visuals choreographed to music by Led Zeppelin and Pink Floyd inside the museum’s 55ft digital dome BlueCross BlueShield of SouthContinue Reading
The Girl Scouts kicked off a countdown to the 2021 Girl Scout Cookie season with the announcement of a new cookie in the upstate and midlands of South Carolina and other select areas: Toast-Yay, a French toast–inspired cookie dipped in icing. Amid challenging world events and a global pandemic thisContinue Reading
For nearly 50 years the Town of Irmo has held one of the state’s best and nationally known fall festivals called the Irmo Okra Strut. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic most festivals across the country have been or are being cancelled and the Okra Strut should be no different. AfterContinue Reading
As more people continue to work from home, and summer weather encourages do-it-yourselfers to work on outdoor improvement projects, it’s more critical than ever to remember to call 811 and to dig safely. In observance of National 811 Day on August 11, Dominion Energy South Carolina underscored the importance ofContinue Reading
Congressman Joe Wilson visited the Greater Irmo Chamber of Commerce on Tuesday morning at their weekly Coffee Talk held in Stars and Strikes Bowling Arcade on Lake Murray Blvd. The congressman was on the second day of his South Carolina Congressional District Two bus tour. He spoke about initiatives fromContinue Reading
Sisters in Crime (SinC) has announced the 2020 winner of the annual Eleanor Taylor Bland Crime Fiction Writers of Color Award is Yasmin McClinton of Columbia. The winning novel-in-progress was selected by judges Rachel Howzell-Hall, Alex Segura and the 2019 winner, Jessica Martinez. The award, which honors the memory ofContinue Reading
Spruce up your landscape by joining the Arbor Day Foundation in August. Everyone who joins the Arbor Day Foundation with a $10 donation will receive 10 free Norway spruce trees or 10 white flowering dogwood trees through the Foundation’s Trees for America campaign. The trees will be shipped postpaid betweenContinue Reading