County approves FILOT to support Georgia-Pacific’s $142 million investment
By Samantha Lyles slyles@newsandpress.net Darlington County Council convened a regular meeting on March 2 and advanced two measures designed to support Georgia-Pacific’s planned investment of $142 million to upgrade its Darlington facility. Council approved Resolution 711, an inducement authorizing a Fee In Lieu of Taxes agreement which will drop the company’s tax assessment ratio from 10.5% to 6% for its manufacturing...
Help the Darlington County Library System name its mascot
The plan to draw out the mystery creature at the Darlington County Library System was a success. The creature is a Book Dragon! Staff at all four library branches encountered the Book Dragon in the early hours of Saturday, Feb. 29, finding the creature playing with the toys and reading books left out. It is a gentle, bashful dragon that loves to read fairy tales, play with stuffed animals and eat bananas! It can’t breathe fire,...
Questions to ask when your doctor prescribes a new medicine
Though few people may want to take medicine each day, prescription drugs prolong lives and help people manage conditions that might otherwise make it difficult to live life to the fullest. A 2017 survey from Consumer Reports found that 55 percent of people living in the United States take a prescription medicine. The survey also found that those who take prescription drugs use an average of four such medications. That figure might...
City delays final vote on land for recreation complex
By Bobby Bryant, Editor, editor@newsandpress.net After a half-hour of closed-door legal advice on the city’s plan to buy $600,000 worth of land for the basis of a recreation complex, City Council last week postponed a final vote on the project. Council had been set at its March 3 meeting to take the final vote on buying the 116 acres of land off Harry Byrd Highway. But after meeting with counsel from the Florence-based Haynsworth...
Trinity-Byrnes launches new program
Trinity-Byrnes Collegiate School, a college preparatory school in Darlington County, announces a new Pre-AP program for academic year 2020-2021. The Pre-AP program, developed by College Board researchers and experts, focuses on developing content skills and prepares students for high school coursework and college readiness. “We are excited to become one of the first Pre-AP schools in the state of South Carolina,” says Kelly Byrd,...