FDTC Welding Rodeo crowns winners during FMU Arts International Festival
The familiar sounds of clanking metal returned to Francis Marion University’s Arts International Festival Saturday, April 14 during Florence-Darlington Technical College’s ninth annual Welding Sculpture Rodeo.
Alone in an age of total connection
It mystifies me how many people can feel alone in the world that we live in today.
Open House Darlington to market local properties
By Samantha Lyles, Staff Writer, slyles@newsandpress.net Next month, local vacant commercial properties will be put on display as Darlington holds its first ever city-wide open house. A member of the Board of Directors for the Greater Darlington Chamber of Commerce, Ronda Brown says she first warmed to this idea while scouring the Internet for stories of how other small towns remedied the problem of unoccupied downtown businesses. “I...
City of Hartsville hires Neptune Island Waterpark GM
The City of Hartsville is excited to announce the hiring of a General Manager for the Neptune Island Waterpark. Juan Encarnacion is originally from San Juan, Puerto Rico residing there until 2000, when he moved to Las Vegas, Nevada. In March of 2018 he has again embarked on a cross-country move, this time to Hartsville as General Manager of the multi-million dollar expansion project, Neptune Island Waterpark. Neptune Island is...
Brown named DPW Woman of the Year
Darlington Professional Women honored Ronda Duke Brown as “Woman of the Year Award” during a luncheon held Wednesday, April 18 at the Darlington Country Club.
City seeks to regain ownership of property sold in 2015
By Melissa Rollins, Editor, editor@newsandpress.net Budget season has arrived. The first budget meeting of the Darlington City Council was held April 17 and included presentations by the city fire department and police department, as well as several miscellaneous items relating to past discussions of council. One of those items was the property at 101 Exchange Street. In June 2015, the City of Darlington sold 101 Exchange Street to...