Statement on the 2016 DCSD Sales Tax Referendum
[Editor’s note: This statement is in response to the the County Council meeting on September 19, 2016 that was printed in the News and Press on September 28: County council speaks on penny tax issue] The Darlington County Board of Education voted this summer to place a sales tax bond referendum on the November ballot for the voters of our county to decide. Since then, there has been a great deal of misinformation circulating. As...
County council chair speaks on penny tax issue
At the September 19 regular meeting of Darlington County Council, perhaps the most interesting subject of the evening didn’t come up until meeting’s end.
S.C. Sweet Potato Festival 2016
The Pilot Club of Darlington will host the 34th Annual South Carolina Sweet Potato Festival in downtown Darlington on October 8, 2016 from 9 a.m. until 4 p.m. We have approximately 125 vendor applications that came from seven states, including our home state of South Carolina. To our surprise, we received one from Sacramento, California! For two years, we had a vendor who drove her van from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, just to sell her...
Chamber holds 51st Women in Business Celebration
The Greater Hartsville Chamber of Commerce celebrated their 51st Annual Women in Business Celebration on September 19, 2016.
Girl Scouts explore STEAM@Work
Girl Scouts of Eastern South Carolina continues to build girls of courage, character, and confidence through new program initiative entitled STEAM@Work. With the STEAM@Work program, girls will have hands-on activities for the science, technology, engineering, arts, and mathematics and they will also be introduced to women in those areas. Tours of OTIS Elevator, Sonoco, and possibly Duke Energy are planned. A workshop was held on...