Retiring Darlington Mayor sees bright future for city
As the Nov. 3 election ushers in a new leaders for the City of Darlington, current Mayor Tony Watkins is preparing to close the book on twenty-six years of local government service, and he’s finishing out his third term as mayor on a high note. He says the three incoming city council members and new mayor will be charged with shepherding the city through a very exciting period of growth.
Dictionaries donated by Darlington Rotary Club
Darlington Rotary Club presented over 450 new student dictionaries to the Darlington County School district last week, keeping the club’s tradition of providing these useful reference guides to every third grader at Darlington, Lamar, and Society Hill public schools.
UPDATE: “The Ditch”
At the Darlington City Council monthly meeting for October, city manager Howard Garland announced to council and attendees that the city had done all their testing of water and sewer lines to determine the cause of the unbearably malodorous ditch off of Chalmers Street, and found that the city had not caused any sewage to enter the ditch.
Darlington County Election 2015
By Jana E. Pye, Editor, editor@newsandpress.net As we sent our papers to the printers on Monday, Darlington County Voter Registration director Hoyt Campbell was preparing for the elections the following day. And as he told the News and Press in August, “The probability for a run off is high,” said Campbell. A run off by definition: If candidates for two or more offices are to be elected and some or all candidates do not receive a...
C.R.C., Inc. celebrates 42 years
How does a dream become a set of buildings filled with a rich history of hard working people that sought to inspire?
DCSD students exceed national SAT average
Darlington County School District’s (DCSD) class of 2015 scored higher on the SAT than the national average. The district also posted the highest SAT average in the Pee Dee, earning the 11th best average in the state. DCSD students scored well not only on the SAT, but also on the ACT, Advanced Placement exams and ACT WorkKeys. The class of 2015 scored an average of 1476 on the SAT, a 63-point increase from 2014, according to data...