One of my goals for 2010 is to fix up my front and back yards. When we moved into our house the lawn and garden areas were lovely – the former owners being complete at ease working in the soil and making things grow. Sadly, I don’t have that skill – but it doesn’t keep me from trying from time to time.

At the end of the summer I let my children pick out various flower seeds they wanted to attempted to grow in our garden, and seeing as we’re deep into winter this week, this seems like the perfect time to think about getting things ready.

Fortunately, this spring a new garden center is opening in Fort Mill. Sugar Creek Garden Center will be located along Rte 160 heading towards the North Carolina border. This will be a locally owned business, it’s owners being Tega Cay residents. I can’t wait for them to open – I love looking at fresh flowers and dreaming that I can turn my thumb into a green one.

It is with a sad heart that we announce that Wags of Baxter is closing it’s doors. They are planning a clearance all non-consignment items beginning tomorrow, December 1. This was a great specialty store in Baxter that catered to wholesome nutritional treats for the four-legged friends in your family. Apparently the [...]

The Carolina Stingers, a summer collegiate baseball team that plays in the Southern Collegiate Baseball league, will be holding an informational meeting for people interested in being part of the Stingers family. “There are opportunities to join our ownership group, become a host family for our players, volunteer to help at the gate and much [...]

No doubt you’ve already heard that the Charlotte Knights and York County have finally reach a deal that will keep the team at Knights Stadium in Fort Mill for the next four years. I’m very happy about it – my kids love going to those games, and having the stadium in Charlotte insures [...]

An internet-marketing company, Red Ventures, recently announced that it will be moving to northern Lancaster County and is bringing 1,000 with it during the next 5-7 years. Formerly based in Ballantyne, the company is moving to a building just south of the NC state line. Red Ventures has blossomed during the tough [...]

So you no doubt heard about the LPGA (Ladies Professional Golf Association) golfing event coming to Tega Cay, right? Well, if you have interest in learning more about it, head over to the Glennon Conference Center in Tega Cay today (Saturday, September 12) at 2 p.m. for a meeting to see a presentation given [...]

So apparently a vendor was booted from the Trader Marc flea market in Fort Mill this past weekend for attempting to sell caskets. Merritt Eggleston, who builds the wooden caskets at a fraction of the cost of the ones you find in funeral homes, was given a 200% refund on his booth fees and asked to leave after some flea market customers complained about his product.

Eggleston told WCNC that he had a few interested parties come into his booth before he was asked to leave. I think it’s a shame that a few complainers ruined it for anyone else who might not otherwise know about Eggleston’s more cost-effective alternatives.