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Beer a Boon on Sundays

The Knights are already a couple games into the season, with high hopes of it being their best yet (as attendance has been steadily increasing in recent seasons). Now, Sunday afternoon games are sure to be more popular than ever since beer is now on sale at Knights Stadium on Sundays.
I certainly know Mr. [...]



Tega Cay Home Not Able To Be Saved

A fire broke out at a home in the Lakeshore subdivision in Tega Cay overnight. The entire family is safe, but the home is being called a loss. The American Red Cross has come to the aid of the Greek family (two adults, three children) but may I make a recommendation? In [...]



Pennies Projects Possibly Punted

I love alliteration.
Ahem. Moving on!
No doubt you’ve seen the numerous “Pennies for Progress” signs all over York County. This program adds a 1 cent sales tax throughout the county. The monies collected go to various road projects as outlined on the Pennies for Progress website. I personally have enjoyed driving [...]



Plaza Fiesta is Growing

I’ve been out to Plaza Fiesta a few times in the past couple of months (mainly so that the kids can play on the ginormous play structure in the middle of the place). I’ll admit that I was surprised when I read that the traditional mall only had one empty store while the marketplace [...]



Continental Tire Opens New HQ in Indian Land

More good news for the local economy (add this to the recent news of the extension of Dave Lyle to Rte 521 and FedEx coming to Fort Mill)! Another company has opened up a significant new location in our area. Continental Tire, originally HQ’d in Charlotte, has just opened its new headquarters in [...]



Have Package, Will Deliver

So FedEx is coming to Fort Mill. This makes me happy for a number of reasons, first and foremost being that now I will know where to drop off packages.

Many months ago I was supposed to drop off a FedEx box on my way home from Charlotte. I arrived home here in Fort Mill only to realize that I had completely forgotten and the package was still in the passenger seat of my car. In a panic, I went online and looked up FedEx locations for our area – the website claimed there was a box over near Knights Stadium. I hopped into my car and drove over there. And drove. And drove. I drove all up and down



New Harris Teeter Opening This Week

Good news for folks in Indian Land!! The new Harris Teeter at Carolina Commons near Sun City (6271 Carolina Commons Drive) is scheduled to open this Wednesday, March 18.
It looks like that shopping center is doing really well in finding tenants – they already have stores open such as CVS, BB&T and Wendy’s, and [...]