I just wanted to make a quick announcement as to how the new site will work! If you cursor down to the bottom of this front page, you’ll see the latest blog post for each and every category on this website. As you can see, I just published a new post in the Food News category – it lists the date so you can see when the category was last updated.

Up top you’ll find various featured articles from a few topics – for instance, right now the two on the right feature two events that took place in December (but those will change as new content continues to be posted).

Our secondary pages are all still available (such as our calendar of events, church listings, and restaurant listings, to name a few).

We hope these changes will make the site a bit more interactive and fun to navigate as we continue to bring you relevant and up-to-date commentary on what’s happening in Fort Mill, Indian Land and Tega Cay!

As a new year is set to begin, a new look for ScoopMill seems appropriate!

I know posting has been sparse the past few weeks – but I think we can all agree that life is always busier than normal during the holidays!

I look forward to what the next 12 months has in store – not only for my own family, but for Fort Mill, Tega Cay and Indian Land! I wish you a very happy new year, and many blessings in 2010!

photo credit: (A3R) angelrravelor (A3R)

We would like to wish a very happy Kwanzaa to those in York County who celebrate this cherished holiday! May you and your family enjoy many blessings as we head into the new year!

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We would like to wish everyone in York County a very happy Christmas! As you sit down to remember the reason for this celebration, may you and your family enjoy many blessings!!

photo credit: kevindooley

I remember reading a statistic not too long ago that the most popular drugs for kids to try are prescriptions they can find in their own parents’ medicine cabinet at home.

Tomorrow, Keystone Substance Abuse Services of York County is offering parents and grandparents the opportunity to get rid of old bottles of medication before the children in their homes can find them. Operation Medicine Drop, a day of amnesty to dispose of unused, unwanted and expired medications in the home, has been scheduled for tomorrow, December 12 from 9 a.m. – 2 p.m.

This initiative will be held in partnership with several law enforcement and substance abuse prevention organizations (including Keystone. The local Fort Mill drop off is at the Bi-Lo (1329 W. Highway 160) in Fort Mill. For more information you are welcome to call Keystone at (803) 324-1800.

To all our Jewish friends in York County, here’s wishing you a Happy Hanukkah season with many blessings to you and your family!

photo credit: The Suss-Man (Mike)

ScoopMill would like to wish everyone a happy and healthy Thanksgiving!

We learned this morning on the Today Show that the average person eats 5,000 calories on Thanksgiving! So make it count and HAVE FUN!

photo credit: CarbonNYC