LEAD, COPPER IN ELGIN WATER

Some Elgin water system customers may have unacceptably high levels of lead and copper in their tap water. The problem is similar to that experienced in Columbia, and it apparently is caused by leaching from pipes and pipe fittings in homes built from 1983 to 1987. The town this week is hand-delivering brochures about lead and copper levels to each of its 1,300 water customers. … Continue reading LEAD, COPPER IN ELGIN WATER

Calendar

*Elgin Catfish Stomp Noon until midnight Dec. 4, 10 a.m. until dark December 5, and 1 p.m. until dark December 6. Blaney Elementary, Smyrna Road. The 17-year-old event includes a parade, carnival with rides, arts and crafts exhibits, T-shirt sale, cross county bike race, and plenty of catfish stew, fried catfish dinner and chicken. No alcoholic beverages will be served or allowed. Call Madge Strickland … Continue reading Calendar

Kershaw County draws fire for at-large chairman plan

By NINA BROOK Camden Bureau CAMDEN Kershaw County Council Member are trying to do what they have to, along with just enough of what they want to do. The council has drawn a single-member plan that provides for six districts, two of them majority black. A seventh member, the chairman, would be elected at large. All five council members currently are elected at large and … Continue reading Kershaw County draws fire for at-large chairman plan

Kershaw County polling places

Here is a list of polling places in Kershaw County. Polls open at 7 a.m. and close at 7 p.m. Precinct Polling Places Airport Kershaw County Vocational School Antioch Antioch Elementary School Bethune Woman’s Club House Buffalo Mount Pisgah School Camden No. 1 City Area Camden No. 2 Kershaw County Courthouse Camden No. 3 Camden High School Camden No. 4 St. Mary’s Hall (Catholic Church) … Continue reading Kershaw County polling places

NEW WRINKLES DON’T ALTER – RULES OF PRIMARY VOTING

New legislative districts, state-run primaries and a different election date are new wrinkles in today’s primary elections in South Carolina. But the basic process of voting has not changed. Most people vote at the same familiar precincts and everyone votes at the same hours, from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. The rules of primary voting haven’t changed, either. Voters can take part in either the … Continue reading NEW WRINKLES DON’T ALTER – RULES OF PRIMARY VOTING