Archive By Author - Martin L. Cahn
B&B changes get final approval
Despite opposition from the chair of the Camden Historic Landmarks Commission, a nominee for the Camden Planning Commission (CPC), a member of the public and one councilman, Camden City Council passed second and final reading approving changes to the city's bed and breakfast (B&B) ordinance. The primary changes increase the number of allowable rooms from three to seven and allow B&B resident owners to use outbuildings as guest rooms. ...
KCSO finds missing boy safe
A 13-year-old special needs student at an Elgin private residential school was found safe after a nearly two-hour search Tuesday evening. The boy, who climbed out of his bedroom window at Pine Grove School on Chestnut Road near Elgin around 5 p.m., left without a coat or shoes in freezing temperatures, according to Kershaw County Sheriff Jim Matthews.
More information released on North Central break-ins
The Kershaw County Sheriff's Office (KCSO) has released more information about break-ins at two North Central schools in the hopes of catching the perpetrators.
North Central schools vandalized
Somebody broke into both North Central High and North Central Middle schools, caused $30,000 total damage and stole computers.
Police Reports for Jan. 12, 2011
Two Camden men are being sought in connection with the Jan. 2 stabbing of one of the men's 45-year-old father-in-law.
New year, new budget
Something I didn't do very well in 2010 was managing my family's personal finances.
City to repeal procurement code with new policy
Camden City Council will consider first reading of an ordinance repealing the city's entire procurement code Tuesday. The move is being made as a first step toward replacing that section of city code with an administrative policy that would be both more flexible and yet compliant with federal regulations.
Matthews pledges to do 'very best to protect' county
An estimated 1,000 people crowded into an all but standing room only sanctuary at First Baptist Church of Camden to see Jim Matthews sworn in as Kershaw County's new sheriff Tuesday.
Sheriff requests $250,000 to create traffic unit
Five hours after being sworn in Tuesday, Kershaw County Sheriff Jim Matthews asked Kershaw County Council for extra money to create a new traffic enforcement unit and enhanced victims advocate services. Matthews made the requests during a "State of the Sheriff's Office" report he gave to Kershaw County Council before a crowd of more than 100 people.
New sheriff to charge for funeral escorts
A change in a long-standing policy came as Jim Matthews took the reins of the Kershaw County Sheriff's Office (KCSO) Tuesday.
Police Reports for Jan. 5, 2011
The mother of a high school student has accused another student of providing her son drugs that landed him in the hospital.
Sometimes, crime makes you laugh
About this time last year, I started a new tradition: looking back at the year in crime -- but from a funny point of view.
Chester's flight
Clouds covered the sky. Turkey vultures and other black birds cawed one morning just before Christmas, loudly protesting the new arrival's intrusion into their feeding grounds. But Chester stood his ground or, rather, his perch on a rail fence near Kendall Lake. The caws soon faded, the other birds flew higher and away, and the young red-tailed hawk felt comfortable enough to fly across the lake. <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: ...
2010: A year of change, hard knocks comes to a close
On this last day of 2010, we come to the last part of a look back at the year as it comes to a close. A groundbreaking event heralded change to come. An election heralded even more change (while keeping some other things the same). It is sometimes said that we can never know where we're going until we know where we've been. 2011 promises to ...
NPS launches study of historic sites
When President Barack Obama signed the Omnibus Lands Bill in March 2009, it marked another step forward in a years-long process to turn the Historic Camden Revolutionary War Site and the Battle of Camden site into a joint national military park.
Articles By Author - Martin L. Cahn
Jungle Safari delights some, rankles others
The appearance Wednesday of a small traveling zoo in Camden provided some residents the chance to see, close up, certain animals they might only ever encounter on television or the Internet. Other residents, however, expressed dismay that such an exhibit was allowed to come to Camden much less exist at all.
Beard collection opens Thursday at Archives
Visitors won't be able to help but stop and stare at the giant rifle at the Camden Archives and Museum. At 6 feet long and 90 pounds heavy, the training rifle features an 8-inch bolt for .50 caliber armor piercing rounds. Fashioned at Pearl Harbor, the rifle's barrel is actually from the USS Arizona sunk during the Japanese attack of Dec. 7, 1941, that catapulted the United States into World War II.
When DOJ targets press, we all lose
To say I was stunned was putting it mildly. I was shocked to learn about the U.S. Department of Justice's (DOJ) decision to seize phone records belonging to the Associated Press (AP). The C-I does not belong to the AP; I have never written for the service. That doesn't negate my outrage at DOJ's actions.
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