Archive By Author - Martin L. Cahn
Sports complex referendum to be acknowledged
In what will be among Jeffrey Graham and Pat Partin's final actions as, respectively, Camden's mayor and a city councilman, Camden City Council will consider a resolution to declare and acknowledge the results of a referendum held during the Nov. 6 general election on the construction of a proposed sports complex. By a 7 percent margin, city voters said "no" to continuing ...
C-I profile: Camden’s new mayor
The nation's capital is the place those with political aspirations usually aim for as an ultimate goal. There's a reason the classic James Stewart movie is called "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington." But what if you were born in Washington, D.C., and your main aspiration was to see your plays produced on stage?
‘Person of Interest’ is food for thought
Today's column did not spring from original thought. I'm not the first person to write about CBS' Person of Interest, now in the middle of its second season on Thursday nights. Specifically, I'm not the first person to write about how the show is actually falls into the science fiction genre rather than strictly police procedural or thriller. Nor am I the first to write about why it's such a good show. ...
Camden begins looking for Bronson’s replacement
Camden City Council gave its approval -- along with that of incoming Mayor-elect Tony Scully and Councilwoman-elect Laurie Parks -- for city staff to begin the search to replace City Manager Kevin Bronson. Bronson recently announced he will resign from the city effective Jan. 3 in order to take a management position with the city of Rock Hill government.
Cushman pleads guilty to contempt of court
Suspended Camden City Attorney Charles Cushman pleaded guilty Thursday afternoon to contempt of court by an attorney and paid a $130 fine. In exchange for the plea, the 5th Circuit Solicitor's Office dismissed misconduct in office charges against Cushman connected to allegations that he dismissed Camden Municipal Court charges against certain defendants in exchange for "donations" to the Camden City Drug Fund. Thursday's ...
More Welsh Street annexations on tap
Three more Welsh Street property owners are asking to come into the city of Camden, some of the last in the Sunnyhill subdivision to request annexation. Camden City Council will consider three separate ordinances accepting the properties into the city at Tuesday's 6:30 p.m. meeting.
The challenge goes to the victors
Last Tuesday's election here in Camden was the tightest I have seen. Mayor-elect Tony Scully won only 91 more votes than incumbent Mayor Jeffrey Graham to win the mayor's seat on council, a mere 2.5 percent difference. Councilwoman Alfred Mae Drakeford and Councilwoman-elect Laurie Parks both earned approximately 27 percent of the vote. The other challengers, Johnny Deal and Peggy Ogburn earned approximately 23 percent each. The sports complex ballot question failed ...
Live Civil War-era cannonball removed from Archives
Authorities evacuated the Camden Archives and Museum for several hours Friday after staff discovered what is believed to have been a live Civil War-era cannonball in its collection. The shell was eventually removed and destroyed.
‘Free’ doesn’t mean we’re skimping
Free. It's a lovely word, isn't it? For most of us this week, "free" means voting for our candidates of choice or express how we feel about certain issues.
Htax hearing focuses on lack of ‘tourism’ in documents
"Tourism," "tourism-related," "tourists." Those three words dominated a court hearing held Thursday morning on the city's use of hospitality tax funds to build a proposed sports complex. The hearing -- non-jury trial before Circuit Court Judge Alison Renee Lee at the Richland County Courthouse in Columbia -- took place as a result of a lawsuit filed by Camden resident Herbert Farber and ...
Bodies of missing NC teens found under I-20 bridge
The South Carolina Highway Patrol (SCHP), Kershaw County Sheriff's Office (KCSO) and other law enforcement and emergency agencies recovered the bodies of two missing Catawba County, N.C., teenage boys from underneath a bridge near the Wateree River on I-20 near the Sunday afternoon. Kershaw County Coroner Johnny Fellers confirmed Sunday night that the bodies were those of Jake Ziegler, 18, and Ray ...
City seeks AG's opinion on C-I FOIA
The city of Camden continues to work on a full response to the Chronicle-Independent's September S.C. Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request for documents and other materials in connection with charges of misconduct in office filed against suspended City Attorney Charles Cushman.
Munn served press, police, public
Hugh Munn, a Camden native who I rarely worked with but respected greatly, died Oct. 19.
History unveiled
"You couldn't ask for a better day." At least 150 people -- possibly 200 by some accounts -- appeared to agree with Camden City Manager Kevin Bronson as they crowded on to the west side of Camden's Town Green Thursday afternoon. They were on hand to witness the official unveiling of two life-size statues of the "Patron Saint of Camden" and the ...
Military museum proposed for Camden
In January 2007, Lt. Col (ret.) Ross E. Beard Jr. of Camden showed off much of his personal collection of military and related memorabilia during a preview tour of the South Carolina Military Museum in Columbia. Now, more than five years later, Beard, 83, wants to bring the collection home to the city where he has lived since 1953. During Camden City ...
Articles By Author - Martin L. Cahn
Tuesday Power outage in Camden result of fallen limb
A limb falling on a line on Lakeview Avenue caused a power outage Tuesday morning in a residential section of Camden.
Broad Street road diet will be done in stages
It might not happen until at least 2016, perhaps later, but if the city of Camden decides to move ahead with a proposed plan to put a section of Broad Street on a "road diet," it will happen in four stages and take 18 months to complete. That was the word from Ernie Boughman of URS, the city's engineering firm, to Camden City Council during a 4 p.m. work session Tuesday. Council also learned ...
Woman arrested in fatal March hit and run
For more than two months, the S.C. Highway Patrol (SCHP) sought the driver of an unknown vehicle that fatally struck and killed a pedestrian on Blaney Road during the early morning hours of March 1.
Company seeks support for cycling event
As Carolina Motorsports Park (CMP) waits to hear if the city of Camden will provide $24,000 in hospitality tax (HTAX) funds in conjunction with its bid for a 2014 national go-kart championship, a Mt. Pleasant-based company is making a request for assistance for a bicycle racing event at the track.
What Sanford win says about S.C.
Somehow, the man who walked the Appalachian Trail all the way to Argentina to see his mistress got elected to Congress last Tuesday in a voting outcome that almost defies belief.
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