Archive By Author - Martin L. Cahn
Bronson resigns as city manager
Camden City Manager Kevin Bronson tendered his resignation to Camden City Council during an executive session at Tuesday's regular meeting, to be effective January 3. Council hired Bronson at the end of March 2009; he signed an updated employment agreement in November 2010.
Solicitors seeking death penalty in Melton murder case
Fifth Circuit Solicitor Dan Johnson is seeking the death penalty against Nickolas Jermaine Miller, 23, for the Dec. 26, 2011, rape and murder of a woman from the town of Kershaw.
New KH trustees object to committee process
Through the power of their words and votes, three of four newly appointed members to the KershawHealth Board of Trustees and one returning member objected to the process by which trustees are assigned to board committees. On a 5-4 vote, the board voted to accept committee assignments as set down by the board's Governance Committee a month ago. Voting for the committee ...
A father turns 70
October 20, 1942. David Lawrence Cahn is born in Brooklyn, N.Y. He and his parents, Barbara and Ira Cahn, and his brother, Michael, would later become one of the first families to live in Levittown, N.Y., the first modern, "mass produced" suburb in post-World War II America. A few more years later, and David's family moved to Wan-tagh, N.Y., which he would consider his hometown for the rest of his life. He graduated from Wantagh ...
Defender takes lumps for assault victim
Sometimes a great story can motivate others to help. Nola Armstrong, who is helping the Walter M. Crowe Animal Shelter in promoting its fundraising efforts to build a new facility on Black River Road, was at the shelter recently when an emergency case came in. "A hero dog had jumped in between a man who was beating a woman with a baseball bat to protect ...
King Hagler, Joseph Kershaw statuary to be unveiled at Town Green
After a nearly year and a half wait, the city of Camden will celebrate the unveiling of a pair of life-size statuary of two of the city and county's most notable figures on the Town Green on Thursday afternoon, Oct. 25. City officials are inviting the public to the 3 p.m. unveiling of statues of Native-American leader King Hagler and Col. Joseph Kershaw, one of the founders of ...
When is a vacation not a vacation?
I don't know exactly when it happened -- sometime after I got married, I suspect -- but I can't remember the last time I took a vacation that was, actually a vacation.
City council clashes over purchasing policy
Back in January 2011, Camden City Council unanimously passed an ordinance repealing the city's procurement code. At that same meeting, council also adopted a new procurement administrative policy on a 3-1 vote, with Councilman Pat Partin absent that evening. Councilman Willard Polk voted against the measure after a motion he made to add a section failed to be seconded. At the time, ...
No written criteria in drug fund ‘donations’ case
The city of Camden has been unable to locate any written criteria that may have been used by suspended City Attorney Charles Cushman to dismiss charges against municipal court defendants in exchange for "donations" to the Camden City Drug Fund, according to City Manager Kevin Bronson.
Proclamations on city agenda
Camden City Council will consider five different proclamations during its regular meeting Tuesday. Those proclamations would name:
We are the cornerstone of Kershaw County
Once or twice a year while living in the Washington, D.C., area as a child, my father would drive me and my sister to New York's Long Island to visit my grandparents, Ira and Barbara Cahn. They lived in Wantaugh, but spent much of their waking hours -- as well as time they should have been sleeping -- a little east of there in Massapequa.
Missing man found dead
Family members, hospice patients and the community are mourning the death of Ricky Alan Courtney, the 53-year-old KershawHealth hospice nurse who went missing after leaving his home in Camden's Kirkover Hills neighborhood two weeks ago.
City council candidates tackle Htax, transparency
Only about 70 people showed up for an "educated voters" forum Tuesday night at Camden High School featuring four candidates for two seats available on Camden City Council. A separate forum will be held Monday, Oct. 22, for two mayoral candidates. The forum -- sponsored by the Kershaw County Chamber of Commerce, Kershaw County School District and Kershaw County Teacher Forum, and ...
Few attend BAR public input meeting
Only a few Camden residents showed up Sept. 27 for a public input meeting on a proposal to transform the Camden Historic Landmarks Commission (CHLC) into a board of architectural review (BAR). Former CHLC member Kay Kinard and a man who declined to be identified joined City Planner Shawn Putnam, CHLC Chair Laurie Parks, current CHLC members Rick Trott and Nancy Wylie, and consultants Cheryl Matheny and ...
Htax lawsuit moved to November
A lawsuit challenging the city's use of hospitality taxes for the construction of a proposed sports complex in Camden has been moved from Thursday to Nov. 1.
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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