More Maxway action slated for council meeting

A heavy regular meeting agenda for Camden City Council will include more action on the possible purchase, demolition and transformation of the old Maxway department store at the northwest corner of Broad and DeKalb streets. Council will consider second and final reading of an ordinance authorizing the purchase

CBA discusses proposed ‘road diet’ at meeting

Camden Business Alliance (CBA) members learned more about a proposed Broad Street "road diet" and took the chance to ask questions and voice concerns during the organization's quarterly Breakfast Before Hours meeting Wednesday. The road diet would reduce Broad Street from two lanes in each direction (four total) to one (two total) between York and DeKalb streets, with redesigned intersections, mid-block crosswalks and other enhancements. <p class="MsoNormal" align="left" style="text-align: ...

Kiwanis of Camden turns 75

The Kiwanis Club of Camden celebrated 75 years of community service in May by participating in an international effort to help eliminate maternal and neo-natal tetanus (MNT). The club celebrated its birthday at its regular May meeting. Members enjoyed cake and listened to Stuart Robinson, a member of the S.C. State Law Enforcement Division's bomb squad, talk about his experiences with everything from robots to the 2006 Elizabeth Shoaf kidnapping case. ...

Camden receives grant to advertise Beard Collection

The S.C. Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism (SCPRT) recently awarded a $10,000 grant to the city of Camden through the Tourism Advertising Grant program. The grant is being used to advertise the newly opened Ross E. Beard Jr. Collection at the Camden Archives and Museum. Camden is one of only 57 applicants receiving such grant money this year.

CHLC awards handed out Tuesday

The Camden Historic Landmarks Commission (CHLC) presented five awards to community members at Camden City Council's meeting Tuesday night. Mayor Tony Scully helped present awards to John and Priscilla Hagins, winners of the Community Impact award; Jim and Brenda Melton, who received the Renovation to a Non-Designated Historical Property award; Rob Sheorn, Preservation Trade award winner; Davie Beard, honored with the Lucille Hallman Heritage ...

Camden city planner elected to ASFPM board of directors

Camden City Planner Shawn Putnam was recently nominated and elected to the position of Chapter District 3 Director on the Association of State Floodplain Managers (ASFPM) Board of Directors.

Brantley to be named Citizen of the Year by Boy Scouts

The Boy Scouts of Kershaw County will honor Aberdeen Catery's Jack Brantley as its first Citizen of the Year Thursday at the historic Robert Mills Courthouse.

Camden Fire Department to receive fire safety trailer thanks to grant

The city of Camden received a grant for $58,900 through the U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) which will fund 95 percent of the purchase of a fire safety trailer. The trailer will help educate the community on how to prevent and extinguish household fires, specifically kitchen fires.

A happy proclamation

Ross Beard (far right) accepts a copy of a joint S.C. House and Senate proclamation Thursday from S.C. Rep. Laurie Slade Funderburk (second from left) as Camden Mayor Tony Scully (far left) and Gen. John Greene, S.C. Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve chair (center), look on. The three-page resolution -- something Funderburk said was unusual -- recognizes and honors Beard for his "devoted service to the Palmetto ...

A true sidewalk survey

As surely as the purple canopy of wisteria blooms in April, the pollen dusts the town yellow, and the azaleas pop by Master's week, Camden will endure as a horse haven. The signs are all-telling.

CHLC awards at city council meeting Tuesday

Five preservation awards will be handed out by the Camden Historic Landmarks Commission (CHLC) during Camden City Council's meeting Tuesday. For 2013, the CHLC is presenting its Community Impact, Renovation to a Non-Designated Historical Property, Preservation Trade, Lucielle Hallman Heritage and John S. Lindsay Historic Landscape Preservation awards.

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.

Smith named State Transport Police 2012 Employee of the Year

The South Carolina State Transport Police (STP) held a ceremony on Friday, May 3 to recognize its top employees for 2012. LaShaune Smith, resident of Camden, was named State Transport Police 2012 Employee of the Year. Ms. Smith has been with STP for nine years. She serves as the CMV Statistician and Administrative Assistant to Captain J.D. Price.

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.

Invista Camden helps out SC jobs

According to a study completed in 2012 by Harrah Analytics, INVISTA's Camden site supports more than 3,000 jobs and more than $145 million in compensation and benefits. The independent economic research firm found each INVISTA job generated, on average, about six other jobs in the state. Nationally, INVISTA's nearly 4,500 full and part-time employees in the United States indirectly resulted in an estimated 22,000 additional jobs and more than $1.3 billion in compensation and ...

Camden resident Tingen selected for fellowship

Dr. Martha S. Tingen , a native of Camden and Charles W. Linder Endowed Chair in Pediatrics at the Medical College of Georgia at Georgia Regents University, has been selected to participate in the Hedwig van Ameringen Executive Leadership in Academic Medicine (ELAM) Program at Drexel University College of Medicine in Philadelphia.

New shopping center may be built on West DeKalb

Camden attorney combines environmental passion with adventure

Brick walls are there for a reason. Not to keep us out but to give us a chance to show how badly we want something. In this instance, the brick wall was in the form of a physical challenge. For Tom Mullikin, being born with what were then described as bone abnormalities in both feet would prove to be a source of strength and perseverance in both his life and career. At first, doctors ...