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Back in May, Tega Cay residents packed a Public Service Commission of South Carolina hearing to speak out against a proposed rate increase request by Tega Cay Water Service, a private utility that serves approximately half the city.

It was good to see residents of Ashford on the Water were passionate enough about a proposed new shopping center in their area that they showed up at a York County Planning Commission meeting to air their feelings.

The same logic that applied to the first round of federal stimulus money for states also applies to the $26 billion state aid bill passed this week by the House: Keeping teachers, cops, nurses and firefighters on the job is a good idea.

Recently, a community theater in Chester found a new home after a defunct, rundown theater was transformed. It didn’t happen because local government picked up the tab.

German Saldarriaga knows all about second chances.

Local underage drinkers can’t escape law enforcement officers simply by taking a boat onto Lake Wylie. York County’s Alcohol Enforcement Team will come after them.

We're in the peak of summer vacation, and most families probably have not started to think about gearing up for a new school year. But some in the community already are thinking about the challenge many families will face providing their children with needed school supplies.

Tega Cay isn’t the little city it used to be.

When Dr. Keith Callicutt officially retired last week after serving five years as superintendent of Fort Mill’s public schools, it marked the end of a relatively brief, but successful, run in what is arguably South Carolina’s premier district.

“The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America.” Sure has some ring to it, even after all these years.

The S.C. Democratic Party’s Executive Committee was correct when it decided last week not to remove Alvin Greene as the party’s nominee against Republican incumbent U.S. Sen. Jim DeMint, in November.

Well, we won’t have Paul Lindemann to kick around anymore.

To loosely paraphrase Martha Reeves, school’s out, summer’s here and the time is right – for just about anything.

Not long ago, a grim milestone was noted – barely.

This weekend, and again the following weekend, graduation ceremonies will be held for our three local high schools. Members of the Class of 2010 will be ending one journey and beginning another.