City of Clinton SC
Pennies for Paving: Road paving top Clinton’s infrastructure proposal
If the Capital Projects Sales Tax passes this November, City of Clinton residents will end up seeing long awaited paving of some of the roads which have been on the city’s “to-do” list for years. Road paving is the first of three phases in the City of Clinton Infrastructure Proposal, which would total $6,528,443 if…
Read MorePennies for community: CPST can make Martha Dendy Community Center a reality
If a majority of voters vote yes in November to the penny sales tax, referred to as the Capital Project Sales Tax, Clinton residents will begin to see the transformation of the empty Martha Dendy School into a long-awaited Martha Dendy Community Center. The Martha Dendy Community Center’s development committee requested $756,000 for its proposal,…
Read MoreLaurens council considers ways to increase census counts
During last week’s regular August meeting of Laurens City Council, council members were challenged by Carolyn Calwise, a regional Census 2020 official, to treat the census as if they were campaigning for their seats on council. “Do what you did when you wanted to get elected,” Calwise said during her telephone call presentation to council.…
Read MoreClinton opts to cancel third annual Scots and Brats
Citing concerns about the continuing cases of COVID-19, and with no end in sight for CDC and DHEC guidelines to help prevent the virus, Clinton City Council on Monday night learned that city staff had decided to cancel the upcoming fall festival, Scots and Brats. “We have been following federal and state guidelines and city staff have…
Read MoreClinton passes non-enforceable mask resolution for COVID-19 safety
With a split vote, Clinton City Council Monday night voted not to adopt an ordinance which would have made the wearing of masks inside public buildings an enforceable law. The meeting was closed to the public but was available on Facebook Live. What did pass after much discussion was a non-enforceable resolution urging the Clinton…
Read MoreROTR brings BBQ, Mother’s Finest, fireworks to Clinton festival June 19, 20
The City of Clinton and Main Street Clinton will present its annual Rhythm on the Rails festival next weekend, exactly a month after the BBQ festival had originally been planned before COVID-19 disrupted public events. While most of the musical acts remained as planned, the addition of Mother’s Finest to the line-up is new as of Wednesday…
Read MoreWith final approval from state, ROTR is on for next weekend
The City of Clinton and Main Street Clinton will present the Rhythm on the Rails festival next weekend, June 19-20, exactly a month after the annual festival had origi- nally been planned. “We got a letter Monday from the South Carolina Department of Commerce giving permission to hold the festival and explaining it’s up to…
Read MoreClinton postpones ROTR, plans for June festival
Clinton, South Carolina – The City of Clinton announced Wednesday evening it will postpone Rhythm on the Rails from the scheduled dates of May 15 and 16 to its new dates of Friday, June 19, and Saturday, June 20. After consulting with state health officials about guidelines on social distancing and mass gatherings, the decision…
Read MoreCity of Clinton offers curbside services, encourages compliance to prevent illness
The City of Clinton is offering curbside service signage to help participating restaurants remain open during the current COVID-19 quarantine period. The announcement was part of a press conference held Thursday morning by Clinton Mayor Bob McLean and department heads and offered Clinton residents an update about the city’s actions regarding COVID-19. In order to help…
Read MoreCities hope for major reform to Business License Reform Bill
Story updated at 10:30 a.m., Feb. 4, 2020 Laurens, S.C. – Officials from the cities of Laurens and Clinton will be heading to Columbia on Tuesday for the Hometown Legislative Action Day, hoping to convince legislators to vote against House Bill H4431, a business license reform bill which could drastically cut revenue for already cash-strapped smaller cities.…
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