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Candy shortage can be blamed on Halloween on Trade
OCT 29, 2015
Trade Street weighs a lot less today.
What appeared to be thousands of kids, lining both sides of Trade Street, parts of Poinsett and side streets School, Randall and Victoria emptied tubs and hundreds of bags of candy and 30 pounds of pop corn kernels popped as fresh popcorn.
CyberKnife M6 newest aid in fight on cancer at Gibbs
OCT 29, 2015
Gibbs Cancer Center & Research Institute is the first in the United States to treat cancer patients using the CyberKnife M6 with the next-generation InCise Multileaf Collimation System.
The CyberKnife is a noninvasive radiation treatment device, which uses advanced imaging and robotics to accurately treat tumors.
ALDI opens today in Greer
OCT 29, 2015
ALDI opened in Greer today at 8:45 a.m. with a ribbon cutting ceremony at 1050 W. Wade Hampton Blvd.
The first 100 shoppers received a golden ticket, each offering store gift certificates of various amounts, promotions and free samplings.
Coloring and activity book produced by the city
OCT 28, 2015
A 32-page coloring and activity book, “At Home in the City of Greer”, has been produced by the city’s communication department. It is being offered free.
The softbound book depicts landmarks in Greer and drawn by Roy Miller, Jr., formerly from Greer who lives in Philadelphia and works as an artist.
GSP loses direct Southwest flights, Atlanta is only destination
OCT 27, 2015
GSP will lose its remaining direct Southwest Airlines flights to Baltimore, Chicago and Houston when the airline consolidates its service from Greer to Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta Airport.
The Greenville-Spartanburg Airport District announced that Southwest is changing its service model relating to small airports including GSP effective April 12. According to Southwest, all GSP flights will go through Atlanta with connections to about 95 average daily departures to other cities throughout the Southwest network.
Dave Ramsey: Make the decision with her
OCT 26, 2015
Dear Dave,
My wife and I just started your class, and we’re determined to get out of debt. At the same time, I’d like to do something to reduce the stress in her life. She’s a nurse, and she works three 12-hour night shifts a week. I’m a teacher, and I think we possibly could get by if she cut down to just two nights a week and worked part time. Would this be a good idea?
Mimi's closes permanently Greer restaurant
OCT 26, 2015
Mimi’s Steakhouse of Japan has permanently closed at its 107 S. Main Street location in Greer. Business was good, some of the employees weren't, according to general manager.
Mimi Choi, general manager, said the community’s support and customer base was solid. “It was the employees – nobody wants to work anymore,” Mimi, general manager, as she is known, said. “They don’t have any respect to the customers, I retrain so many and for the past six months more employees have lied to me, cheated me, and stole from me.”
Clayton: Net manufacturing losses turned to net gains and regional identity
OCT 25, 2015
Somewhere beyond all the impressive numbers contained in the economic impact study on the S.C. Ports Authority is one subtle truth: We, as South Carolinians, have reinvented ourselves and are no longer at the behest of King Cotton and international trade deals.
“We saw a major decline in textiles throughout the nineties and really because of that a decrease in manufacturing through 2007, even though automotives were coming on with the arrival of BMW in 1994,” University of South Carolina Moore School of Business Professor Joseph Von Nessen said. “Now, we’re beginning to see gains since 2010 as the automotive cluster and as more advanced manufacturing industries have begun taking off.”
Greer Bancshares Inc. 3rd quarter report mirrors 2014
OCT 22, 2015
Greer Bancshares Incorporated, the parent company of Greer State Bank, reported quarterly net income attributable to common shareholders of $657,000 or 26 cents per diluted common share, compared to 2014 third quarter net income of $639,000 or 26 cents per diluted common share.
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Cook-Out features indoor/outdoor seating, opening imminent
OCT 22, 2015
Cook-Out is scheduled to open next week, according to co-general manager Bryson Taylor. Halloween weekend is the targeted date, pending on weather.
Taylor has watched the $1.13 million, 3,800-square-foot building being built at 1353 Wade Hampton Blvd. for two months while conducting job interviews 2-5 p.m. daily. Rain the past two months set the opening back from September.
Repairs delay The Spinning Jenny grand opening
OCT 22, 2015
The grand opening of The Spinning Jenny has been postponed until December due to ongoing repairs.
The 70-year-old building at 107 Cannon Street was formerly the home of the Greer Opry House. The building was damaged during the statewide floods and record rain of Oct. 3, prompting additional repairs and the belated opening.
Expansion is on the horizon for busy Greer Inland Port
OCT 21, 2015
DUNCAN – S.C. Ports Authority President and CEO Jim Newsome expects the next five years to include much investment and development for the organization, including imminent expansion to Greer’s Inland Port facility.
“I predict that we’ll have to add to that physical footprint in the next fiscal year,” Newsome said Wednesday after a SCPA meeting and announcement of details from an economic-impact study produced by the University of South Carolina’s Moore School of Business.
Dave Ramsey: Teach teens basic money management principles
OCT 20, 2015
Dear Dave,
My husband and I live on a budget and are getting out of debt. Our daughter is in high school, and we’ve been teaching her about your plan. Is it realistic to expect a 16-year-old with a part-time job and a hand-me-down car to make and live on a budget?
City Council approves 2016 road resurfacing
OCT 20, 2015
City Council approved the 2016 resurfacing lists for Greenville and Spartanburg counties.
The lists were compiled by using 2015’s lists and removing the streets that will be resurfaced in 2016 and moving the remaining streets up in priority order.
Greer CPW to notify FBI of flurry of fraudulent calls
OCT 19, 2015
Greer Commission of Public Works (CPW) is reporting the past weekend’s flurry of fraudulent phone calls to the FBI.
A half dozen phone calls were made to CPW customers Saturday representing the company as employees demanding payment on overdue bills, according to Matthew Brady, a spokesman for the utility.
Young coders offered camp during winter break
OCT 15, 2015
Code.Life and Wired Minds Tutoring are offering a new program for aspiring student entrepreneurs and future coders to develop the skills necessary to create, code, and publish mobile Android apps.
In both cases, fully functional apps will be created during the course, and students will leave with the skills and software necessary to continue developing apps. Enrollment is open through the end of November. Each camp will have a 6:1 student ratio with a maximum of 12 students. More information can be found here.
Bruster's plans to relocate to S. Buncombe Road
OCT 12, 2015
Bruster’s Ice Cream is planning to relocate from 6040 Wade Hampton Boulevard to Commerce and S. Buncombe Road.
City Council will hear tonight an ordinance, for annexation and zoning, request for property located at South Buncombe Road. The zoning request is for a zoning classification of C-3 (Highway Commercial) on 1.65 acres and 650 feet of right-of-way of S. Buncombe Road.
Dave Ramsey: Sell everything but the kids
OCT 12, 2015
Dear Dave,
I’ve spent most of my marriage not being a good husband and not being involved in our family finances. After being introduced to one of your programs at work, I realized how irresponsible I had been and went home to apologize and tell my wife about it.
Aldi sets date for Greer store opening
OCT 9, 2015
Aldi is opening its Greer store on Thursday, Oct. 29.
The store, at 1050 W. Wade Hampton Blvd., is scheduled for its grand opening festivities which, includes samples and prizes.
The Greer Aldi is part of a two-store opening that day and will be the third opened in the greater Greer area this month.
Dave Ramsey: Forcing little brother to grow up
OCT 9, 2015
Dear Dave,
I’m having issues with my youngest brother, and I need some advice. He’s 25, divorced and has two kids. He only wants to play dad when it’s convenient for him, and he’s very irresponsible with money as well.
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