Revenue from county's local option sales tax will vary from year to year
By LARRY HILLIARD Ledger Staff Writer larry@gaffneyledger.com
      The local option sales tax is akin to a bad relationship, filled with misunderstanding and unmet expectations. In an appearance at Monday's meeting, Appalachian Council of Governments official Joe Newton told Cherokee County Council members confusion exists over the local sales tax because of the differing usages of the tax.
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Board of Public Works drops permit requirement
By LARRY HILLIARD Ledger Staff Writer larry@gaffneyledger.com
      People need not carry that Board of Public Works permit along with that fishing pole to Lake Whelchel anymore. The commissioners on Tuesday approved a recommendation to no longer require people to obtain a utility permit to fish at the BPW-owned lake.
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Free tests offered by DHEC on World AIDS Day
By JOE L. HUGHES II Ledger Staff Writer joe@gaffneyledger.com
      Each year, thousands of high school students take a number of tests that could play a part in whether they will go to college. However, many will refuse to take another test that could potentially determine how they could spend the rest of their life.
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She loves her labor
By JOE L. HUGHES II Ledger Staff Writer joe@gaffneyledger.com
      Work isn't supposed to be fun... or is it? Leave it to Marjorie Hawthorne and you may get an answer different from the general consensus. Working in the construction business for more than 27 years installing ceramic tile, she had become quite comfortable with the life she was living, figuring that one day she would retire from the profession.
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Son of Gaffney woman graduates from basic training
      Air Force Airman Michael A. Price has graduated from basic military training at Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas.
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Troopers mingle with shoppers on Black Friday
"Our goal is fatality reduction."
By TIM GULLA Ledger Staff Writer tim@gaffneyledger.com
      Two members of the South Carolina Highway Patrol got off the highway on Black Friday and spent time among the throngs of shoppers at Prime Outlets — Gaffney. Lance Cpl. Jeff Gaskin from Troop 4 and Lance Cpl. Kathy Hiles from Troop 3 weren't there to take advantage of the good deals, however.
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29th Bill Drake Christmas Music Festival will be Dec. 7
      SPARTANBURG - The 29th annual Bill Drake Christmas Music Festival, upstate South Carolina's most unique and longest-running Christmas Music Festival, returns to the stage of the Spartanburg Memorial Auditorium for one performance only on Sunday Dec. 7, at 2 p.m. The doors to the auditorium open at 1 p.m.
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