April 15, 2024  Newberry City Council approved the recommendations of the Accommodations Tax Advisory Committee during their meeting on Tuesday. Motion to approve the recommendations was made by Councilperson Lemont Glasgow and seconded by Councilperson Jackie Holmes. Each year, the City of Newberry advertises through various platforms that their application process is open and that they will be accepting applications for funding from non-profit community organizations engaged in tourism related activities benefitting the City of Newberry. Each applicant must prove that they meet the requ ..read more

April 15, 2024 The eighth annual South Carolina Clay Conference held in February was a record-breaking year, Director of Programming Marquerite Palmer shared with City Council on Tuesday. Palmer described this year’s event as the most successful conference so far with 91 registered to attend the conference with a waiting list. Registered attendees included people from Alabama, California, Iowa, Texas, Virginia, Wisconsin and all over South Carolina. The pottery sale accompanying the conference saw 636 visitors and 512 items sold. Shoppers purchased $17,000 worth of items at the sale, exceeding ..read more

April 12, 2024 Pork in the Park is back this year and will take place on Friday, April 19 from 4 p.m. until 8 p.m. and on Saturday, April 20 from 11 a.m. until 3:00 p.m. The event will take place in Memorial Park and the surrounding downtown area. Back this year is the Friday night portion of the event, allowing vendors to sell their product for an additional day. Live music will be downtown during this time from 5:30 – 8 p.m. with The Brendan Roberts Band. The Newberry County Chamber of Commerce along with the Newberry Opera House will have a beer wagon along Boyce Street throughout the event ..read more

March 19, 2024 City utility staff received a visit Tuesday, March 19 from Gregg Griffin, general manager of the Bamberg Board of Public Works. Griffin presented several staff members with a plaque in appreciation of mutual aid assistance following a recent tornado that affected their community. The plaque reads, “In appreciation for responding to our restoration needs in the City of Bamberg SC on January 9, 2024, in the wake of a F2 Tornado, the Bamberg Board of Public Works recognizes City of Newberry Utilities for an extraordinary effort in assisting our crews to restore power to our citizen ..read more

March 18, 2024 Executive Director Jessica Holcomb of the Newberry Housing Authority provided Newberry City Council with an update Tuesday night. Holcomb shared that the housing authority was established by city council on October 17, 1968 and is run by a board of directors that is appointed by council. Currently, they serve over 606 families in Newberry County. The mission statement of the Newberry Housing Authority is to ensure safe, decent and affordable housing; create opportunities for residents’ self-sufficiency and economic independence; and assure fiscal integrity by all program partici ..read more

February 14, 2024 The Newberry Police Department will soon see a new juvenile crime prevention sergeant in Khadijah Caldwell, as she’s recently been promoted from her former position of corporal. Police Chief Kevin Goodman said he’s excited to see what personal touches Caldwell will put into that position. Caldwell will be the first African American female investigator for the police department. Caldwell takes the place of former investigator Caitlin Branch. Goodman thanked Branch for her two years in the role as well as her six years total with the police department. “She set the bar high in ..read more

February 2, 2024 The Newberry County Career Center has a new addition to the fire program thanks to a donation from the Newberry Fire Department. The department recently donated their former Engine 2 (1996 International) to the career center for use in their training of their fire program students. The fire department and career center held a dedication for the engine on Thursday, January 25 at the Newberry County Career Center outside of their fire program classroom. The engine will be used for firefighter training at the program and will allow the career center to use the truck to help recru ..read more

January 29, 2024 Newberry will soon welcome an influx of visitors for the eighth annual South Carolina Clay Conference (SCCC), and pottery sale held this year on February 23-24 at the Old Newberry Hotel. The conference is being held at the Edward Kyzer Newberry Firehouse Conference Center. The SCCC pottery sale has become one of the largest pottery sales in South Carolina, with this year’s sale including the work of more than 40 potters. The sale is free to attend, and visitors are welcome to view the work and purchase anything they’d love to take home to their own collections. The pottery sal ..read more

January 22, 2024   City Council celebrated milestones and achievements of employees Tuesday during their first council meeting of the new year. Recognized for five years of service, Brad Abrams works within the city’s Public Works department and holds the position of vehicle maintenance supervisor. “He is open to learning and very motivated to solve problems,” Abrams’ supervisor, Kip Gunter said of him. “He is compassionate to fellow employees.” Shakeen Collins was also recognized for his five years of service with the public works department. Collins began working with the city on Octobe ..read more

January 12, 2024   The Newberry Fire Department recently recognized two community partners from 2023. Both Whitaker Funeral Home and Prosperity Metal Recycling (PMR) in Newberry were recognized by the department and thanked for their partnership, Chief Gene Shealy said. Shealy said the idea of honoring the department’s community partners came to him following the passing of Mark Thornhill, owner of PMR. While Shealy said he knew Thornhill would never want the recognition, that he had done so much for them and deserved a proper ‘thank you.’ “It made me think about all of the wonderful part ..read more