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Irmo to hold nighttime Christmas Parade
Bright Lights, Warm Hearts is the theme for this year’s Christmas Parade, which will feature a new nighttime format. Community members, organizations and local businesses are invited to light up the evening and celebrate the holiday season during the parade on Saturday, Dec. 5, beginning at 5:45 p.m. The...
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Bill the rhino preparing to leave Riverbanks Zoo
IRMO – Riverbanks Zoo and Garden is preparing to say goodbye to Bill, its male Southern white rhino, who will soon move to another Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA)-accredited facility as part of a national effort to increase genetic diversity among the species. The move is being coordinated...
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‘Goats on the clock’: Meet the new landscaping crew cleaning up Columbia’s Finlay Park
COLUMBIA - Visitors to Finlay Park and the Vista Greenway may see a four-legged landscaping crew hard at work the week of Nov. 12. The city of Columbia’s Parks and Recreation Department has partnered with Green Goat Land Management to bring ten goats to the two areas for both natural vegetation control and kudzu control, an invasive type of plant, the city’s Director of Public Relations Justin Stevens said. According to Stevens, Columbia first utilized goats for landscaping in April 2024. Before the city re-opened Finlay Park in 2025, goats were utilized for vegetation control. Since then, the...
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Pizza for Preemies campaign draws on founders’ experience with twins in NICU
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) - Village Idiot Pizza founders Brian and Kelly Glynn are holding their Pizza for Preemies fundraiser this month, a campaign inspired by their family’s own experience. Their twins, Liam and Willow, were born at 28 weeks and spent 71 days in the neonatal intensive care unit,...