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Six Pence Pub Set to Open?

According to a recent blog entry over at "The Border Blog." The Six Pence Pub is set to have a grand opening in three to four weeks.

Michael Johnson and Associates, Attorneys at Law, Celebrate One-Year Anniversary (Press Release)

FORT MILL, SC (March 31, 2008)—Michael Johnson and Associates, a real estate law firm located in the Baxter Village business complex, has reached its one-year mark i...

Grapevine Wine Shop & Wine Bar Coming to Baxter Village

We received an email from the owners of a new shop coming to Baxter Village, Grapevine Wine Shop & Wine Bar.

The new store will be located at 1012 Market Street ...

Seafood restaurant coming to Fort Mill (Fort Mill Times)

A new owner is taking over the former Inn at Baxter site on Market Street in Fort Mill’s Baxter Village

Hank Lim, who currently runs a sushi restaurant ...

Look what's hanging around at SweetTreats (Charlotte Observer)

Let me introduce myself. My name is Gwen Kodad, and I live in the Village of Baxter. As a longtime resident of the Fort Mill area, I have always been intrigued by the mixture of...

Developments lack basic tenets of Smart Growth (Charlotte Observer)

In Fort Mill is a community called Baxter Village that uses the smart-growth model. It is pedestrian-friendly, and the sidewalks lead to actual destinations in the community. Th...

More Townhouses Coming to Baxter (Fort Mill Times)

The folks at the Baxter Urgent Care Center will get a lot of new neighbors in the coming years.

Aside from the already announced Piedmont Medical Center Imagin...

Gate possible at Baxter Village (Fort Mill Times)

Clear Springs Development Co. plans to throw open the doors of a new section of Baxter Village to others besides its list of preselected builders and architectural styles - and ...

2 major projects are considered (Charlotte Observer)

First there was Bradley Park and McMillan Park, then came Baxter and Kingsley Park. Now Clear Springs Development is eyeing two more major projects. With the success of Clear Sp...

Baxter Village launches its first custom-home section (Charlotte Business Journal)

Clear Springs Development Co. has begun construction on a 64-lot expansion in Baxter Village.

The new homesites will be larger than others in the Fort Mill devel...

Baxter social whirl (Charlotte Observer)

If they weren't exhausted from the Art on Main festivities, residents of the Village of Baxter had a chance to kick up their heels at the second annual square dance and barb...

Baxter Villages' SweeTreats asks public for help (Fort Mill Times)

Anita Sayago doles out ice cream, coffee and other goodies to her customers at SweeTreats in Baxter Village, but recently the economy has served her only a bitter pill.

Top Five Wish List of New Services and Shops in Baxter

Here is a pretty good top five wish list of new services and shops in Baxter. What do you think?

1) Bank - A branch bank like BofA, SunTrust or Wachovia,...

Supper Sensations Offers Free Meal Assembly in December

With Christmas fast approaching days seem to get shorter and life is more hectic. As a way to help with the holiday season frenzy, Supper Sensations is offering free meal assemb...

A creek runs through it: A new village will rise (OnlineChester.com)

Just north of Richburg and S.C. Highway 9, just east Interstate 77, amid rolling, wooded hills, there's a little town called Lando. And a creek runs through it.

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Young Republicans search for campaign role (The Herald)

"Regardless what people think of President Bush, his campaign teams, they had it together," said Greg Rogers, reflecting on Bush's 2004 victory over Democrat John Kerry. "Wh...

People still spend on pets despite economic pinch (The State)

Soaring gas prices forced Nyruh Weaver to drive less. His family loves going to the movies, but these days the group makes fewer trips to the theater.

But Weaver...

Groundbreaking for the Baxter Commerce Center (The Herald)

Ground will be broken Aug. 28 for the Baxter Commerce Center, the latest and one of the largest installments at Baxter Village Town Center in Fort Mill.

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Out with the old, in with the new at Baxter Village (The Herald)

Someone tied a ribbon 'round the old oak tree set to be taken down Friday.

The tree, a water oak, has watched the first Riverview Elementary School come down...

Thanksgiving holds special meaning for Fort Mill attorney (The Herald)

Prosecutor Ouida Dest has evidence of her descendancy from Mayflower Pilgrim

Ouida Swann Dest and her family are celebrating today with turkey, ham, collards, dr...

Polka Dots Stationary Announces Enhanced Web-site

Polka Dots Stationary, based in downtown Baxter, today announced that they have upgraded their on-line presence. The new site is the result of weeks of product uploading and si...

Village of Baxter becomes a hub for development (Charlotte Observer)

The Village of Baxter has three new commercial buildings going up. The Exchange Building, a 12,000-square-foot structure on Market Street, has retail on the first floor and offi...

Olde Mill Shoppe Opens in Baxter

On Sunday April 8th, the Charlotte Observer reported the opening of Olde Mill Shoppe. According to the briefing, the new store will offer upscale home-furnishings.

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A Sleepy Mill Town Coming to Life (New York Times)

Thirty minutes in rush-hour traffic from Charlotte, N.C., this once drowsy textile mill town is growing up.

Begun in 1998, Baxter has a public elementary school,...

Monthly Democratic forums kick off in Fort Mill (Fort Mill Times)

Hoping to capitalize on the substantial gains the national party made in November, the York County Democratic Party kicked off a new, monthly forum series officials said will be...

Paradise through a Web site (Charlotte Observer)

A couple of local neighborhoods, including Fort Mill's Baxter Village, have private sites with message boards where residents can post items ranging from event announcements...

Organizing a community (Charlotte Observer)

The job description for a community activities director is simple -- just plan all activities and events for the residents of a community on a monthly basis and communicate that...

Village of Baxter Celebrates its 1,000th Home Closing (Press Release)

Fort Mill, SC – May 19, 2008- Clear Springs Development Company, developers of The Village of Baxter, announced the closing of the community’s 1,000th home. “We closed on...

New residents reach out to each other (Charlotte Observer)

When Joanne Gibitz's husband was transferred from Cincinnati to the Charlotte area, she knew she was luckier than many newcomers. Her friend Heidi Sorenson had just made a s...

Sweet Peppers Deli Expands to the Carolinas (Ad Hoc News)

The award winning Sweet Peppers Deli has announced its entrance into North and South Carolina. Recently 3 counties were purchased by Tabitha Poteat and Christopher Borders of Pe...

BaxterSC.com November 2006 Statistics

Summary

Visits: 658

Pageviews: 3,587

Geographic Breakdown

South Carolina: 321

Florida: 136

North Carolina: ...

Search Results for Baxter

After several years of hard work, the search engines are really starting to work for BaxterSC.com. Below is a summary of how BaxterSC.com ranks on Google.

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Baxter Village: Progress and Preservation (New Towns)

If you had more than 7,000 acres of land that had been in your family for more than 200 years, what would you do with it? The Close family, Fort Mill, S.C.’s biggest benefacto...

Inn at Baxter closes its doors (The Herald)

Fort Mill's Inn at Baxter restaurant and tavern has closed, the owner's real estate agent confirmed Tuesday.

"The owners made a decision on Sunday to clo...

Woman-Owned National Car Buying Moves to Fort Mill

Fort Mill, SC, March 27, 2009 Fort Mill, SC–Women’s Automotive Solutions, a national automotive consulting firm and car buying service, opened their new corporate headquarte...

Premium chocolate was their revelation (Charlotte Observer)

People speak of having an epiphany, a moment when something unexpectedly causes a sudden revelation.

But when Maren and Brett Coffman invite you to have an epiph...

Noah's Art pair aids little Picassos in Baxter Village (Charlotte Observer)

Things have changed since Wendi Bojanowski and her parents moved from Louisiana to Fort Mill's Heritage USA when she was in third grade. Heritage is now Regent Park, and the...

Fort Mill Celebrates the Arrival of Fall (Charlotte Observer)

With the temperature at 90 degrees or higher, it was hard to remember that fall started last weekend. But despite the heat, downtown Fort Mill's Art on Main and Baxter's...

BaxterSC.com January 2007 Statistics

Summary

Visits: 1,149

Pageviews: 7,721

Geographic Breakdown

South Carolina: 492

North Carolina: 242

Florida...

Country Inn & Suites to build complex near I-77 (Fort Mill Times)

Fort Mill is set to get its first hotel.

The project was able to move forward after the town council annexed some land near Lowe's last month. The hotel wil...

Baxter T-ball Play Group (Charlotte Observer)

When David Amigo and his wife, Lisa, moved to the Village of Baxter with two boys under age 3, they started looking for activities the children could enjoy.

Most...

BaxterSC.com December 2006 Statistics

Summary

Visits: 823

Pageviews: 8,159

Geographic Breakdown

South Carolina: 377

Florida: 196

North Carolina: ...

Baxter Village Mentioned in a New Book

A new book called Craving Community by Todd Mansfield has a couple of pages that mention Baxter Village by name. Generally the book is about the benefits and history of New Urb...

Baxter Village Family Turns Over a New and 'Green' Leaf (Charlotte Observer)

We are regularly being warned the climate may change unpredictably through human activities that increase fossil fuel emissions. So one Baxter Village family decided to change i...

BaxterSC.com Site Update & Happy Holidays

Today we did a major update of BaxterSC.com. We now have a picture for almost all of the business, education, health, and group entries in our database. In addition we started...

Supper Sensations December Menu

December Menu

- Swiss Chicken Bake
- Parmesan Chicken Fingers
- Chicken San Remo
- Chicken Wings with Spicy Chili Sauce
- Carmel Pe...

BaxterSC.com September 2006 Statistics

Summary

Visits: 789

Pageviews: 8,800

Geographic Breakdown

South Carolina: 298

Florida: 277

North Carolina: ...

Honey so good it's worth the run (Charlotte Observer)

Ferebee even has a commercial customer: The Inn at Baxter in Fort Mill. The owners buy honey with the honeycomb still in it for the restaurant's Sunday brunch. "The honeycom...

Baxter Gets New Crop of Scrapbookers (Charlotte Observer)

When Isabel Medel saw the invitation to an "Open Crop" at Noah's Art on Baxter Village's Market Street, she didn't hesitate. Although she had never scrapbooked, she ...

Two's company in Baxter Village (Charlotte Observer)

Three years ago, Amy and Stephen Anderson moved from Charlotte to Baxter Village with their identical twin girls, Molly and Rachel.

They knew there were other tw...

Tourists to find welcome mat at 'villages' (The Herald)

Baxter Village, Manchester Village and downtown York are pretty straightforward. But leaders also are billing Rock Hill's sports attr...

Baxter Village Residents Hooked on Fly-Fishing (Charlotte Observer)

In 1992, the movie "A River Runs through It" told the story of a minister and his two sons, using fly-fishing as a metaphor for life. While Baxter Village fly-fishers Chris Smit...

Cyber fan hypes Baxter with new Web site (Fort Mill Times)

Baxter Village is often in the headlines here, but recently it showed up on a Web site based near Celebration, Fla.

Adam Parish, a self-avowed fan of New Urbanis...

Brownies to start recycling at Baxter YMCA (Charlotte Observer)

The 13 Brownies in Troop 163 will learn about recycling when they start a program at their meeting place, Fort Mill YMCA at Baxter Village.

The recycling project...

Chef Jerry Hood New Supper Sensations Store Manager (Charlotte Observer)

The Charlotte Observer reported this morning that Chef Jerry Hood has been named store manager for Supper Sensations in Baxter Village. Hood is a graduate of the Culinary Instit...

Parades are highlights of Fort Mill celebrations (Charlotte Observer)

If you weren't busy on the Fourth of July, it was by choice, because there was plenty to do in every corner of Fort Mill Township. Communities all over the area held parades...

Baxter BP Station One of Few to Offer E85 Fuel (The Herald)

E85 is 15 percent gas and 85 percent ethanol, a type of fuel which is mostly derived from fermented corn and is in general cheaper for the consumer. Fort Mill stations that offe...

Lowes is Open Across from Baxter Village (Charlotte Observer)

The Lowe's right across from Baxter Village has opened. We wrote about it last fall, but we didn't realize it would be up and running so quickly. I guess that's what...

Fort Mill business growth booms (The State)

Fort Mill will be as well known as Charlotte in the corporate world in a decade, Wachovia Bank economist Mark Vitner told York County business leaders Wednesday.

Baxter best example for Spartanburg (Spartanburg Herald Journal)

Assistant County Administrator Chris Story said developers had come to the county in recent months who were interested in more innovative design concepts, but did not necessaril...

Restaurant owners say it's time for Sunday sales (The Herald)

Baxter is so perfect the sun shines even when it rains. Whoops, almost perfect. There is a British-themed restaurant and pub in Baxter called Six Pence. On Sunday, there is no p...

BaxterSC.com October 2006 Statistics

Summary

Visits: 879

Pageviews: 7,565

Geographic Breakdown

South Carolina: 467

Florida: 155

North Carolina: ...

Search and Find (redOrbit)

Internet superpower Google.com this month added the Charlotte metro area - including much of York County - to the Street View version of its popular Google Maps Web site.

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Life gave her cancer; she made lemonade (Charlotte Observer)

This summer there will be 5,000 Alex's Lemonade Stands, including one at Baxter Village on Saturday, which is now in its fourth year. Last year they raised $8,000.

A Tree to Come Down in Baxter (Charlotte Observer)

A water oak on Market Street on one of the few undeveloped lots in Baxter Village is coming down on Friday. Clear Springs Company says it is dieased.

The tree, b...

Baxter Village Block Party Tomorrow (9/30)

Market Street in the Baxter Village community off Interstate 77 will be closed to traffic Saturday for the daylong Baxter Village Block Party.

The public is welc...

Winter Wonderland Comes Early to Baxter

On Dec. 1, residents of the Baxter community had a chance to sing Christmas carols, sip some hot chocolate, visit with Santa and take a ride around the neighborhood in a horse-d...

Springs to unveil vision for annexation (The Herald)

A decade ago, Fort Mill had four traffic accidents aa month. Now, the town averages 36 a month.

Clear Springs hopes annexation proceedings can be completed by th...

Computer Classes for Kids in Baxter (New Urban Observer)

The “next” future of technology has arrived at Baxter Village. In just a few weeks, Imagine Tomorrow will begin offering computer classes for kids at the Computer Clubhouse,...

Supper Sensations October Happenings

October Menu

Chicken Tomato Skillet
Cranberry Chicken Pot
Indonesian Ginger Chicken
Turkey Meatloaf with Sundried Tomatoes
Cosmopolitan B...

Robert Palmer and Associates, CPA Opens in Baxter

The Charlotte Observer reports that Robert Palmer, a Fort Mill native and resident, recently launched Robert Palmer and Associates, a CPA firm that offers complete professional ...

Trail to discovery (The Herald)

The rolling 2-mile-plus trail head near Nation Ford High School was five years in the making, but in the next decade, it is expected to link up with 31 miles of trails circling ...

Fort Mill schools exploring annexation (The Herald)

Officials with the Fort Mill school district want to explore having five schools in unincorporated areas annexed into local city limits to save money on public safety services a...

Co-op Delivers Dinner in Baxter (Charlotte Observer)

In the Village of Baxter in Fort Mill, four enterprising families have created their own meal preparation cooperative.

Each member is assigned one day of the wee...

Backyard Beautification (Charlotte Observer)

For some folks, it might be hard to admit to winning a contest for the ugliest yard. But Tammy Commisso of Baxter Village loves being the winner.

"It's a bra...

Supper Sensations September Happenings

Parent/Child Sessions in September:

Thursday, 9/21 at 4 PM

Saturday, 9/23 at 1 PM

Children 6 years old and up are welcome to come with an...