This academy is a great opportunity to learn how Spartanburg Public Safety works. 

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Citizen Spartanburg’s Chalk Talk

Wednesday, November 17th, 7pm @ The Showroom

Finding Happiness in the Hub City:

The Importance of Social & Community Connections

Pursuing happiness? It’s been in Spartanburg all along! Join us as we partner with Hub-Bub in hosting Dr. Abraham Goldberg as he discusses how people are happier when they are socially connected to others in their community and how communities can take proactive measures to encourage these…

The National Womens Law Center just posted some information about how the new health care law will stop women from being the all too often the victims of harmful and discriminatory insurance industry practices. This includes rejecting women who are pregnant (which presonally happend to me when I was pregnant with my son), breast cancer survivors, or survivors of rape or intimate partner abuse.

I am interested to see what the law’s opponents plan to do to help women who…

Hello Daughters!

As you know, November 2, 2010 is Election Day. You may not know that I am running to retain my seat on the Spartanburg Sanitary Sewer District Commission (SSSD), and I need help this year. There are SIX candidates for THREE seats. All seats are up for re-election and all incumbents are…

By day, Verhonda Crawford is a junior at Gardner Webb University with a part time job.

But by night she is South Carolina’s youngest city council member serving the city of Chesnee.

She has big ideas for how to improve the city's economy.

She says she will do this by “bringing more events to Chesnee so on a weekend, Chesnee will be a destination."

The coda park in Chesnee is a popular place for weddings, live music and community…

Hello fellow Daughters! Just a quick note to remind each of you of how lucky we are to have this website to talk about what we, the women of Spartanburg, are doing. Each of us are doing important things everyday in our lives. From our children and families to our jobs to our volunteer work with our schools, churches or local organizations to elected positions---serving the public in a variety of capacities.

Please consider sharing a simple snipnet of your life--how you balance…

Roc Curry passed away yesterday and Spartanburg lost a true cheerleader.

http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/spartanburg/obituary.aspx?n=roccarol-linda-kay-reed-curry-roc&pid=144175322

Roc was not only a dedicated League of Women Voters member, she was also a dedicated Spartanburg Democratic Party supporter. She also ran numerous times…

Personally I think Pollitt's analysis is right on:

The End of Men? http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2010/07/the-end-of-men/8135