Furman changes alcohol policy

21-year-olds living in North Village will be allowed to drink in their apartments

APRIL 30, 2010 9:41 a.m. (1)

For the first time in the history of Furman University, some students will be allowed to drink in their on-campus apartments.

A unanimous vote by the school’s board of trustees on Saturday changed a long-standing rule that kept the campus virtually dry, even for students of legal drinking age.  Continue reading...

 

Greek, interrupted

Clemson leaders reconsider fraternity, sorority policies

OCTOBER 6, 2010 10:43 a.m. (0)

Greek life by the numbers

9 million – The number of Greek members nationally:

63 – Percentage of U.S. President’s cabinet since 1900 who’ve been Greek members  Continue reading...

 

Alcohol referendums pass

Sales could begin as early as today

NOVEMBER 5, 2010 12:45 p.m. (0)

Voters said yes to the referendum on Sunday alcohol sales Tuesday in Greer and Simpsonville.

“Citizens of the city spoke,” says Russell Hawes, the City Administrator of Simpsonville. “The economic benefits of restaurants that are open on Sunday being able to serve all manner of beverages is important to our citizens.”

Of a city population of more than 18,000 residents, 50 percent of registered voters cast ballots resulting in a 59 percent to 41 percent vote in favor of the measure.  Continue reading...

 

Here's proof

New distillery downtown proves moonshine’s alive and well

SEPTEMBER 19, 2011 1:06 p.m. (0)

Dark Corner Distillery opens Saturday in downtown Greenville as South Carolina’s first legal distiller and seller of 100 proof moonshine of the kind that made northern Greenville’s Dark Corner notorious as the moonshine capital of America.

It is a remembrance, if not a homage, of the fierce warfare in the late 1800s and early 1900s between government revenuers and the Scots and Irish settlers who viewed making whiskey as a God-given right.

Joe Fenton and Richard Wenger, partners in Dark Corner and engineers in day jobs, created not only an authentic copper still, they transformed the interior of a 125-year-old building with a copper patina façade to showcase the working distillery, tasting bar, museum pieces and crafts of local artisans.  Continue reading...

 

New Year’s DUI arrests increase here

Sheriff's office makes 29 arrests over the weekend

JANUARY 5, 2012 1:32 p.m. (0)

Greenville County Sheriff’s deputies were out in full force over the New Year’s weekend to find people who partook in too much holiday fun.

And find them they did.

From Wednesday through Sunday, the Sheriff’s Office’s traffic division made 29 arrests for driving under the influence, according to spokesman Zack Hinton. That’s up from 18 DUI arrests during the same period last year.  Continue reading...