🌱 Patch AM: Why a sewer dispute could stall 600 new homes near Chapin

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In today's newsletter:

• Why a sewer dispute could stall 600 new homes near Chapin
• What investigators say happened in that Lexington parking lot assault
• How a Gaston home search led to a 30-year prison term

Also on today's calendar: Afterlight.

Today's riddle: What did the tree say when Spring arrived? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Friday: Humid with heavy t-storms, with a high of 82 and low of 72 degrees.
• Saturday: Humid; an afternoon t-storm, temps: high: 83, low: 70.
• Sunday: A t-storm around in the p.m., with a high of 88 and low of 71 degrees. 🌶 Hot!

📰 News we're reading

• Lexington County suing Chapin over development (thenewirmonews.com) — Lexington County is suing the town of Chapin, claiming the town is breaching a sewer-service agreement that's holding up a $20.4 million sale of the long-planned Chapin Technology Park. With more than $16 million already invested and a 600-home mixed-use project on the line, the county wants Chapin to either provide wastewater taps or pay the full sale price.
   

• SLED charges 71-year-old man in Lexington parking lot assault (wltx.com) — A 71-year-old Columbia man has been charged after investigators say he intentionally hit someone with his car in a Lexington County parking lot, pinning the victim's legs between two vehicles. SLED brought a second-degree assault and battery charge at the request of the Town of Lexington Police, and the case will be handled by the 11th Circuit Solicitor's Office.
   

• Lexington County Man Sentenced to 30 years in Prison after conviction for Trafficking Drugs (westmetronews.com) — A Lexington County jury has sentenced a 39-year-old man to 30 years in state prison after a major drug trafficking conviction tied to a Gaston-area home search. Investigators with the Lexington County Sheriff's Department and parole agents uncovered cocaine, marijuana, and other narcotics, with prosecutors emphasizing this as part of an ongoing crackdown on serious repeat drug offenders in the county.
   

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Friday August 28
• Ballentine Business Breakfast
  Greater Chapin Chamber of Commerce The Heritage at Lowman
  8:00 am
• 10 Min Play Festival
  Greater Irmo Chamber of Commerce Chapin Theatre Company, 830 Columbia Ave, Chapin, SC 29036
  7:30 pm
• Fringe Benefits Band: FBB at LJ's →
  LJ's Par and Grill, 381 Pilgrim Church Rd, Lexington
  7:30 pm
Saturday August 29
• Fireflies Baseball Scout Night & Overnight →
  Indian Waters Council - Boy Scouts of America Segra Park, 1640 Freed St, Columbia, SC 29201
  4:00 pm
Tuesday September 1
• Creative Writing - Library
  School District Five of Lexington and Richland Cou Library
  8:00 am
• Coffee Talk with the Irmo Chamber
  Greater Irmo Chamber of Commerce Stars and Strikes Family Entertainment Center 800 Lake Murray Blvd. (corner of LMB and Columbiana) Irmo, SC 29063
  8:00 am
• The Business Buzz: Bath and Bronze
  Greater Irmo Chamber of Commerce 1250 Lake Murray Boulevard Irmo, SC
  4:00 pm
• Fulmer Volleyball Game vs. Pine Ridge 6:00 PM; Fulmer's Gym
  R. H. Fulmer Middle School 1614 Walterboro St, West Columbia, SC 29170, USA
  6:00 pm
• Chicora Commissioners Meeting →
  Indian Waters Council - Boy Scouts of America Horry Georgetown Technical College, 2050 US 501 East, Conway, SC 29526
  6:00 pm
• Volleyball @ Fulmer
  Pine Ridge Middle School West Columbia, SC 29172
  6:00 pm
• Chicora District Committee →
  Indian Waters Council - Boy Scouts of America Horry Georgetown Technical College, 2050 US 501 East, Conway, SC 29526
  7:00 pm

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🗞 Nearby News

West Columbia

• 1 game to watch each week of the 2026 high school football season (lexingtonchronicle.com)
• Surveillance Camera Saboteurs Are Getting Government Officials' Attention (reason.com)
• Irmo Announces Details of National Night Out 2026 (columbiabusinessmonthly.com)

Irmo

• Lexington County suing Chapin over development (thecaycewestcolumbianews.com)
• UPDATE: Weather alert active for Midlands Wednesday afternoon - gusts up to 50 mph (myrtlebeachonline.com)

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