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The Greer Police Department (GPD) responded to Blue Ridge Brewing in downtown Greer on March 19 in reference to a disturbance involving a firearm.

Blue Ridge Brewing is located at 306 Trade St.

City of Greer plans
spring cleaning events
The City of Greer has planned a month of Spring Cleaning activities for Earth Month.
The city is encouraging residents to participate in a citywide cleanup throughout the month. All supplies are provided including bag pickup after a cleaning.
Additional events include:

Easter Events set
at Memorial UMC
On March 28, a Holy Thursday service will take place at 7 p.m. in the Memorial United Methodist Church sanctuary.

On Tuesday, March 19, a groundbreaking ceremony took place at the Duncan Event Center to welcome a fiber optic company to the upstate.

According to Duncan City Administrator Cameron Fant, the groundbreaking at the event center symbolized the start of Lumos Networks’ infrastructure in Spartanburg County and throughout the state.

Countybanc has announced that Kenny Price has joined its insurance division as Personal Lines Sales and Life Consultant.

At last week’s Greer City Council Meeting, a Greer resident spoke in opposition of the $100 million projects that the City of Greer set in motion with the first of two readings to approve funding for the ForGreer projects.

Easter is on its way, and Greer is preparing to celebrate with hundreds of community members this Saturday at Greer City Park.

Local businessman and Greer resident Skip Davenport announced last week that he is running for the South Carolina State Senate and launched the first television advertisement for his campaign.