The competition is heating up

Welcome to the new News and Press blog site. We encourage you to use this spot to discuss all things Darlington.

From our office on Main Street, we have been watching the construction of the new Hardees restaurant with great interest.

The current joke among the staff is that we should have set up a couple of those giant wooden thermometers, like the ones the United Way uses during their fundraising efforts, to show area citizens the progress of various building projects around town.

Hardees is springing up like a mushroom. We're betting it will be open for business before the Darlington Raceway paving project is completed.