The Trenton Community Development Association wants to thank the corporate and business sponsors for their very generous support. Thank you to the many vendors and visitors who came to Trenton that day. Thank you, also, to our volunteers who always give so much of their time and energy. Our Association is already planning and looking […]
COLUMBIA, SC – August 7, 2013 – McNair attorney Ned Nicholson has been chosen to serve as Chair-Elect for the South Carolina State Museum Foundation Board. Nicholson will serve a two-year term which began in July. “The South Carolina State Museum has long embodied our state’s commitment to education and its devotion to enriching the lives […]
The ongoing struggle with property maintenance within the city limits of Johnston received another very high billing on the Town Council agenda last Monday night. Ms. Brinalynn Burt, owner of property on Bland Street, described the lot across the street from her house as Jurassic Park. The concerned citizen spoke of all types of forest […]
– By Tiffani Ireland – The old hotel building that has stood vacant and deteriorating for some many years on Edgefield’s Town Square may have a new life if the Edgefield Civic League gets their way. The organization, a non-profit group first established in 1928 and reorganized at the beginning of this year, has applied […]
BELVEDERE, S.C. – Mrs. Mary E. Hammonds, 101, of Rivers Circle, entered into rest August 4, 2013 at University Hospital. Funeral services were held Wed., August 7, at Mt. Zion Baptist Church with the Rev. Eddie Freeman officiating. Interment was in the church cemetery. Mrs. Hammonds, a native of Edgefield County, was a member of […]
BEECH ISLAND, S. C. – Mrs. Lucy L. Griffin Brown, 79, of Ashmore Drive, entered into rest August 9, 2013. Funeral service will be held 12 p.m. Wednesday, August 14, 2013 at Pleasant Grove Baptist Church of which the Rev. Oscar Brown pastor and Pastor Tonita Cody eulogist. Mrs. Brown, a native of Edgefield County […]
September 7, 1955, were you there? The Edgefield High School Bulldogs will open their 1955 football season Friday night when they meet the Williston-Elko Blue Devils in Williston. The kick-off is scheduled for 8 p.m. The Bulldogs have been hard at work since August 15th, under the leadership this year of Coach Roddy. They worked […]
– Farmers Markets in the Edgefield County-Ridge Area – Hugh Weathers, South Carolina’s Commissioner of Agriculture, is asking South Carolinians to join him in celebrating Farmers Market Month in August by shopping at a farmers market in their community. Governor Nikki Haley has again proclaimed August as Farmers Market Month in South Carolina. Farmers Market […]
COLUMBIA, S.C. – Owners and operators of reservoirs throughout South Carolina should check their dams immediately and during the next several days for possible problems caused by heavy rainfall, the state Department of Health and Environmental Control announced today. “Owners who have the ability to lower their reservoir’s water level should safely do so to […]
The Upper Savannah SC Works System is warning job seekers about scams after a victim who was interviewed and trained online sent money for “work materials” that were never received. The victim was contacted about a data entry specialist position through the SC Works Online Services (SCWOS) messaging system. “After reviewing your profile on SC […]