Aiken Electric Cooperative (AEC) Area Director, Todd Scoggins has been volunteering with Salkehatchie Summer Service Camp for over 12 years with his dad, seventeen-year veteran Gene Scoggins. Now his son, Benji Scoggins is embracing the family tradition. Also volunteering, for a second year, was AEC Crew Chief Chris Turner. Salkehatchie Summer Service Camp is a […]
Letter to the Editor Dear Editor: I just moved out of the County where I lived for 16 years. Have become weary of constantly having to call animal control about neighbor dogs coming in my yard, barking at me, pooping all over right next to my house; neighbors with 5 large dogs out in the road, […]
Scott Goyette who sent word to Michelle Simpkins to contact him in Costa Rica, where he is this week for a conference, if he is needed for press information. He is coming to Edgefield next week to give a motivational speech at W.E. Parker. The time and date is 5:00 (reception), and presentation is […]
The two women whose art will appear in the Aiken Artist Gallery of the Aiken Center for the Arts in July are both educators who now seek second careers as artists. Debbie Black is a recent retiree whose varied career in education ended this past June with her last days as an assistant principal at […]
On the weekend of June 20, 2015 Tim Worth of Edgefield, SC, travelled to Harkers Island, North Carolina, to compete in the “rig of six” working decoy competition hosted by the Core Sound Waterfowl Museum. In this competition rigs of six working decoys are floated in the sound and judged from the bank. Tim entered […]
Opinion – By Brian McCracken – I am a white, middle-class South Carolinian male raised and instilled with Republican values, and I support taking down the Confederate flag flying in front of the South Carolina State House. I am a former Civil War reenactor, an avid lover of history who can name each successive battle, […]
Cancelled: July 9 Planning Commission Meeting has been cancelled. Farmer’s Market: Edgefield Farmers Market is open on the square on Saturdays from 9 to 1. For more info call Carolyn at 803-507-00278. Johnston Farmer’s & Artist’s Market : Thursdays from 4 – 6 p.m. on Calhoun Street, with fresh fruits and vegetables, baked goods, artwork, […]
Opinion – By Robert Scott – This week’s news throughout the state will doubtless be dominated by discussions regarding the Confederate Battle Flag on the grounds of the State House, as well it should. By the time you read this issue of The Edgefield Advertiser, the issue may very well have been settled, and change […]
An overflow crowd met with the former Arkansas Governor and 2016 Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee, the first such candidate to visit Edgefield County since Newt Gingrich in 2012. The local Republican Party hosted the event at The Edgefield General Store on Main Street. Guests were standing in line before the appointed hour of 9:00 […]
GOODLETTSVILLE, Tenn. – July 2, 2015 – Dollar General will celebrate the opening of its new location at 2494 Edgefield Road in Trenton next Saturday, July 11 at 8 a.m. with free prizes and special deals. Dollar General will offer Trenton residents a convenient new place to shop for everyday essentials at low prices. Additionally, […]