CELEBRATING CHRISTMASES PAST Saturday, December 19, 2015 The Edgefield Community Development Association (ECDA) invites everyone to Home for the Holidays by enjoying “Celebrating Christmases Past” on the Square in Historic Edgefield on Saturday, December 19, 2015. Activities on the square begin at 11:00 a.m. with a display of antique tractors and automobiles and their owners […]
As part of the Heritage Holidays 2015 celebration, there will be a “Ghost Walk” tour in Willowbrook Cemetery on December 19th at 6:00 p. m. Attendees will have the rare opportunity to meet historic characters from Edgefield’s colorful past, including Mr. Preston Smith Brooks and Mrs. Lucy Pickens. Tickets are $10.00 each (children under 12 […]
On Saturday past, the second weekend of Christmas events in Edgefield, music and poetry rang out over the square. Music even went down Main Street, as the Springfield Church Children’s Choir serenaded customers and shop keepers with Christmas tunes. Later the Springfield Children’s Choir performed on stage, along with the W. E. Parker Choir. […]
On Saturday December 12th area voters had the opportunity to see and hear a major presidential candidate. Over 4,000 people packed the USC Aiken Convocation Center to hear first hand some of the positions Mr. Donald Trump has taken on a number of issues. It was an exciting event and was perhaps the largest political rally […]
The Boards of Self Regional Healthcare and Edgefield County Hospital announced today that they have entered into an Affiliation Agreement that is designed to enhance and improve healthcare services available in Edgefield County collaboratively. The agreement will establish a long-term, collaborative relationship between the two hospitals that is focused on community health and patient care […]
The long parade, showing over 90 entries with many of those including several under one title, held the audience’s attention throughout the almost two hours. There were many great floats to enjoy, some resounding with Christmas music (and on two the dancing was obvious), and there were the quiet ones acknowledging the meaning of Christmas. […]
Pamela Moore’s purple fence around her house created a little stir years ago when she came to live in Edgefield. She knew she would be forgiven such an unusual “appointment” because she was and is an artist. That purple fence followed her as she moved from retail business, theatre promoter, then owner of an entertainment […]
Poetry Floats My Boat Dear Editor: I’m so very pleased and proud that the “Poetry Floats My Boat” float in the Edgefield Christmas Parade was given first place as Most Original Float! Thank you to the judges for this great honor! Many, many thanks to everybody on and off the Poet Laureate Committee who helped […]
AIKEN, S.C. – Funeral Services for Miss Emma Lee (Polly) Snipes, age 90, will be held at Bland Funeral Home, Johnston, on Friday, December 11, 2015 at 2 o’clock with burial to follow in Sunset Gardens Memorial Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 1-2 pm prior to the service at the funeral home, also; friends […]
Arts at the Academy: The Bettis Academy Heritage Preservation Team presents Arts at the Academy, “A Night of Culture” featuring, Miss Maykayla Dandy,( soprano) soloist, Graniteville, SC and Gentlemen of Distinction (Dancers), Columbia, SC Friday, Dec. 11, 6:00 pm at the Collins Building on Nicholson Road on the Bettis Academy campus. For ticket information, call […]