Choices- A Lifetime Development sponsored its 5th Annual Scholarship Banquet on Sunday, June 29, 2014 at 6pm at Old Macedonia Baptist Church’s Family Life Center. There was a grand ole time had in a very electric atmosphere that boasted participants and honorees from both sides of the Savannah River and a speaker out of the […]
The Edgefield High School Class of 1944 held their 70th Class Reunion on Saturday, July 12, 2014, at the Pine Ridge Country Club. J. P. Calliham welcomed the class to the reunion and Betty Strom Carey gave a blessing over the prime rib dinner. Dot Ouzts Wofford called the roll after dinner with each in […]
Edgefield Farmers and Artisans Market: Town Square, every Saturday until November from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Plants, vegetables, fresh eggs, crafts and more. Vendors welcome. Info: 706-631-5564. Johnston Farmers Market: with seasonal fruits & vegetables, baked goods, artist’s painting, etc. is held Thursday afternoons from 4 until 6 pm. CSRA Family & Friends Day: […]
Courtesy of the North Augusta Star where this story ran July 9 – By Scott Rodgers – Holly Mims, a 4K teacher at Merriwether Elementary School, will take the reins. She will continue her duties at the elementary school. “My daughter was on the team last year, and she came home in May and said […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Outstanding middle school students from across the United States will take part in an extraordinary leadership development experience, the 2014 Junior National Young Leaders Conference (JrNYLC): Foundations of Leadership I, an Envision program. The program provides a historical view of leadership and encourages young scholars to develop their own leadership skills and […]
The Edgefield County Public Library will host three more Summer Reading programs: Tuesday, July 22 at 10:30 a.m. is Fun with Robots when we will build robots with Legos. This if for younger children. Friday, July 25 at 4:00 p.m. is a Forensic Feast when we will make gelatin brains and eyeballs and learn about the forensic sciences. This is […]
Matt Herring has been Edgefield First Baptist Church’s Minister of Music and Youth for the past three years. He and his wife Laura are moving next week to Charlotte/Mooresville, NC, area to West Methodist Church. There they will find a fast growing church with lots of young people, such as the EFBC ones in the […]
The Friends of the Edgefield County Public Library have issued an invitation to all to participate in a group photography exhibit September 18-August 17, 2014. This will take place at the Edgefield County Library on Courthouse Sq., Edgefield. Original photos of historical interest from any period (buildings, person, landscape or object) are solicited in this […]
Sunday, June 29, 2014, was a special day in the life of EUMC. After years of planning and hard work, a new parsonage was dedicated during worship services. The parsonage, located on Buncombe Street, is the result of a vision first begun by a long range planning committee. This committee knew that in order for […]
Upon learning of the need for paper products in Lashmeet, West Virginia, Ridge Spring Baptist Church immediately offered their help. And here is their story as they told it. What started as an idea in a Sunday School Class, quickly spread to include the entire church and community. David Sawyer issued a challenge to all […]