– By Bill Read of Computer Consultants Group, Inc., (ccgnet.com) of Charleston – Computer hacking events are at an all time high. This past week your venerable Edgefield Advertiser discovered that our own web server had been compromised. Our site does not contain any sensitive information, other than our own news articles, so please be […]
EDITORIAL Johnston is a quiet town – except, maybe, on Saturday night. It has been called a town to raise your children in. What is significant in the mind of this writer, at this time, is how this quiet town has produced such strength in women. When a club has lasted half a century, there […]
Dear Editor: The Edgefield Farmers Arts and Crafts Market on the Square began the first Saturday in April. This will be held every Saturday till further notice, from 8:00 a.m. till 12:00 p.m. Plans are to continue this till the first Saturday in September. The Market is sponsored by the ECDA. All crafters and farmers […]
April 5, 2013 Council passes Land Development ordinance County Council passed a land development ordinance this week. As I have mentioned before, it will play an important role as our County develops. The idea of a land development ordinance was birthed by the Edgefield County Strategic Plan. We held numerous meetings as part of the […]
Dear Editor: Each year Habitat for Humanity of North Augusta (HfHNA) builds a home for a qualified family who is living in substandard housing within the North Augusta and Edgefield areas. The partner is chosen and vetted with the assistance of community members such as local churches and businesses like Security Federal Bank without whom […]
Dear Editor: It would be great for Tony to provide a column each week. Years ago he did a fine job on my car when it “died ” during a visit to Edgefield. I enjoyed reading the article about his presentation at Shaw’s Creek Baptist Church and wish I could have been there. Happy Easter to you and […]
Dear Editor: I will be 90 years old in June. One of the things that really disturbs me is the tremendous amount of debt that America is in. I believe that this is something that all Americans should be concerned about regardless of socioeconomic background. I am also on a fixed income, but I am […]
Dear Editor: On Friday and Saturday of last week friends and family put on a Bar-B-Q Fund Raiser for me; I cannot express how much I appreciated everyone who came out to help make this so successful. All of this would not have been possible without all the help: from the food being donated, for the […]
Dear Editor: I would like to offer thanks to everyone who made the “Bags of Love” for the Edgefield County Senior Citizens a success. We made up 103 bags to give to our Edgefield County Seniors. Those who attended the Edgefield Center and Bettis Academy Center and those who receive Meals on Wheels very much […]
Dear Editor: As a two-time cancer survivor, March 1 looms greatly on my mind. Under sequestration, across-the-board cuts to nearly all government agencies, prevention, public health and funding for cancer research and other medical research supported by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) would be cut. If the Budget Sequestration is not turned off, the […]