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Those new Duke tax assessment numbers from Columbia are going to impact Oconee public schools by nearly $900 thousand. It’s a concern because the county trustees will have to find another avenue to square expenses with revenues. Jerry Lee, the chairman, estimates that a tax increase would fall short of 1.5 mills, but he mentions two other possibilities. The trustees […]
Read moreMembers of the governing bodies of four upstate counties have chosen Anderson this week for one of their quarterly get togethers. It’s not a formal meeting, but it will serve as a way for members of the county councils from Oconee, Anderson, Pickens and Greenville to talk with each other about issues, some of them common to them all. The […]
Read moreUnder a blue sky and in summer heat, Keowee Key residents are eager today to try out their re-built golf course. The ribbon-cutting and grand re-opening mean that 18-hole golf has been returned as one of the amenities for those who live in the Oconee County lake community. The re-built golf course, a multi-million dollar project, is one of the […]
Read moreA near 200-year old home in Pendleton, designed and built by the famous American architect Robert Mills, is headed for the auction block. Auction Services of Anderson will conduct live and online bidding at 6 o’clock Tuesday evening, September 24. Located at 112 W. Queen Street not far from the Village Green, Marshalsea is part of the estate of Mary […]
Read moreSeneca, SC — Linda Sue Carter, 73, wife of the late James Willis Carter, Sr., of 694 Poplar Springs, Rd., Westminster, SC, passed away, Friday, September 13, 2019, at Prisma Health Cottingham Hospice House. A memorial service will be held at 2:00 PM, Tuesday, September 17, 2019, at Poplar Springs Baptist Church. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made […]
Read moreSeneca – Gary Wayne Flowers, 55, husband of Nancy Flowers, passed away Saturday, September 14, 2019. A Memorial Service will be held at 3 pm, Tuesday, September 17, 2019 in the Chapel of Sandifer Funeral Home. The family will receive friends from 2-3 pm prior to the service. Flowers are accepted and Condolences may be expressed online by visiting www.sandiferfuneralhome.com.
Read moreThe production of a Walt Disney Pictures movie is scheduled for the Clemson University main campus September 14-23, including at halftime of the football game with Charlotte Sept. 21. Disney has begun production of a film called “Safety”–inspired by the story of former Clemson student-athlete Ray Ray McElrathbey, who adopted his younger brother Fahmarr while a member of the football […]
Read moreFor a second day, fire fighters were out in force to extinguish home fires in the Salem area. Today’s fire apparently broke out in the living room of an un-occupied mobile home on Bugs Road near the Shallowford Road. Clint Livingston of Emergency Services says the home owner had left the premises about an hour earlier. A neighbor, he said, […]
Read moreThe busy Seneca corner of 123 By-Pass and EN 1st Street is in line for a QT convenience store and service station. The Quiktrip Corporation of Tulsa, Oklahoma has entered into leases with two sets of property owners to build a store within a triangular piece of property that borders the By-Pass, EN 1st, and the Old Salem Road. The […]
Read moreA retired Oconee deputy sheriff was the fatal victim this week in a motorcycle accident in western North Carolina. Wayne Smith was 76 years old and a lover of riding motorcycles. A memorial service is planned 2 o’clock tomorrow afternoon at the Davenport Funeral Home. Honorary escorts will include deputy sheriffs, the Marine Corps League, and the Patriot Guard Riders.
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