Zoning variance granted on Seneca’s Lee Lane

Builder Flay Dalrymple received the go ahead at Seneca City Hall last night to split a 10,000 square foot lot on Lee Lane near Northside Elementary School into two lots, on which he may build two separate single family houses.  The board of zoning appeals approved a variance.  There are townhomes connected by party walls on Lee Lane, but Dalrymple […]

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Staying prepared at Oconee Memorial

Accreditation surveyors are expected to arrive within the next few months at the Oconee Memorial Hospital.  Hunter Kome, president of the Oconee Medical Campus of GHS, says, “We have our routine accreditation survey coming up sometime between now and November.  It is always unannounced, but has to occur within three years of the previous survey.”  At Oconee Memorial, the focus […]

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Hotel project denied variance for parking spots

    A vote last night at City Hall throws doubt into whether By-Pass 123 in Seneca will get a 100-room hotel.  The zoning board of appeals rejected property owner Kishyam LLC’s request to vary from the required parking spaces by 18%.  Property owner representative John Adams of Adams Commercial Real Estate sought permission to build the project with 29 […]

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Angie Moore

  Seneca – Angela “Angie” Darlene Moore, 49, wife of Dennis Edward Moore, 2448 Owens Road, passed away Wednesday, June 14, 2017 at Greenville Memorial Hospital. A funeral service will be held 11 am, Saturday, June 17, 2017 at the Chapel of Sandifer Funeral Home.  Burial will follow in Heritage Memorial Gardens.  The family will receive friends from 6-8 pm, […]

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Carlie Butts

  North Augusta, SC – Carlie Glenn Butts, 88, husband of Sara Suttles Butts, 101 Eagle Road, passed away Thursday, June 15, 2017 at University Hospital. A graveside service will be held 2 pm, Monday, June 19, 2017 at Heritage Memorial Gardens with burial to follow.  The family will receive friends from 6-8 pm, Sunday June 18, 2017 at Sandifer […]

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Homeless shelter guest accused of stealing car

  An Anderson man has been arrested and charged with stealing a car in Seneca.  Police records state the arrested man, Christian Robert Turner, was a guest at the Our Daily Rest homeless shelter in Seneca when the car theft occurred.  The crime occurred February 19. The Seneca police used surveillance footage to implicate the 25-year old Turner as having […]

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5-cent hike in school food prices

District administrators have asked Oconee school trustees to approve a five-cent increase in the cost of student meals.  As proposed by Steve Hanvey, assistant superintendent, the increase for both breakfast and student meals for students would start with the new school year August 17.  Prices for adult school meals are set by another government agency.  

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Senate reaffirms NATO commitment

U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham’s resolution reaffirming the United States Senate’s commitment to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) was adopted by a 100-0 vote. “Article 5 states that an attack on one NATO nation is an attack on all,” said Graham, a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee.  “This is an important founding principle of NATO and the concept […]

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Arthur “Art” Escritt

Walhalla – Arthur “Art” Edmund Escritt, 79, widower of the late Loraine “Lori” Ann Aslakson Escritt, 165 Bradfield Lane, passed away Tuesday, June 13, 2017 at his residence.    A memorial service will be held 7 pm, Friday, June 23, 2017 at the Chapel of Sandifer Funeral Home.  The family will receive friends from 6-7 pm, prior to the service at […]

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Formal order filed in Pioneer case

The written order by Judge McIntosh that denies a temporary restraining order for the legal opponents of Pioneer Rural Water is now part of the case file in the Oconee Court of Common Pleas.  Word came late last month that McIntosh ruled against Oconee County and the cities of Seneca and Westminster in their attempt to halt construction of the […]

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