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State Representative Bill Sandifer is talking optimistically that there will soon be an announcement on a company interested in locating a new facility in Oconee County that would bring jobs. In his Fair-Town Times column, Sandifer wrote, “This project has involved a great deal of time and energy, but it’s been very exciting. I am not able to share details […]
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The mother and daughter who own and operate a successful and growing floral and design business in Seneca received an award today symbolic of high ethical standards and the ideals of Rotary International. Nan Dais and her daughter, Christine Dais, own and operate the Heartwarmers store in Dogwood Plaza Shopping. They were moved to tears today as Debbie Dubose, president […]
Read moreOwners and operators of reservoirs statewide should check their dams today, and through the next several days, for possible problems caused by heavy rainfall from Hurricane Joaquin, according to the S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control. “Owners of reservoirs should take the appropriate steps to safely lower the water level in their reservoir if additional storage for the anticipated […]
Read moreBarbara Garrett Deal, 82, of 421 Albert’s Road, Seneca died Wednesday at AnMed Hospial. She was the widower of Richard Deal. The funeral will be 11 a-m Saturday from the Chapel of Sandifer Funeral Home. The family receives friends from 10-11 a-m, prior to the service at the funeral home. Burial will follow in Oconee Memorial Park. Family members are […]
Read moreAfter Tuesday next week, builder Tom Markovich may be on his way to realizing his dream to turn Oconee’s former courthouse into a hotel. The County Council Tuesday night is set to give the first of three required readings to an ordinance that conveys the dilapidating building at Walhalla’s Main and S. Church to a Markovich group called “Historic Oconee […]
Read moreWestminster will move Music on Main tomorrow indoors to avoid the rain. Ken Sloan of the Mountain Lakes CVB predicts 100% rain chance tomorrow night, so the event will take place inside the Music Hall. Everyone is invited.
Read moreWhether you are bound for what could be a wet Clemson game Saturday night or whether you simply want to get away from Hurricane Joaquinn’s effect on the low and mid state, The South Carolina Department of Transportation (SCDOT) urges motorists to use caution and avoid flooded roadways in the coming days. Rain causes wet pavement, which reduces vehicle traction […]
Read moreHospitals within the Greenville Hospital System have attained success in steering nearly two thousand uninsured patients into programs that focus on education and care. Yet the cost to hospitals for uncompensated care continues to rise. The budget for Oconee Memorial Hospital for fiscal year 2016 includes about $29 million for charity and bad debt expense. Hunter Kome, president of the […]
Read moreSeneca’s Lowell Ross was a youngster 70 years ago today, but he still remembers the clamor and the excitement in this country that greeted the end of the Second World War. And today October 1 marks 70 years of a major post-war event. It was the day that an International Military Tribunal announced the sentences for two dozen individuals deemed […]
Read moreIf you have an interest in Oconee County’s future, Salem is the place to be tonight. At 6 o’clock at the Community Center, county planning staff will present an updated version of the Oconee Comprehensive Plan. Josh Stephens, deputy director of community development, says everyone is invited.
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