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Seneca– Bobby Orr Grant, 87, husband of the late Joanne Swaney Grant, passed away Tuesday, December 13th, 2022 at the Prisma Health Cottingham Hospice House. Born in Oconee County, South Carolina, Bobby was the son of the late Grady Lee Grant and Ethel Holbrooks Grant. Bobby was retired from West Point Stevens where he worked as a weaver for […]
Read moreWalhalla, SC — Jimmie Lue Swaney, 83, of Walhalla, passed away on Tuesday, December 13, 2022 at Oconee Memorial Hospital. A native of Chattooga, SC, Mrs. Swaney was the daughter of the late Wade Hampton and Liza Jane Maney Goss. She worked in textiles and was of the Holiness faith. Mrs. Swaney is survived by her daughters: Ethel […]
Read moreA committee of the Joint Regional Sewer Authority turned down a request this morning on behalf of a company planning two new home developments in the vicinity of Seneca’s S. Oak Street and the Wells Highway. The JRSA’s operations and administration building committee voted 4-0 against a request from Forestar (USA) Real Estate for a variance, to allow the development […]
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In open session, Westminster City Council addressed the issue of an offer to purchase the operations from which the city derives its electric power supply. There’s division within the board of the Piedmont Municipal Agency as to whether the offer should be accepted. Westminster favors selling, according to Brian Ramey. Other members of the Upstate municipal consortium are opposed. A […]
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This evening at Walhalla’s St. Luke Methodist Church, it’ll be another day for free food. From 4:30 to 5:30 pm the following items will be dispensed from the pantry of the E. Main Street church: boxes of packaged food, along with fresh fruit, vegetable, and fish.
Read moreReports from western North Carolina: A Wells Fargo bank was the scene of an attempted robbery yesterday at Cashiers. And the Jackson County Sheriff’s Office was in the Cashiers area looking for a Hispanic male, wearing a blue and gray outfit, pants, and hooded sweatshirt. He left on foot in an unknown direction. If seen, the Cashiers public was requested […]
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Three tables in front of the seated positions of Seneca’s eight-member city council were filled with donated toys and other gifts to go to some of the local area’s neediest children. That helped create a Christmas mood for the council’s last meeting of the calendar year. And Mayor Dan Alexander departed from the printed agenda to personally hand out certificates […]
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A 23-year old man at Seneca was jailed Monday night, charged with cruelty to children. The police reported the arrest of Joshua Grant Stokes after officers conducted a welfare check November 30 at an apartment and, at first, no one answered the door, although they heard a baby crying. The arrest warrants allege Stokes placed a child at an unreasonable […]
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Seneca native Christi Roberts is the new assistant principal at the city’s middle school. Her hiring was OK’d Monday night by the county board of school trustees. For the last five years, Roberts has worked as a guidance counselor at the school.
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A matter of potential concern for property owners within five miles of the Seneca corporate limits reared itself following a closed-door meeting last night at city hall. All hands flew up on a motion to notify Oconee County that Seneca will not renew an inter-government agreement that provides fire protection and first response services covering a radius of five miles […]
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