Author: Dick Mangrum

On one hand, to be regarded a fast-growing county in a state that still has pockets of poverty is seen as a good thing.  But when is fast growth a detriment? Growth issues were again front-and-center at the Oconee County Council.  When the council sat for its July meeting last night, the audience was filled with residents — many of […]

A long-time Oconee public school trustee will stand down at the November General Election and when he does, a 39-year education career will finish.  Buddy Herring of Fair Play has spent 16 years as the District Five trustee on the county board.  He has decided to not endorse anyone to succeed him but, as he explained in a 101.7/WGOG NEWS […]

Crimestoppers of Oconee has a new website and a new telephone number for easier access for those who anonymously submit tips and seek further information.  www.71crime.com is the new official website.  For crime tipsters, call 844/71-CRIME (27463).  You can still submit a tip by text by downloading the free P3 app.  A “Wanted Wednesday” video segment is featured each Wednesday […]

A “State of Six Mile” dinner will take place Thursday evening, July 25.  Interested members of the public are invited to the $25 dollar-a-ticket event at the Six Mile Town Hall.  Among the speakers:  Mayor James Atkinson.  A special presentation from the South Carolina Municipal Association is also planned.  

Part of Clemson’s Keowee Trail is closed starting today to allow the Fowler Corporation to install storm drainage infrastructure as part of the 412 College Project.  The work could take two weeks.  To access Abernathy Park, enter from 123; for businesses opposite the road closure, enter from College Avenue.

A zoning appeal at a WS 3rd Street address will be heard tonight at the Seneca City Hall.  The city board of appeals will consider a request by Jason Brewer for relief from the setback rules as they apply at 315 WS 3rd Street.  The hearing starts at 6 o’clock.

An autopsy takes place today to assist the Oconee coroner in the investigation of the death yesterday of a 53-year-old Walhalla man.  Coroner Addis says emergency divers pulled Scott Lamar Price from water 12 to 15 feet deep near Clemson.  Just before 8:30 yesterday morning, authorities were alerted by the report of a drowning in Lake Hartwell near the Hart’s […]

A spokeswoman for South Carolina PRT confirms I-85 Fair Play can expect a new state welcome center.  The design has been completed, says Samantha Queen, and the replacement welcome center is to be built near the existing one but closer to Lake Hartwell, which will allow visitors a better view of the Corps of Engineers’ lake that straddles the Georgia […]

Over the weekend a closed sign appeared at the Subway restaurant next to the Clemson Dockside.  And this afternoon Dockside’s Brent Little said a group has purchased the Subway site and are putting in a Hip Burger restaurant there.  Little said, “We don’t have a burger joint at Dockside, so it’s a great fit….”

  Clemson’s large Dockside project of apartment living and commercial space received an innovator’s award during the Student Housing Business annual meeting in Austin, Texas.  Dockside covers more than 22 thousand square feet of property abutting Lake Hartwell at the bridge into Oconee County.  The Dockside partners –the builder, the architects, and the bankers – developed the project in a […]