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The Walhalla Rotary Club is breaking with tradition. No longer does the club meeting at the city’s community depot. The Rotarians have switched their location to the Steak House, as well as the day of the week for their meetings. They’ll now meet on Thursdays, in place of Mondays. The noon hour meeting time remains unchanged.
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An apparent defective brake light on a 1999 Lexus was the impetus this week for a Seneca police officer to stop the driver. The result was a driving under suspension charge against Pendleton resident Mandy Veronica Dehondt. Later Oconee Sheriff’s Office confirmed a second infraction – an arrest warrant alleging 38-year old Dehondt committed breach of trust with fraudulent intent. […]
Read moreA wire service reports that a prosecutor would like the testimony of a Pickens County homeowner as part of an investigation whether Donald Trump and his allies illegally tried to influence the 2020 election in Georgia. Testimony of Mark Meadows is one of a number of testimonies being sought for special grand jury next month in Atlanta. The A-P—the […]
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Oconee County is such a wide geographic place on the map that rainfall amounts often vary. It happens, as our official weather watcher tell us. While Walhalla yesterday had nothing more than .04″ the weather gauge at the home of the Salem Mayor, Lynn Towe, filled with 1.5″.
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Amanda Brock gives credit to Scott Moulder and Robert W. Faires III for shining a light on a community where crime is a problem and where several homes have fallen into disrepair. Brock says Utica community at the edge of Seneca is one of the rare spots in Oconee County where there are paved sidewalks outside a municipality. As the […]
Read moreAn early morning fire in Westminster apparently had a small life–once the city fire fighters got wind of it. Rural Fire Control reported the fire at 4 o’clock this morning on Dickson Street. A building fire, but no one hurt.
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An apparent irresistible pull has Leigh Baker returning to his former California homeland, and its means that Westminster loses a utilities director who, in a short time, spearheaded improvements to the delivery of water, sewer, and electricity. After a closed-door get together, Mayor Brian Ramey announces that Leigh Baker is headed back to California for an opportunity that he could […]
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With 42 jobs currently unfilled, Oconee County is changing its strategy to find workers for the future. Amanda Brock, the county administrator, Oconee County government realizes that selling a young person on the county’s benefits’ package is far from adequate. Brock explained to Seneca Rotarians that young people simply are not concerned about retirement or the future when they’ll need […]
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In her time as county administrator, Amanda Brock says the best was attained the moment the Oconee airport director told her that the county had been approved for a $6.9 million federal grant. The money will be spent to fix the deteriorating paved runway. It was a great moment in Brock’s estimation because Oconee County had been led to believe […]
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City of Clemson invites everyone on next month’s anniversary of the worst attack ever on the U-S mainland by building unity throughout the community with acts of kindness and service. A way to observe the September 11 National Day of Service and Remembrance. This year September 11 falls on a Sunday.
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