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A vote of continued confidence for Oconee’s top educator. The school district announces that Dr. Thorsland, district superintendent, shall receive a contract extension through 2026. Thorsland’s salary is also being boosted by three percent. Denise McCormick, chairwoman of the Oconee School Board, said, “All the tools we used in his evaluation point in a positive direction for our students and […]
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Westminster Seniors invites everyone for a meet-and-greet new the city’s new police chief, Fred Miller. The event will be 5 to 7 tomorrow evening on the patio of the Depot on Main Street, provided the weather holds. If the weather turns bad, the event will be held inside the building.
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Walhalla Methodists invite come one, come all this afternoon to partake in their pantry. Food will be given away 4:30 to 5:30 this afternoon at St. Luke Methodist, E. Main Street.
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The Corinth-Shiloh tax vote won’t be cast this summer. Chairman Durham of County Council held firm to his belief that, for all concerned, the November General Election is the better time for the voters inside the volunteer fire district to decide if they’ll accept higher taxes in exchange for the better protection to be offered by paid, full-time fire fighters. […]
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We are nearing one of the 11 federal holidays. Memorial Day is Monday, a time to honor and remember military servicemen and women whose lives were lost serving the country. And a number of event announcements have arrived at 101.7/WGOG. At 4 o’clock Sunday afternoon, the Clemson Corps will host a service at the university Scroll of Honor across Williamson […]
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After more than six months, Lucas Watts will return to his Oconee home. The county deputy, seriously wounded in an officer-involved shooting November 16, comes home tomorrow. His boss, Sheriff Mike Crenshaw and others are excited. According to Crenshaw, the tentative plan is for Watts to be discharged from his out of state re-hab facility sometime early tomorrow afternoon and […]
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Joshua Harrison will leave the principal’s job at Fair-Oak Elementary to move to Ravenel Elementary in the same capacity. Oconee School District announces the move of Harrison, as the result of last night’s meeting of the county trustees. In another move of transition, Sarah Melton will leave her position as special education coordinator at Seneca’s Blue Ridge Elementary School to […]
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A Clemson University student from Central, Annika DeVol, is one of five Clemson students recognized recently with a STEM-focused graduate research fellowship. The fellowships are awarded each year through the National Science Foundation. DeVol can look forward to a three-year stipend of $37 thousand and a $16 thousand cost-of-education allowance. She is a materials science and engineering major with a […]
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Oconee School District is announcing plans to again take part in the Summer Rural Meal Program, to offer free pickup of meals for children 18 and under and those with special needs under 21. It will run May 28 through July 26 and the one way to guarantee a meal package is to pre-order. Jennifer Dodd, spokeswoman for the public […]
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A regulatory board in Seneca welcomed the ambitious plans of an Atlanta developer to convert a dilapidated former textile property into a multi-housing complex inside an economic opportunity zone adjoining the Utica Community. This was accomplished on two votes last night by the city planning commission: one to annex what used to be a J-P Stevens plant and the second […]
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