Seneca’s treatment charge liable to jump

Scott Moulder, Seneca city administrator, dropped strong hints last night that, as the city absorbs an anticipated treatment charge from county sewer, the city might pass on at least part of that increase to its customers.  However, at this point, everything is at the anticipation stage as both the city and the county’s Joint Regional Sewer Authority have yet to […]

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Seneca to re-examine its facility rental fees

Seneca’s elected leaders sought last night to arrive at a fair and equitable policy on the rental of city facilities.  In question was whether the mayor and council would be willing to waive a second time its $1,400 rental charge to the Oconee Republicans who wish to use Gignilliat Community Center for their April 10 county convention.  Scott Moulder, city […]

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Loaded guns, narcotics, alcohol seized in traffic stop

A traffic violation early Sunday raised the suspicions of a county deputy on U-S 123 in Oconee County. After learning that the Dodge pickup truck was registered as a Honda, the deputy investigated further and discovered two loaded weapons, narcotics and an open container of alcohol.  The weaponry was identified as a pistol and a shotgun.  The following charges were […]

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Oconeean wanted on out of state charges

A 20-year old man near Walhalla was jailed on the charge of fugitive from justice.  Announcement by the Oconee Sheriff’s Office of the arrest of Mark Roy Paul Groscope of the Coffee Road stated that he was jailed late last night and transferred this morning to the custody of the Rabun County, Georgia Sheriff’s Office.  According to a fugitive warrant […]

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Barbara Wood

  Seneca – Barbara Lugene Pickens Wood, 80, beloved wife of the late Howard “Pa” Wood, Sr, 274 J Stone Circle, passed away Monday, March 29th, 2021 at her residence surrounded by her family.   A native of Cannon, Georgia, she was the daughter of the late Alvin and Willie Owens Pickens. Mrs. Wood was a homemaker, a collector of […]

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Thomas Edwin Gibson

Seneca, SC – Thomas Edwin Gibson, 80, husband of Martha Jeanelle Davis Gibson, of 215 Indian Trail Road, Seneca, passed away Sunday, March 28, 2021, at his home.   A native of Crossroads, SC, Mr. Gibson was the son of the late George Wallace and Arey Etta Margengill Gibson. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army and retired as […]

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With a lot of help, food giveaway was a success

Thanks to a number of businesses and individual donors, last Saturday’s food giveaway in Westminster was a major success.  Some 150 boxes of food were given away in one hour.  This was a satisfying event especially for Charles Mulwee Sr., the founder of Community Tree Center at 200 E. Main Street. Mulwee and his helpers were able to box items […]

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The Blood Connection’s presence at Cruzin’

The Blood Connection will station its mobile vehicle this Saturday at Seneca’s Cruzin’ on Main, and you can look for the blood collectors between 2 and 7 pm near the Wells Fargo Bank.  The need for donors is critical perhaps, in part, due to the mistaken belief by some people who think they can’t give blood if they have been […]

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