Finalists named for school board seat

Three men with connections to the upper part of Oconee District 1 are the finalists for the open seat on the county board of school trustees.  The district announced Dean Bare, Steve Smith, and Richard Blackwell as the three who have been granted interviews, before the Jerry Lee replacement choice is made.  All three have existing backgrounds in the public […]

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Three men are finalists for trustee office

Three men with connections to the upper part of Oconee District 1 are the finalists for the open seat on the county board of school trustees.  The district announced Dean Bare, Steve Smith, and Richard Blackwell as the three who have been granted interviews, before the Jerry Lee replacement choice is made.  All three have existing backgrounds in the public […]

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Barbara Jean George

Seneca, SC — Barbara Jean George, 86, of 410 Rankin Drive, Seneca, passed away Monday, October 12, 2020, at Linley Park Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center.   A native of Oconee County, SC, Mrs. George was the daughter of the late William Paul and Jewel Cannon Deal. She retired from J.P. Stevens. Mrs. George was a member of Bountyland Baptist Church […]

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Virginia Beth Wartick

Seneca, SC — Virginia Beth Wartick, 67, wife of Kelvin D. Wartick, of 308 Garrison Road, Seneca, passed away Saturday, October 10, 2020, at Greenville Memorial Hospital.   A native of Brevard, NC, Mrs. Wartick was the daughter of the late Charles and Frances Heath.   In addition to her husband, Mrs. Wartick is survived by her son: Garry D. […]

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Janet Thomas

    Fair Play – Janet Lucille Thomas, 74, wife of the late Daniel P. Thomas, passed away Sunday, October 11th, 2020 at PruittHealth-Pickens in Six Mile, South Carolina.   Janet was born in Copaigue, New York, she was the daughter of the late William Andrew and Winifred “Palmer” Brachvogel. She enjoyed crocheting, scrapbooking, loved her Bible study class, caring […]

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Major Seneca plant has a new leader

BASF has named Eliza Lizardi as the new Site Director for its Seneca manufacturing plant.  She has been in manufacturing more than 25 years and previously worked as Global Product Manager for Battery Recycling at BASF in Iselin, New Jersey.  And she’s held a variety of positions around the globe, including the U-S, Mexico, and S. Africa.  BASF is currently […]

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Three make the cut

Of 12 aspirants for the open Oconee school trustee seat, we are told by a person in position to know, that three have made the cut to be interviewed during the board’s meeting October 19.  The announcement of who the three names is pending, we are told, verification of their District One residencies and, perhaps, other questions that school officials […]

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Social Security benefits increase in 2021

  Social Security and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits for approximately 70 million Americans will increase 1.3 percent in 2021, the Social Security Administration announced today. The 1.3 percent cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) will begin with benefits payable to more than 64 million Social Security beneficiaries in January 2021. Increased payments to more than 8 million SSI beneficiaries will begin on […]

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Still no plastic recycling

At this point, there’s still little hope for Oconee County to return to the business of recycling plastic materials.  At first, the issue of accepting plastics at the convenience centers centered on protecting the workers from possibly contracting COVID-19.  Now, however, as explained by Swain Still, solid waste director, the market to sell plastics has begun to dry up.  That […]

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