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Jim Mann, chairman of Oconee Republicans, vowed this week that his party’s town hall meeting will take place next week on Tuesday, October 10.  The intent to have the meeting goes back months but has been mired in controversy over how many members of the five-member county council will elect to attend.  The controversy has centered on whether such a […]

If it’s October, you can count on Stacy Jackson talking up the annual event that reflects on Walhalla’s Germanic founding.  Oktoberfest is just two weekends away.  Visitors over the three-day festival can count on many of the mainstays, such as fireworks, carnival rides, and vendors offering arrays of crafts and the like.  Stacy Jackson of the Oktoberfest Committee is a […]

Chairman Matthew Durham of the Oconee County Council and county staff workers have returned from a New York City meeting that looked at county finances.  According to Durham, it was a consult-type meeting with officials of Moody’s and Standard and Poor centering on the county’s bond rating, as the county moves toward sewer expansion.  In his newsletter, Durham writes, “The […]

West Union taxpayers will dig a bit deeper this year to satisfy their obligation to town government.  Christy Hubbard, the Oconee County auditor, announced this week that of the county’s five municipalities, only West Union property taxes are figured for an increase in 2023.  Hubbard says West Union’s tax rate   will reflect a 54.3 millage.  

A retired government relations consultant has ideas as to what’s ahead for the highest court in the land, and he’ll share them during a meeting this month at Clemson.  The League of Women Voters of Oconee-Pickens invites the public to its next meeting — 7 to 8 o’clock Tuesday night, October 17 at the Clemson United Methodist Church, 300 Frontage […]

Oconee Sheriff’s Office announces a juvenile referral is completed and turned over to Family Court and the subject of that referral, a 15-year-old, is being charged with unlawful carrying a firearm, making student threats, and possessing a weapon on school property. The teenager sent to the Department of Juvenile Justice facility in Columbia. According to the sheriff’s office, investigation reveals […]

Inspired by a recent meeting program, the Walhalla Rotary Club has started a fundraising project to make adaptive bicycles available to local schools.  The Rotarians have chosen James Brown Elementary School to be the first recipient of a bike designed for children with mobility disabilities who often don’t get a lot of physical exercise.  Just one bike costs $4 thousand, […]

An Oakway resident, who is a former Florida resident, registered a plea at last night’s meeting of the Oconee County Council, for Oconeeans to be better stewards of the land.  In blunt language to the county fathers, Hannah Lowe suggested there are a number of Oconeeans who believe county government has fallen “into the hands of developers.”  Lowe hails from […]

The city of Clemson’s contractor, GarCon Construction, has begun work on the wastewater system in various neighborhoods across the Pickens County municipality. It’s a project in advance of larger repairs to water, sewer, and stormwater infrastructure in the neighborhoods.  What’s called “point” repairs are to remove obstruction issues in the main sewer lines on Riggs Drive, Poole Lane, Monaco Estates, […]

At Toccoa, Georgia, it’s going to be a four-day weekend, starting Thursday, to mark 23 years of a paratrooper reunion that has grown to a community event attracting visitors from just about everywhere.  Currahee Military Weekend started in 2001 as a reunion for the men who trained at Camp Toccoa during the Second World War.  Now the weekend celebrates and […]