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The kitchen at the Clemson University Madren Center anticipates a greater demand once the new alumni and visitor center is finished.  The board of trustees will use $3.6 million in housing and dining money, along with an additional $700 thousand, to upgrade the kitchen.  The trustees last week also approved two main campus projects:  a $2.5M expansion to the R-4 […]

A luncheon at the new Seneca Middle School is a sellout.  Friday’s event, arranged by Oconee County and the chamber of commerce, will serve as the annual “State of Oconee” and is considered the first venue at the school scheduled to open later this year.  Tours will be offered following the meal and the lineup of speakers.

An apartment in Bountyland was burglarized twice on the same day, but the sheriff’s office made an arrest.  According to the Oconee Sheriff’s Office, Angel Dawn Holloway, 34, is charged with petty larceny, along with first and second degree burglary.  Deputies investigated burglaries, one in the morning, one in the evening, at Gail Court.  Clothing items were stolen.

Ken Sloan says the interest of travel writers in Oconee County makes easier his job at Visit Oconee.  One of those travel writers spent part of last week in the Land Beside the Water county.  Bill Clevlen.  The man that Sloan described as a combination national/global travel writer toured the county last year and photographed attraction scenes that interested him.  […]

Parisa Fitz-Henley moved from Los Angeles to Oconee County.  She has taken up residence in the village of Newry, and she’s happy to be there.  Fitz-Henley is one of the organizers for a 130-year Newry reunion this year.   The reunion, which will feature a parade, will take place on Friday and Saturday, June 14 and 15.  It’s going to be […]

Residents of the Millbrook subdivision near Seneca have been told they have a bear problem.  The bear has tipped over trash cans, and there’s at least one video recording of its nighttime prowling.  To encourage the bear from moving onto to another area, Millbrook residents are urged to take down birdfeeders, minimize outside pet food and, until trash day, keep […]

On March 28 the South Carolina House approved H.5118, the “South Carolina Energy Security Act.”  Top state lawmakers, such as Seneca’s Bill Sandifer, say this bill is going to be good for South Carolinians in that it’s going to shore up the state’s capability to avoid blackouts, such as those Texas has experienced.  But an opposing viewpoint has arrived from […]

Fire late this morning destroyed a mobile home in southern Oconee, on Hillside Lane near the Coneross Creek Road, according to county fire chief Chris Smith.  No one was hurt.

Oconee County may be nothing like Abingdon, Virginia, Tupelo, Mississippi, and Panama City, Florida.  But a 30-year consultant in the business of tourism says those places have smartly enhanced their tourism and, he says, Oconee can do the same surprisingly without of major effort.  This morning, a large meeting room full of Oconeeans got to meet and hear Charlotte-based tourism […]

Westminster believes as a new chief of police.  Kevin Bronson, city administrator, says an offer has been extended to a seasoned officer in the Greenville Sheriff’s Office.  His name is Fred Miller.  Westminster’s current acting chief, Caitlyn Pope, who was an applicant for the job, is going to stay on as second-in-command, according to Bronson.  The city administrator believes there’s […]