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A Ramcat Alley businessman succeeded on his second try at elective office in the City of Seneca, and Stuart Pohl says he’s glad to be serving. Councilman Pohl admitted today that a year and a half in office has taught him that his impressions as an outsider to City Hall haven’t held up after being an insider. During a public […]
Read moreA meeting in Seneca this morning opened with a moment of silence to remember September 11, 2001. Ed Halbig, at the start of a public policy chat at the offices of the Oconee Chamber of Commerce, called for the moment of silence and told the group that those killed 14 years ago were a lot like those in this morning’s […]
Read moreSouth Carolina’s Republican U-S senators are vocalizing their call to allow a Senate vote on President Obama’s nuclear deal with Iran. Senator Tim Scott says the Senate must return next week for a vote because the stakes are too high. Scott accuses Senate Democrats of trying to silence the voice of the American people. His colleague, Lindsey Graham, took to […]
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To allow larger aircraft to land and take off, Oconee County is pursuing a runway extension that would require re-locating part of the Shiloh Road. But one aeronautics commissioner thinks the time is also right to try something new on another side of the airport. Eddie Perry said last night he believes Clemson University is interested in expanding its presence […]
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Oconee County is without a full-time airport director during one of the airport’s busiest times of the year. But the chairman of the aeronautics commission is hopeful the situation will be remedied soon. Sam Carver held the job for only a few months before he resigned. In the interim the county has temporarily brought back the retired Kevin Short, but […]
Read moreAttorneys representing an Oconee public school student filed a damage suit today against the school district, alleging that the student was a victim of an initiation ritual in which older students restrained the younger boy, forced him to the back of a bus, and “aggressively touched” his buttocks. At the time the boys were members of a Walhalla High soccer […]
Read moreAn individual who has made accomplishments in the field of environmental protection received the Service to Mankind Award as presented today by the Seneca Sertoma Club. The award winner is Heyward Douglass, a retired Clemson University pilot. But it’s Douglass’s efforts to advance the well being of the planet that merited the honor. He’s the executive director of the Foothills […]
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A large, three-story building within Walhalla’s core commercial area will undergo improvements and other work before it is re-occupied, according to its owner. Richard Addis says the tenant in the building is relocating her business to West Union, and he will be in the market for a new tenant. The building covers nine thousand square feet on the north side […]
Read moreSome of the Westminster area’s best cooks turned out dishes for judging in the apple baking contest as part of this year’s Apple Festival. And the winners are Nancy Miles in the adult division for her fried apple pies and Junior Duncan in the kids category for his toffee apple tarts. Kathy Duncan placed second in the adult category for […]
Read moreTree trimming and street lighting are projects approved last night by the Salem Town Council. With the help of the Blue Ridge Electric Cooperative, the town is in line for new lights where the town recently annexed as well as replacement street lights to brighten some of the darker parts of town. Salem also will trim trees and cut brush […]
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