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Oconeeans interested in connecting to the online world are invited to a meeting this week at the Oconee campus of Tri-County Technical College. The meeting will be 10:30 Wednesday morning. The GetConnectedSC campaign is holding a 26-community listening tour and a Better-Internet Survey. Information gathered is to shape a five-year Broadband plan for the state. GetConnectedSC has bi-partisan support as […]
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A 10th circuit judge told the parties in a damages hearing today that he will decide the amount in a case in which a Keowee Key woman was asphyxiated when entrapped by a newly-installed dumbwaiter in her home. This morning’s proceeding, presided at by Judge McIntosh, was a default damages hearing in a case brought on behalf of the late […]
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In the aftermath of time called on the Sanctuary Pointe project, an expansion of the Lake Hartwell State Park is being mentioned as a possibility for a Lake Hartwell peninsula off I-85 at the exit 1 interchange at Fair Play. It’s one possibility, according to information received by 101.7/WGOG NEWS, on the 325-acrepeninsula. The property belongs to the U-S Army […]
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City of Clemson seeks an outside grant to replace waterlines and non-standard hydrants east of the corporate limits. Clemson is pursuing a Community Development Block Grant of nearly $686 thousand dollars for a project to benefit 113 people in the area of east of Anderson Highway between New Hope Road, Pendleton Road, and Old Stone Church Road. Benefits are described […]
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An I-85 shooting death has been ruled suicide. Greg Shore, Anderson County coroner, said his office investigated a motor vehicle accident around noon yesterday on 85 North, mile marker 10. Shore’s deputy, Ty Blackwell, identified the victim and determined death came from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. The gunfire resulting the vehicle hitting a guardrail. In line with policy of the […]
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A motorcycle left N. Highway 11 last night, struck a ditch and overturned. The coroner and the highway patrol report the accident at 11 and SC 130/Whitewater Falls Road took the life of the motorcycle operator. Coroner Addis identified the deceased as James Richard Reid, 70, of Salem. The accident was reported to 9-1-1 just before 9 o’clock.
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The execution of a search warrant Thursday by the Oconee County Sheriff’s Office in Fair Play led to the arrest of two subjects and the seizure of approximately 885 grams of Methamphetamine. The search warrant was executed by Narcotics Agents and the Sheriff’s Office S.W.A.T. team at 326 Rebel Holler Drive. The search warrant was obtained as a result of […]
Read moreIf you like to follow the dollar signs associated with county services, Oconee Council chambers the place to be this morning. Amanda Brock, the county administrator, proposed a balanced budget of $67 million for the government year to start July 1. As he’s done in previous years, Council Chairman Elliott started the budget hearing with a flat statement: growth in […]
Read moreThe Fair-Town Times extends congratulations to Aubrey Smith, a first grader at Fair-Oak Elementary School, as a winner in the Western Region Youth Art Month Exhibit. Aubrey Smith’s mixed media collage, entitled “Alligator”, was first place out of 116 elementary entries from 38 schools across the Upstate. The Fair-Town Times quotes Fair-Oak art teacher Stan Dubose as saying, “Aubrey is […]
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A new grant program called “Uniquely Walhalla” offers incentives to encourage new business, expansion of existing businesses – all directed, the city says, to create high-paying jobs compatible with the climate in today’s Walhalla. The city’s Economic Development and Community Vibrancy Initiative includes the façade grant program, started in 2017. Uniquely Walhalla will offer up to four matching grants, each […]
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