Campground attendant need at Lake Hartwell

If you are part of an outgoing, active couple who would be interested in recreation work, the Army Corps of Engineers for Lake Hartwell would like to hear from you.  There’s an open contract position for park attendants at the Twin Lakes Campground near Pendleton.  Duties during the 2024 and 2025 recreation seasons include managing a gatehouse, computer operations, and […]

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Seneca home disturbance investigated

In their investigation of a S. Townville Street home disturbance late at night last Sunday in Seneca, the police charged a 42-year old woman with cruelty to children.  Law enforcement records identified the arrested woman as Felicia Patrice Harris.  A warrant signed by a policeman and issued by the city judge alleges Harris placed a child at unreasonable risk of […]

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Twenty-four new jobs promised in Belton

A maker of color and additive concentrates will uplift its facility on Youth Center Road in the Anderson County town of Belton.  Announcement by the governor’s office hails the expansion plans of Additive Plastics Group and its promise to invest $6 million and create up to 25 jobs by October 2024.  Those interested in working there should email Marc Vanover.

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Westminster area boil water advisory

A contractor accidentally cut a main line, requiring a boil water advisory for customers along a number of roads in Westminster’s rural service territory.  According to the utilities department, the following customers should vigorously boil their drinking water a full two minutes on the Philip Lear Road, the Chauga Road, Tabor Road, and Dr. John’s Road, south of Philip Lear.  […]

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Movement on an Oconee County-Walhalla fire contract

In meetings on opposite sides of Walhalla’s Main drag, there were votes Tuesday night on an extension of an agreement for the city fire department to answer fire calls within a 5-mile unincorporated radius of the corporate limits. Sarai Melendez, chairwoman of Walhalla’s fire committee, says her committee last night voted unanimously to recommend a continuing resolution to the full […]

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Two condemnation rulings

Two property takings cases were decided this morning in an Oconee courtroom by rulings of Resident Circuit Judge Scott Sprouse.  Each one involves only small amounts of land, but land that the DOT deems is needed to improve Fair Play’s tricky confluence of SC 24, 59, and 182.  Sprouse approved $22,038 as just compensation for Edgar Alexander and his late […]

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A project to change Utica’s landscape

Some of the community’s life was lost at the turn to the 21st century when Utica’s long-time textile plant closed for good.  Now, a new vision for what’s left of the building on S. 6th Street at the edge of Seneca’s corporate limits.  Members of Oconee County Council predict that a developer’s plans for Seneca Mill Lofts will change Utica’s […]

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