The next Living History Saturday in Edgefield will be held on June 8th and spectators can anticipate some real excitement! Members of the South Carolina Independent Civil War Re-enactors Association are setting up a display near the Edgefield History Wall and will demonstrate various Revolutionary War and Civil War weaponry, including a mortar. These items […]
– By Tiffani Ireland – The Edgefield County Council held a joint public hearing regarding two ordinances at their regularly scheduled monthly meeting, Tuesday, June 4. Neither the ordinance to expand the Highway Overlay District from Highway 25 South from the Aiken County line to the beginning of Greenhouse Road nor the ordinance to allow […]
– By Tiffani Ireland – If you have driven by the Edgefield County Hospital lately, chances are you have noticed the agency’s new look due to the absence of the large pines that used to decorate the roadside in front of the facility. The hospital recently cut down the longstanding trees, as ECH’s Leslie Seigler […]
![SCDOT Closes Road – Could Be Closed For Month [Updated]](https://www.edgefieldadvertiser.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/road-closed.jpg "SCDOT Closes Road – Could Be Closed For Month [Updated]")
– By Tiffani Ireland – The SC Department of Transportation closed Country Club Hills Drive from Gregory Lake Road to Mealing Road Thursday afternoon, June 6, due to damage sustain from recent rains. According to a spokesperson with the SCDOT, the bridge on this road has been completely closed, and the road is open to […]
Johnston Farmer’s & Artist’s Market begins Thursday, June 6, from 4 – 6 p.m. in front of the Library/Warehouse on Calhoun Street. Edgefield Farmers Arts and Crafts Market: On the Town Square every Sat. through first Sat. in Sept. 9:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m. $5 per day. For more info call Carolyn Piekielniak @ 637-6861 or 803-507-0278. […]
Edgefield County EMS provides First Aid Training for a group of small children at Edgefield County Youth Empowerment Center’s After School “Matters” Program. “The majority of the children we serve spend a few hours home alone before or after school due to the work schedule or other commitments of their caregiver, says, Edgefield County Youth […]
JOHNSTON, S.C. – Mr. Nelson G. (Peanut) Smith, 81, of Calhoun St., husband of the late Lillie Vaughan Smith, died Tuesday June 4, 2013 at Trinity Mission Health and Rehab. Funeral Services will be held Thursday at 11 A.M. at Edgefield Mercantile Funeral Home with burial in Sunset Gardens Memorial Park in Edgefield. Mr. Smith […]
Here are some cast members from Second Samuel, the play opening tomorrow night at the Wm. Miller Bouknight Theatre in Edgefield, photographed just before the curtain was raised for the Monday night dress rehearsal. They are the town doctor (far left), Woodward (far right), U. S. (seated) and B Flat (in coveralls). His name was Bernie […]
Dear Editor: At the most recent meeting of the Edgefield County School District Board of Education, the Board voted 5-2 (Mr. Bibbs and Ms. Hammond were the dissenting votes) to eliminate the Montessori program at Douglas Elementary. This decision robs us of the only school-choice program in the district, and cuts the only early childhood […]
EDGEFIELD, S.C. – Mr. Mozel Smith, 80, of Dogwood Lane, entered into rest June 2, 2013 at his residence. Funeral arrangements will be announced later. Mr. Smith, a native of Edgefield County was a member of Springfield Baptist Church. Survivors include his wife, Mary Moore Smith; three sons, Moses Smith, Edgefield, SC; William Bland, Lanham, […]