Antioch Sponsors Soul Surfer, “A Perfect Night on the Square” The ECDA was extremely pleased with the turn out for our June Movie-on-the-Square. “We had over 150 individuals gathered around the square, participating in all the festivities and then watching Soul Surfer. Folks were sitting in chairs and spread out on blankets. It was a postcard […]
Edgefield County Republican Primary Senate Races Massey 1411 Pettigrew 1122 Solicitor Hubbard 1408 Lively 735 Wedekind 238
The Edgefield County Sheriff’s Office responded to three separate calls involving snakes over the weekend. In two of those instances, snakes were reported being seen on or around the victims’ homes. In one of those two calls, to a home on Youngblood Road in Trenton, Friday, June 10, the homeowner reported seeing a 6 foot […]
Music and Dance Coming from the Ridge Lots of local talent, coming from the Ridge prjmarily, will be spreading their song and dance throughout the day at the 46th Annual Ridge Peach Festival in Trenton, S.C. starting at 9 a.m. Saturday morning. As noted in additional stories inn the Advertiser print edition, Brooker Strom and […]
O’Shaughnessy, Liberty Week Visitor and Lecturer Dr. Andrew Jackson O’Shaughnessy, noted British author and historian, will present a lecture in Edgefield on Wednesday evening, June 29, at 6 p.m., at The Joanne T. Rainsford Discovery Center. He is a Professor of History at The University of Virginia and Director of the International Center for Jefferson […]
JOHNSTON – Vincent Joseph DeRemigio, Jr., 79, husband of Angela Groomes DeRemigio, died Monday June 13, 2016.The family will receive friends Thursday June 16, from 5 to 7 PM at Edgefield Mercantile Funeral Home. Mr. DeRemigio, Jr. was born in Philadelphia, PA and was the son of the late Vincent J. and Helen Pistille DeRemigio, […]
Doris Quarles Bryan, 88, resident of Wesley Commons, widow of Leonard Brooke Bryan, passed away Saturday, June 11, 2016 at Self Regional Medical Center. Born in Plum Branch, SC, September 26, 1927, she was a daughter of the late Bryant and Louise Quarles. Mrs. Bryan graduated from Edgefield High School and was a member of […]
Frances Calliham West, 74, wife of Hammond West, died Saturday June 11, 2016 at Edgefield County Hospital. Funeral Services will be held Monday June 13, 2016 at 2 PM at Antioch Baptist Church with burial in church cemetery. Mrs. West was born in Edgefield County, SC and was the daughter of the late W.R. and Helen […]
This week’s column follows up on two columns from the May issues of The Edgefield Advertiser. The first topic is easy to describe: a correction from last week’s article about the June 14th Primary election. I mentioned that every registered voter may vote in that election, regardless of political party affiliation, and that there is […]
This week is the 72nd anniversary of the Western Allies Invasion of Normandy. According to The National WWII Museum, total military dead from WWII is over 15 million. Civilian dead estimates are 45 million. Over 9,000 Allied soldiers were killed during the Normandy invasion. An extremely heavy price was paid for the liberty achieved for […]