Dear Editor: The Staff of the SPCA Treasure Chest would like to extend our gratitude to everyone who donated their leftovers to our store after the big Yard Sale, Peachtree 23. Without your donations we could not stay in business. Your thoughtfulness and caring for the animals means so much to us. Thank you all, […]
The King of Cats, Billy Herron, with another Monster Flathead Catfish caught in Stevens Creek. This Cat was 32 ½ lbs. caught over the recent holiday weekend around midnight Saturday night. Billy and Kathleen Herron, a fishing duo who fish Stevens Creek year round, also caught another 100 lbs. of flatheads and blues including one […]
June 7, 2013 This month, I’m taking a break from the usual County Council update to discuss one topic: Your opportunity for more involvement in County Government. Before I go there, I want to point out that what the County Council decides each month does affect your life. For example, we are taking up critical […]
Genealogy 101 classes, presented by the Old Edgefield District Genealogical Society, are being offered at the Tompkins Library, 104 Courthouse Square, Edgefield, S. C., one Saturday a month. These well-attended meetings provide researchers with a basic understanding of how to start researching their family history and how to utilize various records. The next class will […]
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 […]