Prayer Service: A community prayer service will be held for the families of the victims of the shootings at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church at Johnston United Methodist Church, 471 Lee St. in Johnston, SC on June 25 at 6:30 p.m. Everyone is welcome! Poetry Reading: The Discovery Center, Saturday, June 27 at 1PM. Remarkable […]
– By Alana Caddell, Advertiser Intern – If it so happened that someone driving through the backwoods of Edgefield this past week, somewhere between six and eight post meridiem, that someone might’ve seen a multitude of teenagers surrounding Antioch Baptist Church. Starting on Sunday and ending on Thursday, Antioch’s “Five Days O’ Fun” was what I […]
Peachtree Medical Center, a subsidiary of Edgefield County Hospital, welcomes a new social worker Ashton Sullivan. Sullivan received her undergraduate degree in psychology from CoastalCarolina University in Conway, S.C., and her master’s in social work from the University of South Carolina in 2010. Sullivan is married to Josh Sullivan and they reside in Ridge […]
The Edgefield Community Development Association (ECDA) invites everyone to the Annual June Downtown Movie on the Square at in historic Edgefield on Friday, June 26, 2015. Bring family, neighbors, and friends to gather around the Edgefield Square for the Showing of “The Legos Movie.” The ECDA would like to pay special thanks to Antioch Baptist […]
Saturday, June 27, 2015 at 1 PM Malaika Favorite, award-winning visual artist and poet, will read her remarkable “garment poems” and project images of her garment paintings, based on her experiments with folded canvas and the written word. Anthony Kellman, a native of Barbados and retiring Professor of English and Creative Writing at Georgia Regents […]
Mae-Ann Webb, Miss York 2015, will compete June 23-27 in the Miss South Carolina Pageant in Columbia, South Carolina. She is a native of Ridge Spring. In a recent post on Facebook Miss Webb stated, “Miss South Carolina is a job far beyond the glamorous lifestyle of wearing a crown and banner. I know that I […]
– By Tonya Guy – Edgefield lost one of her finest native sons last week. Mr. Raymond Tidwell Timmmerman, Jr. passed away on Monday, May 18, and he will be sorely missed by all who knew and loved him. Raymond was one of the best men we ever met. He was already a volunteer at the […]
Farmer’s Market: Edgefield Farmers Market is open on the square on Saturdays from 9 to 1. For more info call Carolyn at 803-507-00278. Class Meeting: W.E. Parker High Class of 1966 will hold a class meeting Saturday, June 13, at Aiken Electric Cooperative Meeting Room from 9 to 11 a.m. in preparation for the 50th […]
The Edgefield County Theater Players are presenting Deathtrap, a thriller by Ira Levin; the play opens on Friday, June 12. Dave Engelman is directing the play. Audiences will see a new face among the Edgefield actors, that of Diana Kogon. Also among the players is Stephanie Turner, Bob Fitch and Chris Clancy. Tickets may be […]
The public is cordially invited to a Cemetery Centennial Celebration. The Edgefield Civic League and Edgefield Cemetery Association will celebrate their 100th Anniversary this month. On 23 June 1915, the two organizations merged in order to better serve the citizens of Edgefield. These groups are still working together and assisting Edgefield today. To commemorate this […]