Teams, survivors, volunteers, sponsors and anyone interested in forming a team for the 2013 Relay for Life are invited to the Strom Thurmond High School Cafeteria, November 8, at 6 p.m. Sharen Fay, Relay for Life Chairperson, has stated that the theme for 2013 is Edgefield County Taking Steps for a Cure. She and her […]
Wizard of Oz: Strom Thurmond High School Fine Arts Department will present Wizard of Oz, a Steven McKinney production: Saturday, Nov. 3 at 2 & 7 p.m. and Sunday, Nov. 4 at 3:30 p.m. For reserved seating ($7) call Lisa Crocker at 275-1768. Farmers’ and Artists’ Market: Johnston Farmer’s & Artist’s Market continues every Thursday […]
On Tuesday night, October 23, 2012, during the regular scheduled meeting of the Edgefield County School Board, Cadet Lieutenant Jacqueline Polz was presented The Legion of Valor’s Bronze Cross Award for Achievement. Colonel (ret.) John O. Benson of Pendleton, South Carolina, a Silver Star recipient, was on hand to make the presentation assisted by Captain […]
At the Discovery Center on Wednesday evening, November 7, at 7:30 p.m., author John Snyder, in his second visit to Edgefield, will read from his memoir, Hill of Beans, the rich, funny, and haunting story of his hardscrabble, Depression-era upbringing on Cedar Mountain, North Carolina, and in Greenville and Walhalla, South Carolina. In precise and […]
Due to unforeseen circumstances the Veterans Day Celebration will be held on Sunday November 11th at 3:00 pm in the Edgefield Town Square instead of Strom Thurmond High School. There will be guest speakers and singers along with Veterans and families members. Please bring a chair and support all the veterans that have served our […]
Augusta, GA, October 29, 2012 – Tracking their good food and activity choices paid off for two students in the CSRA, who are grand prize winners in the Fresh Start Challenge sponsored by local SUBWAY® restaurants. Elizabethann Obata, a kindergarten student at Heritage Academy in Augusta, and Connie Stevens, a fifth grader at Johnston Elementary […]
Fresh faces, masterful staging and a local playwright writing about local history – all reasons to believe that the Edgefield County Theatre will continue successfully. Becky Cotton made for a really interesting play – dark humor no doubt, a way for us to hear about her with more acceptance as a part of our social […]
Get ready for the annual Trenton Flyers Candy Drop. Kids and the young at heart are invited to join the Trenton Flyers Association Saturday October 27 at the Edgefield County Airport, Yonce Field, in Trenton, for a special Halloween treat. Planes will be on display at 11:30 a.m. and candy will drop from the sky […]
Every Thursday afternoon in front of the Library on Calhoun Street from 4 – 6 p.m. You will find delicious fresh turnips (tops & roots). Also yellow squash, cucumbers, peppers, green & speckled butterbeans shelled & unshelled, tomatoes and okra (remember these will be gone after the first frost) as well as sweet potatoes, boiled peanuts, green peanuts, […]
Food Ministry: Pleasant Grove Baptist Church Food Bank Ministry is sponsoring its annual Thanksgiving Holiday Food Drive. Please donate canned goods and non-perishable food to the following locations: FairPrice Food Center, Edgefield Senior Citizens Council and Pleasant Grove Baptist Church. For more info call 637-1287 or 637- 6473. Needed: African Americans with sugar diabetes to […]