– A Fox Appears in Town – Art Amos of Buncombe Street, Edgefield, had been hearing something around his house at night and he decided he should catch the intruder before it got into his daughter’s (Lizzie Kornaus) chickens, next door. He thought probably it was a raccoon and set a trap. Now, Art grew […]
The story below ran in the May 23 edition of the McCormick Messenger. With their permission we run it here. Find a review of book on page 2 of this edition of the Advertiser. Local author Bob Edmonds, recipient of the Order of the Palmetto, South Carolina’s highest civilian award, for publishing local history has […]
GEORGETOWN, S.C. — Fireflies, an icon of Southern summers, are fewer and harder to find in some communities along the coast lately because of urban development and changes in forestry practices. Is the firefly population in your neighborhood declining? Find out by joining this year’s Firefly Count on June 1. The census is part of […]
COLUMBIA, S.C. – Clemson University and the S.C. Department of Natural Resources (DNR) recently renewed their “Cooperative Agreement” during recent meetings in Clemson. The agreement strengthens a more than 31-year collaboration between the two entities by codifying the process of sharing assets and exchanging personnel in natural resources and wildlife conservation teaching, research and extension. […]
AIKEN, S.C. – Scrap lumber from construction of the Mixed Oxide (MOX) Fuel Fabrication Facility will be reused as classroom materials for students in carpentry training programs at area schools in South Carolina and Georgia. Shaw AREVA MOX Services, which is building the 600,000-square-foot MOX facility at the Savannah River Site (SRS) in Aiken, S.C., is […]
On Tuesday, May 28, Kerry Klein, founder of the Shamrock Run and the Town of Edgefield presented the Edgefield County Hospital Auxiliary a check in the amount of $4,567.00. The money was raised at the Shamrock Run in memory of Drs. Nicholson and Watson. The Edgefield County Hospital Auxiliary was most appreciative for the donation […]
Veterans and citizens gathered on Edgefield’s Town Square Monday morning in remembrance and honor of those that have given their lives in service to their country. Click on a thumbnail image below to enlarge and begin scrolling through the gallery.
The Edgefield Legion Auxiliary is pleased to again send seven young women from high schools in the county to Palmetto Girls State. Girls State is a week long leadership event that helps young women, going into their senior year in high school, learn about South Carolina government from the governor’s office to city council. Girls State […]
• Wardlaw Graduation, photos and interviews • Announcement of a new book by our favorite reviewer, Edmonds • A Recipe for Poke Salit! • A Fox is Trapped in the Town of Edgefield – Is he Red? • An engagement and a wedding in our community • MOX at SRS sends scraps for building to […]
Dig Into Reading! is a vacation reading program for children in Edgefield County running from June to August 12th. Children may register for the reading program at any of the libraries in the county or at the Bookmobile. Children completing the reading requirements will receive a hand puppet and a certificate. Don’t forget tweens and […]