SPARTANBURG, S.C. – Peach trees and berry plants seem to enjoy the pretty spring weather in the Upstate every bit as much as the rest of us. “We’ve been really fortunate lately as far as the weather is concerned with fruit and berry crops,” said Andy Rollins, a Clemson Extension agent in Spartanburg County who […]
Teacher Cadet I and II students at Fox Creek High School recently toured the Ron Clark Academy in Atlanta, Ga. Teacher Cadet is a dual enrollment class with University of South Carolina at Aiken. Students completing the course will receive college credit for Education 101. The program is designed to introduce possible future teachers to […]
Starting at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday, April 27, Edgefield County will hold its 11th Annual American Cancer Society’s Relay for Life. It will end 1:00 a.m. at Strom Thurmond High School, rain or shine. Our Relay will start at 1 p.m with the Survivor lap. Join other cancer survivors and walk the first lap that […]
Festivals are fun for everyone, but great sponsors make it possible. The sponsors of the Johnston, S.C., Peach Blossom Festival, which will be held May 4, 2013, make it possible to keep the Festival free or low-cost for patrons. In addition, it helps raise additional money that can be used to reinvest in the Johnston […]
COLUMBIA, S.C. – The drought is officially over for all South Carolina counties according to the S.C. Drought Response Committee. The committee via a conference call meeting on April 24th downgraded the drought from moderate to no drought for 22 counties and from incipient to no drought for the remaining counties. Chris Bickley, Executive Director, […]
Fox Creek High School’s Silver Fox Academy is a special program for gifted and talented students that allows them the option of taking multiple college courses on Fox Creek’s campus free of charge during their Junior and Senior years of high school. The program is in its second year and has grown by leaps and […]
The Edgefield County Library held a ribbon cutting Thursday afternoon, Apr. 18, to officially dedicate and open the newly renovated children’s area in memory of longtime library patron, Dorothy (Dot) Mims. Sponsored by The Friends of the Library, a host of family and friends of the late Mrs. Mims was on hand to see her […]
A fire at 20 Meeting St. Sunday afternoon caused major heat and water damage to a house there and took the life of the family’s cat. According to Roger Ellis with the Edgefield Fire Department, who spoke with The Advertiser on Monday, the fire started when the valve on a gas grill blew off and […]
Thursday, May 9 from 2:00 – 8:00 pm – In recognition of the arrival of SPRING, the Edgefield Community Development Association is sponsoring a Downtown Spring Celebration Stroll Thursday, May 9, from 2:00 until 8:00 p.m. Local merchants will open their doors to welcome spring shoppers to peruse merchandise while enjoying a glass of wine […]
It was the premiere Second Saturday event on April 13, and one of the features of these Saturdays is a tour of Willowbrook cemetery which is full of interesting stories of the dead. Heard on Saturday was the one about the man who was buried sitting up behind a glass barrier. Unfortunately, parts of the […]