This coming weekend, the Johnston, SC, Peach Blossom Festival will showcase great entertainment, arts and crafts, food concessions, a parade, games for children, a cruise-in, and much more. The popular Festival is now in its 36th year. The parade Grand Marshal this year is Margaret Dawes Edwards, who has spent most of her adult life […]
The Storm Thurmond Fine Arts Department is extremely excited to present “Into the Woods, Junior” this weekend! The cast and crew have worked hard to bring this beloved musical to Edgefield. Stephen Sondheim’s and James Lapine’s fairytale comes to life in this adaptation of their groundbreaking, Tony Award-winning musical. Into the Woods JR. features all of […]
The Honky Tonk Angelsis a musical production in two acts that features such well-known songs as Your Good Girl’s Gonna Go Bad, I Will Always Love You, Harper Valley PTA, Coal Miner’s Daughter, I’ll Fly Away and Will the Circle be Unbroken. The play tells the story of three women who need a break from […]
After being satellite tagged, a cobra is returned to the water (Photo: Eric Reyier/Kennedy Space Center Ecological Program) CHARLESTON COUNTY, S.C. (April 25, 2019) — New research led by the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources (SCDNR) aims to better determine where and when cobia migrate across southeastern coastal waters, and biologists are asking for the […]
The Annual Heritage Trail Pottery Tour is set for May 4 and 5. On Saturday, May 4, the hours are from 10:00 to 5:00, when the listed pottery studios will be open for tour guests and for sales of their products. On Sunday, May 5, the ours are noon to 5 p.m. The Groundhog Kiln […]
Pictured from L to R: 1strow: Aquita Plair, Kathleen Jones, Jessica Moore, Demetrie Fuller, Tracy Coleman, Doris Watt 2ndrow: Melony Williams 3rdrow: Joel Smart, Carolyn Williamson, Wanda Spence, Deloris Adams, Austin Gambrell, Betty Williams 4thRow: Deborah Aiken, Chanta Williams, Carol Turner, Betty Keller 5thRow: Sheila Padget, Teresa Syrkett, Jerred Carnell, Doris Cannady 6th Row: Sonja Cummings, […]
Edgefield Preservation Association 104 Courthouse Square Edgefield, SC 29824 803-637-4010 EdgefieldSCPreservation@gmail.com The public is cordially invited to the Edgefield Preservation Association (EPA) meeting on Sunday, April 28th, at 3:00 p. m., in the Lynch Building Annex of the Tompkins Library, 104 Courthouse Square, Edgefield. The guest speaker will beTom Poland, who is the author […]
Edgefield County Acoustic – Guitar Pull: Edgefield County Acoustic was formed by local citizens who love listening, playing, and writing acoustic music. Johnston Development Corporation 802 Ouzts Street Johnston, South Carolina 29832 (803) 275-3635 Growing and Promoting the Johnston Area To Feature Edgefield County Acoustic The Johnston Development Corporation (JDC) is […]
Do you remember your grandfather’s account of “The War to End All Wars”? More than 60 years ago we would sit around him in his rocking chair on the porch over on Butler Street and hear the stories of a far off place he called France. Some years later I read of the mustard gas […]
A tradition that is being carried on for the community is the Sunrise Service at Slade Lake on Sunday morning, April 21, Easter morning. The time is 7:00 a.m. Churches providing for the program are Edgefield United Methodist, Edgefield First Baptist, and Trinity Community Church. On the program will be Rev. Judson King of EUM […]