COLUMBIA – The S.C. Drought Response Committee, meeting via conference call on Jan. 31, downgraded the drought status one level for 26 counties. Twelve counties were downgraded to moderate including: Oconee, Pickens, Anderson, Abbeville, McCormick, Greenwood, Edgefield, Saluda, Newberry, Lexington, Aiken and Barnwell. Fourteen counties were downgraded to incipient including: Greenville, Spartanburg, Cherokee, York, Laurens, […]
COLUMBIA, S.C. – Funeral services for Dr. Essie Mae Washington -Williams were held Saturday, Feb. 9, at Brookland Baptist Church, West Columbia, with entombment in Celestial Memorial Gardens. Dr. Essie Mae Washington-Williams passed away, at the age of 87, on Sunday, February 3, 2013. She was born in Aiken, South Carolina, on October 12, 1925 […]
Dear Editor: I want to thank Dr. Gordineer and all of the staff at Edgefield County Hospital for the exceptionally good care I received while I was a patient thru last week. We are blessed to have a good community hospital. Thank you, Julia Verna Forrest Johnston
By Tiffani Ireland – A bill to clarify the deer baiting law in South Carolina passed from the House of Representatives’ Wildlife sub-committee Jan. 30 in a 3-1 vote. It then went to the full committee where it passed in a 15-1 vote. Since SC lawmakers are not in session this week, the bill is […]
COLUMBIA, S.C. – Funeral service for Juanita Parrott Tompkins, 99, will be held at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, February 13, 2013, at Dunbar Funeral Home, Dutch Fork Chapel, Irmo, with burial 3:00 p.m. Wednesday afternoon in Welsh Neck Baptist Church Cemetery, in Society Hill. The family will receive friends from 5 until 7:00 p.m. Tuesday, February […]
The Episcopal Church of the Ridge will be hosting the Shrove Tuesday Pancake Supper on February 12th from 6 – 7:30 pm at the Trinity Episcopal Church Parish Hall in Edgefield. Admission is $3 per person and “carry-out” plates will be available. Please come and join us. Mardi Gras (French for “Fat Tuesday”) is the […]
February 10, 2013 – Students of the Strom Thurmond Career Center FFA Association spent their Saturday on the Horry Georgetown Technical College campus in Georgetown South Carolina participating in the South Carolina FFA State Wildlife Management Career Development Competition. Students in the Wildlife Career Development Event, earn the opportunity to demonstrate their technical and management […]
The winner of the Downtown Edgefield Wine & Chocolate Stroll Thursday evening is Darlene Abrahams of North Augusta, SC. Darlene said “ever since we moved to North Augusta we try to support South Carolina merchants, especially in Edgefield.” She said she didn’t mind the rainy cold weather but stopped in the NWTF Turkey Shoppe to purchase […]
Norman Rockwell’s Painting “Sharp Harmony” took on a new image a few days ago at Peachtree Styles, 311 Calhoun St., Johnston, S. C. Tim Kerby and his daughter English, who care for the beauty and hair styles of both men and women, were helpful in letting The Classics, a barbershop quartet, recreate the Norman Rockwell […]
By Advertiser Staff – A deputy with the Edgefield County Sheriff’s Office found a naked, white male wandering on Martintown Rd. in the evening hours of Wed., Feb. 6. According to a report filed by the ECSO, the 31 year old North Augusta man had initially been spotted at a residence on Martintown Rd. where […]