Thursday September 12th at 6:30 pm the library will have a couponing/healthy eating workshop with Janet Burgess and Mary Ann Mobley from the Clemson Extension. They will discuss how to eat more healthfully and save money at the same time. Pre-school story times for the fall start this week. Join Erin Baughcome every Tuesday morning […]
Edgefield County will be holding a summit, “Elevating Edgefield County”, on September 20, 2013 at Piedmont Technical College in Edgefield from 8:00 am to 1:00 pm. to address how to improve Edgefield County, with a focus on economic development. Economic development is a key focus in Edgefield County’s Strategic Plan as it impacts all areas […]
Coach Holley Pace is in her second year at Merriwether Middle School. She is a graduate of Belhaven College where see earned a BS degree in Sports Ministries and earned a second BS degree from Augusta State University with a concentration in Health and Physical Education. Coach Pace’s passion is ministering to young athletes. She […]
Since 2003, the S.C. Department of Natural Resources Wildlife Section and other partners have taken part in a long-term, multi-state banding project on mourning doves to improve information on dove life history. Over thirty-five states across the nation are participating in this landmark project, and more than 350,000 doves have been banded since the project […]
JOHNSTON, S.C. – Mrs. Carolyn Holston Wedaman, 96, of Johnston, wife of the late Tomas H. Wedaman,Sr., entered into rest on September 8, 2013. Funeral Services will be held Saturday September 14, 2013 at 11 A.M. at Edgefield Mercantile Funeral Home with burial in Mt. of Olives cemetery in Johnston. There will be a visitation […]
The Johnston Development Corporation, a non-profit volunteer organization that has helped the Town of Johnston grow in many ways for over 20 years, has donated to the Town two benches to accent the downtown area. The two steel benches are located outside the Mobley Library. The plaque on the Library reads: “Have a Seat! Courtesy […]
Piper Tales is a weekly serial story about a very lucky black and white dog which can be found each week in the print edition of The Edgefield Advertiser. Subscribe today, so you don’t miss any of Piper’s Adventures. Ed. Note. Last year as school began in the somewhere town of Sandy Clay, South Carolina, […]
Edgefield United Methodists gathered for the special ground-breaking event on Buncombe Street last Sunday afternoon, Sept. 7. This group was attentive to the remarks brought by their minister Rev. Barry Cannon, to the right in this photo.
OPINION – By G. Miller Thompson – “These acts shatter steel, but they cannot dent the steel of American resolve.” President George W. Bush spoke these inspirational words from Washington on September 11, 2001. This day shook the foundations of freedom in America and around the world. Al-Qaeda operatives posed a significant threat to the […]
– Presented by the Savannah River Archaeological Research Program – Scrapbook Video Productions and the Savannah River Archaeological Research Program are proud to announce the release of the historical documentary film, Discovering Dave – Spirit Captured in Clay. The public is invited to attend a free world premier screening at 7 p.m. on September 10th, […]