Ridge Spring Baptist Church will celebrate the July 4 holiday by welcoming local World War II servicemen as featured speakers during Sunday’s service, June 29, at 11 a.m. Everyone is invited to attend. From the D-Day invasion on the beaches of Normandy to delivering air strikes in the Pacific-Asian Theatre, some of the country’s finest […]
A few years ago, artist Pamela Moore established a group – Personalities on the Square – and she painted portraits of a few of them. (The painting of Terry Ferrell holding his famous feline is probably best known.) Another personality on the square, already inhabiting a place of business for almost a year, starting in […]
Dr. Patrick McMenamin, “Dr. Mac” to his team, is now serving the Edgefield County-Ridge area through the Edgefield County Hospital. He is among the new specialists who come to the hospital periodically to service the diagnoses that are his specialty. He is an otolaryngologist, head and neck surgeon whose specialty sounds complicated. However he explains […]
CHOICES-A LifeTime Development, Inc. is hosting its 5th annual scholarship-appreciation banquet for college-bound seniors and other deserving students/citizens. The banquet will be held on Sunday evening, June 29, 2014 at 6p at the Old Macedonia Baptist Church Family Life Center. The facility is located at 200 Macedonia Road, North Augusta, SC 29860. Ticket donations are […]
Sometime during the night of Monday, June 16, thieves plucked all the plums from the plum trees at a property on Holmes Pond Road. According to what the victim told law enforcement, as documented in a report with the Edgefield County Sheriff’s Office, the plums were worth an estimated $800 in all. Patrols of the […]
Movie Night: Edgefield County Library will be hosting a Movie Night on Thursday, June 19 at 7:00 p.m. We will be showing “Despicable Me 2”. Popcorn and drinks will be provided. Parents, please accompany your child(ren). Movie Night: Hitchcock Healthcare will sponsor the move “UP” on the square in Edgefield on Friday, June 20 at […]
Opinion – By G. Miller Thompson – I recently finished reading the book Not a Fan by Kyle Idleman, a preacher in Kentucky. The book is a bestseller and I strongly recommend reading it if you have not already. Idleman discusses the differences in being fans and followers in relationship to our walk with Christ. […]
TRENTON, S.C. – Miss Mary A. Broadwater, of Lilac Loop, entered into rest June 13, 2014. Funeral services will be held 1 p.m., Wednesday, June 18, 2014 at Mt. Zion Baptist Church, of which the Rev. Eddie Freeman pastor, the Rev. G. L. Brightharp eulogist. Interment will be in the church cemetery. Miss Broadwater, a […]
Earlier this afternoon TranTech Radiator Products re-opened their Edgefield manufacturing facility and was able to resume normal manufacturing activities. The plant re-opened after employees and vendor partners were able to replace/repair all damaged equipment in the Edgefield facility and thorough tests were completed to ensure employee safety. “I want to personally thank those dedicated employees […]
JOHNSTON, S.C. – Mr. Richard Clark Turner, 91, son of Ben and Mamie Turner, passed away peacefully at his home Sunday June 15, 2014 surrounded by his wife and family after a brief battle with lung cancer. Funeral Services will be held Wednesday June 18, 2014 at 5:30 P.M. at Johnston First Baptist Church. A […]