The Pulitzer Prize winning Crimes of the Heart will be performed this weekend by Edgefield County Theatre Company at the William Miller Bouknight Theatre. Performance times are: June 8th: 8:00 PM June 9th: 8:00 PM June 10th: 3:00PM June 15th: 8:00PM Jun3 16th: 8:00PM The theatre is located in the Joanne T. Rainsford Discovery Center at […]
Community happenings of interest. Farmers’ and Artists’ Market: Johnston Farmers’ and Artists’ Market will begin Thurs., June 7, from 4-6 p.m. and each Thursday thereafter. If interested in being a vendor call 275-4097. Men on Fire: Antioch Male Chorus, The Hopkins Brothers, and Many Others will be at Antioch Baptist Church, June 10, at 3 […]
Charity Plunkett, 91, died Tuesday, June 5, 2012 at Saluda Nursing Center. Born in Saluda County, she was a daughter of the late Gilson Yarborough Plunkett and Mary Herlong Plunkett. Ms. Plunkett was a retired Lunch Room Manager with Saluda High School and was a lifetime member of Zoar United Methodist Church. She was the […]
Columbia SC – The U.S. Forest Service announced June 9 as its first fee-free day of the 2012 summer season. In honor of National Get Outdoors Day, fees will be waived at all day-use fee sites operated by the USDA Forest Service. “Fee-free days offer the public an opportunity and incentive to experience scenic areas […]
Much of South Carolina sees lowering of drought status. Members of the S.C. Drought Response Committee, meeting via tele-conference on June 6, lowered the drought status for most counties in the state except Abbeville, McCormick, Edgefield and Aiken in the Savannah River Basin, which remain at severe, the third level of drought. Oconee, Pickens and […]
The next Coffee with the Chairman and Vice Chair of Edgefield County Council will be held at Sportsman’s Corner in Merriwether, 7-8 a.m., Tuesday, June 12. Edgefield County Council Chairman Dean Campbell and Vice Chair Genia Blackwell will be on-hand to answer citizens’ questions on topics of interest to them and listen to topics of […]
If you do not subscribe to The Advertiser or pick up a copy at your local newsstand, these are just a few of the things you missed in this week’s print edition. • Mrs. Hammant, who writes of her life in England, gives an up close and personal view of the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee. Our […]
As many of you know, I may eventually run as a petition candidate. I fall into that “gray” area with others who are certified by their party but still may not follow the direct ruling of the Supreme Court. I am now starting to take signatures for a petition run and will work at this […]
“The Greatest Casualty is Being Forgotten” Blue lights flashed in front of and behind the large white transport last Thursday morning marking the arrival of some eighteen war veterans to Edgefield for a tour of The National Wild Turkey Campus to include opportunities to do some fishing. Members of Hezzie Griffis American Legion Post 30 […]
The Mayor and Council presented City Attorney Greg Anderson a plaque in appreciation of his years of service to the Town of Edgefield. Mr. Anderson has been selected for the position of Superintendent of Education for the Edgefield County Schools and will be putting his legal practice aside during his tenure as the chief education […]