By: Robert Scott All writers in Op Ed are here to inform and acknowledge issues of importance to our communities, however these writings represent the views and opinions of the authors and not necessarily of The Advertiser. Many people can be described as “a citizen of the world,” but none more than Pope Francis – the head […]
Blaney Pridgen All writers in Op Ed are here to inform and acknowledge issues of importance to our communities, however these writings represent the views and opinions of the authors and not necessarily of The Advertiser. In televised programs, often news clips or commentary, we often see faces or license plates or signage deliberately blurred. We […]
W. Thurmond Burnett David T. Burnett Edgefield Mercantile Funeral Home PO Box 389 – 801 Columbia Rd. Edgefield, South Carolina 29824 Phone: 803-637-6536 Email: david@edgefieldmercantile.com Marjorie Wright Smith, 85, wife […]
Rev. Aaron Tripp’s reading of the Christmas story from Luke, the second chapter, gave the opening of Christmas in Edgefield a focus on the Birth of Christ. At the Shop Local event on Saturday, November 28, Santa appeared under the lighted tree to hear Christmas wishes from the children and to get his photo made with them. The […]
Shop Local was a Christmas Shopping event held on the Square with vendors spread all around, except for next to the library. The weather was bright and it brought people in to do some looking and shopping, and eating at the restaurants open for the day.
Five of the newly erected welcome signs located in various places throughout Edgefield County and 3 SC Department of Transportation signs were found to have been vandalized with graffiti last week. The first notification of the vandalism was received Wednesday, Nov. 25, and the latest was received Sunday, Nov. 29. The welcome/entrance signs that were damaged […]
Bob Brawner Edgefield, S.C. Chef Bob Brawner EDGEFIELD – Robert Judson Brawner (Bob) transitioned peacefully into his heavenly home on November 28, 2020 at the age of 61. A man whose life and person came with many challenges, he transformed his struggles into gifts for those who knew him. He was an artist of many trades. […]
W. Thurmond Burnett David T. Burnett Edgefield Mercantile Funeral Home PO Box 389 – 801 Columbia Rd. Edgefield, South Carolina 29824 Phone: 803-637-6536 Email: david@edgefieldmercantile.com Don Cook, 76 of James Dr., Trenton, SC husband of Daphne Stone Cook entered into rest on Monday, November 30, 2020. Due to COVID-19 a Private Family Service will be held […]
By Arthur Northrop I made two mistakes in the November 25, 2020 article headlined, Large Crowd Attends Planning Commission Meeting. First, Fab Burt was listed as Chairperson. That was incorrect. James Oliver was elected Chairperson at the start of the November 12, 2020, Planning Commission meeting. Second, I referred to the Land Maintenance Ordinance in the article. That should have read Land Management […]
At least 4 of the newly erected welcome signs located in various places throughout Edgefield County were found to have been vandalized with graffiti Wednesday, Nov. 25. The signs are located on Hwy 25 South, Bettis Academy Road, Hwy 19, and Hwy 23 toward Ridge Spring. According to Edgefield County Administrator Tommy Paradise, the sign installer advised that the […]