Endorsing Roosevelt Young for Sheriff As the current Sheriff of Edgefield County, I am officially endorsing candidate Roosevelt Young for Sheriff of Edgefield County in 2020. Roosevelt has been serving the citizens of Edgefield County as a Deputy Sheriff since 1995. During that time, he has served as a uniformed deputy, a uniformed Shift Supervisor, a […]
By 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. There are five or six major ways to come into the Edgefield city limits. North, south, east, and […]
By Sigrid Hanson 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. As the President and First Lady test positive for a virus we dread and arm ourselves against, […]
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. Schadenfreude is a recent immigrant from Germany to the American version of the English language; Merriam-Webster tells us it […]
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. A petition, by EC citizens, is being circulated throughout the County seeking to reverse a last-minute change to the Comprehensive Plan by County Council. Citizens now see the serious impact those changes […]
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. Perhaps you agree that in times like these the best thing we can do is pray. Someone in the future […]
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. This week, the United States lost a giant: Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, whose height was just over five feet, but whose stature […]
By 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. Older memories can be more vivid than the relatively recent ones. Why is that? Maybe we haven’t dealt with […]
By 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. Sometimes you just don’t want to think about serious stuff. Fall is one of those times for me. […]
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. I was looking through the columns I’ve written for The Edgefield Advertiser over the past year and ran across one […]