In an interview with the Coopers (Hank and Bobbie who live in Virginia) this newspaper heard confirmed on Tuesday that the Sweetwater Community Center is being taken over by the County, a gift of the Coopers. As seen in the photo, it has been cleaned and boarded up, and is in better condition than expected, […]
The Advertiser was alerted Thursday, Sept. 6, to a suspected poker raid at the newly opened Greg’s Gas Plus gas station off Martintown Road in Edgefield County. Our sources have confirmed that, indeed, a raid was made on this establishment and that while the Edgefield County Sheriff’s Office was involved in this incident, they only […]
School Redistricting, Growth – Big Issues. On Tuesday evening, August 28, around 30 members of the Merriwether community and leaders over the county met at the Merriwether school to join in with a panel discussion that, according to Linda Anderson, who has been the leader of the group, to plan for development of the community. […]
With a desire to provide input into the planning for the Merriwether Community, January 2012 saw the birth of the Merriwether Community Coalition. Since that time, the core group has been meeting, gathering and sharing information with the community. Community wide meetings have taken place and we are now moving forward. In an effort to […]
The Edgefield County Sheriff’s Office responded to an armed robbery call at Greg’s Gas Plus located at 1295 Martintown Road near I-20 in Edgefield County around 1 a.m. Friday, May 4. According to a spokesperson with the ECSO, a white male entered the fuel station carrying a machete and demanded money. The clerk deposited an […]
In the mid-morning hours of Wednesday, May 2, a gas leak occurred at a residence on Coronet Drive in Edgefield County. According to Mike Casey with Edgefield County Emergency Management, a company digging a trench for a sprinkler system hit the natural gas line. No injuries occurred from this incident, but the area was blocked […]
By Linda Anderson, Chairman of Merriwether Coalition. Almost one hundred people attended the first organizational meeting of the Merriwether Community Coalition meeting on March 5, 2012, at the Merriwether Middle School. The enthusiastic crowd voiced their concern for the future of the Merriwether Community. Fifty percent of the growth of Edgefield County is in the Merriwether Community […]