Saturday, September 28 on the Edgefield Town Square 9:00 a.m.-9:30 a.m. – Broken Arrow Band 9:30 a.m.-10:30 a.m. – NJROTC 10:30 a.m.-11:00 a.m. – Liz Timmerman Dancers 11:00 a.m.-11:30 a.m. – James “Bo” Gardener, Saxophone player 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. – Rick Wade, Elvis Pressley Impersonator 12:30 p.m.-1:00 p.m. – Cloggers 1:00 p.m.-1:30 p.m. – Irish […]
The Southern Studies event of last weekend was a great success, according to the Tompkins Library director Tonya Browder. She noted that someone said, and many agreed: “Edgefield is one of the most hospitable places I have been,” noting that people were friendly wherever they went. The businesses in Edgefield were happy with the attendees […]
The National Wild Turkey Federation has long served as a leader in upland wildlife conservation and an advocate for our country’s hunters. Now, it has plans to expand its Edgefield, S.C., campus, on which it will build a facility to help better fulfill its mission. The NWTF Hunting Heritage Center will be a destination for […]
– By Ethel Butler – On Friday, September 6, 2013, at 3 p.m., a beautiful dedication ceremony was held for the Mamie J. Rearden Highway at the Joanne T. Rainsford Discovery Center in Edgefield. After a concurrent resolution – It was a request that the Department of Transportation name the portion of Pleasant Lane Road […]
The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC), in partnership with the EPA, today announced it will hold a South Carolina Environmental Leadership Forum that will meet in December 2013, and in January, March, and April of 2014. The four meetings will consist of two-day workshops. During the forum sessions, participants will learn […]
Several new sets of tire marks near the intersections of Hwy 23, Hwy 230, and North Martintown Rd. (at Westside Fire Dept.), serve as reminders of the 2 wrecks that occurred there in as many days this week. The first accident, on Tuesday, Sept. 17, occurred around 4:30 in the afternoon and involved two pick-up […]
The Aiken Visitors Center and Train Museum will celebrate three years with a birthday celebration on Saturday, September 21st. The party will be held from 10 a.m. until 1 p.m. The public is invited to attend. Cake and ice cream will be served! In addition, balloons will be given out to the children in attendance. […]
Leonard Todd, author of the award-winning book, Carolina Clay, set in Edgefield, has again turned to our community and its people for inspiration. This time, he has given us a work for the theater—complete with eight original songs. It’s called “Sunny Day.” Aptly described by the producers as “A Shining New Musical,” it opens on […]
Over 100 people are registered for the Southern Studies Showcase, which will be held on September 20-21, 2013 in the Town of Edgefield and is hosted by the Old Edgefield District Genealogical Society and the Old Edgefield District African American Genealogical Society. Local citizens are encouraged to participate in the Southern Studies Showcase by registering […]
“Smokin’ Stacks BBQ Team” is pictured at a recent Edgefield Heritage Jubilee. Teams such as this one, from over the area, will be coming to Edgefield on Friday, Sept. 27, for the annual Whole Hog Cook-Off, to be judged by the SC Barbecue Assoc., which sanctions this event each year. Joel Jolly, who is in […]