After nearly two yeas, the bridge on Red Oak Grove Road is open once more enabling travelers to again utilize the rural roadway. Since its closure in Sept. of 2010, the bridge has caused many inconveniences especially to locals who have had to drive several miles out of their way because the bridge’s outage meant […]
Augusta, Ga. – Preparing your child for another school year requires more than new clothes and school supplies. You should also consider your child’s health needs, according to Dr. Davidson Freeman, a pediatrician at the Georgia Health Sciences Children’s Medical Center. “No matter what grade your child is entering, routine physical examinations, including hearing and […]
Update: This evening, area users on the Verizon cell network are reporting that their service has been restored to normal. We have no other information directly from Verizon. — Earlier reporting: If you are currently experiencing a busy signal when trying to dial a cell phone, you are not alone. According to a spokesperson with […]
As reported in last week’s print edition of The Advertiser, the local Huddle House restaurant closed its doors suddenly the week prior with no advance warning and no publicized information as to its future. The Advertiser made several calls to the Huddle House’s main office for comment on this closing, but had not heard back […]
The public is invited to an open house at Piedmont Technical College in Edgefield, SC to welcome Thomas Koole as the new Professional Pottery instructor. After a hiatus this summer, the Professional Pottery program is accepting students for the Fall term and classes are now available. The open house will include: • Studio tours of […]
Edgefield, represented by Henrietta Humphreys and Hal Irish, participated in the annual meeting of the Great Gardens of America Alliance held at Magnolia Gardens this past weekend. Representatives of many gardens came from Florida, Louisiana, Texas, Georgia, Alabama, North and South Carolina. The purpose of the Alliance is to preserve, protect and defend old camellias and […]
The Advertiser was advised on Monday that the old Central School, positioned on the right of Hwy 191 if traveling toward Eureka, had fallen in during the weekend, bringing attention to a landmark that has been there since early in the 20th century. According to Jerry Scott’s book, Rural Schools in Edgefield County, SC, the […]
To Raise Funds for Breast Cancer Jane Jenkins Herlong keeps her audience laughing, and sometimes about the most serious of issues. That kind of laughter is healing. So do we call Jane a local “healer,” as well as entertainer, writer, and songster? This songster did well before a smaller-than-usual audience (an unexpected death in the […]
Edgefield County Deputies responded to a call at Taylor Nursery off Airport Road in Trenton Tuesday morning, Aug. 7, where they found evidence of an attempted theft. Aluminum pipes that were in a field at the tree nursery were found sawed in half in an apparent attempt to make the 20-30 ft. long pipes easier […]
Genealogical and historical societies from all over South Carolina and Georgia are gathering together at the “Southern Studies Showcase” on Friday, September 28 through Saturday, September 29, in the town of Edgefield. Hosted by the Old Edgefield District Genealogical Society and the Old Edgefield District African American Genealogical Society, the event is a series of […]