Hope for Mercy Housing in Seneca?

Seneca’s city administrator, Scott Moulder, wants city council to delay by two weeks a vote on whether an Atlanta outfit may use EN 1st Street property to build an affordable housing project.  City planning commission last month recommended against allowing Mercy Housing Southeast a zoning change to build 74 units, which Mercy’s representative predicted would be ideal for teachers, fire […]

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Fred Hamilton was a 56-year educator

Fred P. Hamilton, retired Oconee educator, died Monday at the Prisma Health Oconee Memorial Hospital.  He was 95 years old and the husband of Beatrice Hamilton.  Fred Hamilton spent 56 years in the business of education which included five consecutive terms as Oconee Superintendent of Education.  The family will receive friends 11 am to 1:30 pm tomorrow at Trinity Baptist […]

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West Union presentation covered zoning and annexation

West Union is a town of, perhaps, no larger than one square mile.  But there’s talk to further expand the town limits.  A representative of a government service organization addressed the town council last night on   various methods to accomplish annexation.  Naomi Reed of the state Municipal Association included comments about zoning, although West Union does not regulate the use […]

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Fred P. Hamilton

Seneca, SC – Fred Palmer Hamilton, 95, husband of Beatrice Tanksley Hamilton, passed away peacefully and surrounded by loved ones on Monday, March 11th, 2024 at Prisma Oconee Memorial Hospital. Fred was born in Seneca, SC, in the Shiloh Community, and was the son of the late Dana Elbert Hamilton and Ola Lee Palmer Hamilton. He lived a productive and […]

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Arbor Day observance in Walhalla

Walhalla will offer further proof on Friday that it is a Tree City.  The city, along with Trees Upstate, will give away lots of trees for planting during an event on the city green off Main Street.  More than 120 trees, of several varieties, have been reserved, but 50 others are available on a first-come, first-served basis.  Mayor Tim Hall […]

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First event at new school

Dari McBride is “super excited.”  She has seen the inside of the new Seneca Middle School and is excited that the chamber of commerce’s “State of Oconee” on April 12 will be the first venue at the new school, which doesn’t open to students until August.  Tickets for the “State of Oconee” are limited, and McBride’s advice is to secure […]

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Grant allows for improved law enforcement communications

A recent $20 thousand Duke Energy grant will help improve communications between the Oconee Sheriff’s Office and two state law enforcement agencies.  The grant allows the sheriff’s office to buy 13 handheld radios that have been distributed to game wardens with South Carolina DNR and troopers with the highway patrol.  According to Sheriff Crenshaw, his office is on a different […]

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