Judge wishes “model prisoner” good luck

After more than one thousand days in jail, a young Oconee criminal defendant may return to society with the likelihood he’ll able to obtain gainful employment and the expectation that a past drug problem will remain in the past.  Judge Sprouse yesterday in General Sessions Court wished Cory Adam Whitten good luck, after accepting the defendant’s guilty pleas and the […]

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Westminster opens recreation contractor bids

Multiple builders are interested in contracting for the job of phase one construction of the Hall Road Recreation Complex.  Kevin Bronson, city administrator, opened bids from four companies, including two that have offices in Easley and Greenville.  Responding to RFPs, the hopeful contractors sent boxes of their proposals to the city hall.  And that this morning left Bronson and his […]

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The difficulty in hiring lifeguards

The Clemson Central Recreation Center is having a hard time hiring reliable lifeguards to watch over the indoor swimming pool.  Clemson City Council next week considers a change to allow the pool under certain conditions to remain open when a lifeguard is unavailable.  The current requirement to occasionally close the pool disappoints its paying members.

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Agenda set for the county planners

An agenda is in place for the October meeting of the Oconee Planning Commission.  The planning commissioners and Kyle Reid of the county roads and bridges department will chat about county roads.  And there’s a rezoning request involving phase 3 Hidden Falls subdivision.  The request is to re-zone from Control-Free zoning to Lake Residential.  The commission meeting takes place at […]

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Making room for new town homes

The approval of a zoning variance this week is a green light for a new project of townhouses near Seneca.  The variance was a unanimous decision of the county board of appeals.  James Coley, county planning director, says the developers envision 68 townhomes on the Wells Highway — an area between Singing Pines Road and the Utica Baptist Church.  

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Facade grant request

Members of the Westminster Local Development Corporation convene a meeting this afternoon to consider a $1,050 grant request to pay part of Keller Williams’ plans to re-paint the vinyl at its new storefront, 214 E. Main Street.  The paint is to be gray, to match the KW logo.  The meeting to consider the facade grant application will be 4 o’clock […]

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Parents should refrain from boarding their student’s bus

State law forbids parents of public school students from boarding their student’s bus to address the driver or another student.  Because of what happened three times in the last week, Oconee School District issued the following statement, coupled with an excerpt from state law: “At no times were any students in danger.  However, these actions are unacceptable and are actually […]

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Oconee coroner next term

An apparent, open-ended political question across Oconee County is who will serve as the next county coroner, for the term that starts in 2025 and finishes in 2028.  The current Oconee coroner Karl Addis, in office since the mid-1990s, publicly announced that his current term will be his last, although sources close to Addis say he is having second thoughts […]

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