Author: Dick Mangrum

Dr. Michael Thorsland, district superintendent, sought last night to dispel notions that there’s any animosity toward Tamassee-Salem on the part of the Oconee district administration when it comes to considering whether to close and consolidate the elementary school with Keowee in a new building at another location.  Remarks from a couple of Tamassee-Salem supporters last night seemed to suggest a […]

The dirt moved is preliminary, but the city administrator confirms that what you see in the grass median along a few blocks of Walhalla’s S. Broad Street are signs of the city’s new recreation amenity — a greenway connecting the foothills to the Depot on S. College. It appears a pathway is being etched out in the S. Broad median […]

Voters in Oconee’s five towns and cities may vote early, ahead of the November 7 elections.  The office of Oconee Elections announces early voting will run Monday through Friday, October 23-27 at the office, 415 S. Pine Street, Walhalla.  Hours are 8:30 am to 5 pm.  If you’re going, remember to bring a photo ID.  

If you can spare some time, Seneca’s soup kitchen will be highly appreciative.  Our Daily Bread at 106 Jordan Street needs volunteers to help prepare and serve lunch meals.  According to the chamber of commerce, it’s a great opportunity to serve underserved individuals and families by helping them with a nutritious meal and reducing the stress in their lives.  Volunteer […]

Walhalla’s board of zoning appeals is to sit in judgment of two appeals to the  city zoning law.  A variance is being sought for N. Church Street property less than two acres in size.  The second variance request involves the maximum size of a sign at the Bountyland Quik Stop at 235 E. Main Street.  The board’s meeting at 5 […]

A Sunday afternoon ceremony at the Keowee Fire Department remembered the department’s first chief, Ed Goff, a career fire fighter who, along with his wife, Carolyn, relocated from the Midlands to a cabin in Tamassee and took the reins of the fire department based at Keowee Key in the mid 1990’s.  He designed the original firehouse and Keowee’s first fire […]

Men and women have been answering calls within the Corinth-Shiloh Fire District of Oconee County for 60 years.  Yesterday was a day to mark that with an open house that offered a bouncy house and other fun stuff directed at the youngest population within the fire service area, with the idea also to teach kids about fire safety.  The department’s […]

An overnight home fire near West Union is under investigation.  No one reported hurt at the Woodland Way address near highway 11.  The brick home was heavily damaged, according to one fire fighter with whom we spoke. Fire fighters on scene for about four hours. The report of the fire on Woodland Way near highway 11 came just past midnight.