Author: Dick Mangrum

  About 500 bridges are part of the state’s plan to replace or refurbish, but a major span connecting Oconee and Pickens at Clemson is not one of them.  A spokeswoman for the DOT says the agency has no immediate plans to make any kinds of significant repairs to the Clemson 76/123 bridge over the Seneca River arm of Lake […]

The Oconee County Sheriff’s Office is happy to report that Michele Elizabeth Elgin, who was the subject of a Missing Person’s news release last Friday evening, has been located and is safe.

The timing for the lights to change at a set of planned new traffic lights at Clemson has been raised as an issue with the city.  The location for the new signals is Cherry Road and Old Stone Church Road.  Here’s the question posed during last month’s Conversation with Council devent:  “It appears that the new traffic signal going in […]

Here’s a letter on behalf of those who sought to develop Sanctuary Pointe in Oconee County     “To the Residents of Oconee County, SC   On Friday, March 3rd at 3:30 pm Sanctuary Pointe LLC (SPLLC), the sub-leaseholder to the 325-acre property on Lake Hartwell at Exit 1, received an email from the SC Parks, Recreation and Tourism’s attorney […]

A public meeting for an overview of a new water planning framework to guide surface water management in the Upper Savannah for the next 50 years takes place this evening in Anderson County.  The meeting will run 6 to 8 tonight at the Tech Anderson campus.  Five years ago, South Carolina DNR established the State Water Planning Process.  Named was […]

The Oconee History Museum invites everyone to enjoy hot dogs, snacks, baked goods, and a bluegrass jam this month in Westminster — an event to benefit the General Store Museum.  The fundraiser will be 6 to 8 Friday night, April 21 at the General Store Museum, 126 E. Main Street, Westminster.

By many a hiker, the 77-mile Foothills Trail is considered a warm-up to the Appalachian Trail between Georgia and Maine.  The Foothills Trail Conservancy intends this month to keep the Foothills Trail clean as possible for hikers, many of whom come from across the U-S.  The trail connects the Oconee State Park with the Table Rock State Park in Pickens […]