Durham opposes high density student housing

Here is a statement from Matthew Durham, the suspended District Two Oconee County councilman:  “I oppose giving incentives and property tax breaks to high density residential developments that bring in hundreds to thousands of new residents/students that will consume county services and resources while not paying their fair share due to the tax cuts and incentives they receive.”  Because the […]

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Sewer South contract vote

At its afternoon meeting, the Joint Regional Sewer Authority could vote on a Sewer South Phase II contract.  According to this afternoon’s agenda, in line for the contract is Don Moorhead Construction of Belton.  The commissioners are to receive a presentation by John Reynolds of the engineering firm Davis and Floyd.

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Renewing Oconee’s trash service arrangement

A decision looming for the Oconee County Council tomorrow night is a renewal of the county’s arrangement with a Georgia concern for the disposal of solid waste.  On the meeting agenda:  the approval of the hauling and disposal of waste with Waste Management / R&B Landfill, of Homer, Georgia for an amount to not exceed what’s approved in the county’s […]

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Veteran state worker to lead voters’ office

On Thursday last week, the state senate confirmed Howard Knapp as the new chief of South Carolina elections.  Announcement from the state election commission credits Knapp with implementing election reform legislation that establishes no-excuse early voting, changed the absentee ballot process, changed crime penalties, among other significant modifications to voting statewide.  Previously, Knapp served as interim executive director and director […]

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“Something doesn’t add up” — says Fair Play businessman

Fair Play’s Churck Kormelink has registered his disappointment at Friday night’s news that, at least for now, developers’ plans for I-85 exit 1 are no more.  He’s referring to the revelation that Sancutary Pointe’s long-running lease for state property is going by the wayside.  Kormelink, who has commercial properties at the interchange, has for years pressed for the extension of […]

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Sanctuary’s lease is pulled

A Friday evening phone call from a Sanctuary Pointe developer was a surprise.  El Henry had what he called “disturbing” news to pass on.  He and his partners received an email from an attorney for the state Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism announcing PRT had terminated Sanctuary Pointe’s long-running lease on a 325-acre peninsula which his group plans a […]

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Murdaugh jurist has sat for Oconee cases

Clifton Newman, the judge in the Murdaugh trial, has adjudicated matters in Oconee County — even though he’s a judge based in the low state town of Kingstree.  Research by Lisa Burton, the Oconee clerk of court, shows Judge Newman’s Oconee bench time included conducting post-conviction relief hearings in 2012.  He presided over court terms in Anderson County in 2005 […]

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