Advisory panel hasn’t meet in two-plus years, council told

Oconee County Council was told on Friday that one of its advisory panels hasn’t held a meeting in more than two years, and the council should investigate. During council’s public comment period on Friday, the suspended councilman—Matthew Durham of District Two—said he had spoken with his district’s representative on the county aeronautics commission about the failure of the commission to […]

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Replacement manufacturer secured for 123 location

A Chester, South Carolina company that produces polyethylene film will expand to the Oconee County building vacated by the Pre-Zero operations on the Sandifer Boulevard.  Helping facilitate the move is an ordinance made final on Friday during a special Oconee County Council meeting.  The council approved a fee-in-place of tax arrangement for Carolina Poly Inc., along with an agreement for […]

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Ordinance 2022-24 (amended) now the law

In their special meeting today, Oconee County Council gave final approval to Ordinance 2022-24, as amended, and it now establishes the requirement of a buildable lot on lakes Keowee and Jocassee to be no smaller than one-half acre. Lake overlay supporters see this as a requirement that prevents crowding of homes along the shorelines, as well as a way to […]

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“We are going to be here for a while”

If anyone thought  this morning’s special Oconee County Council meeting, the last one for 2022, would be a quick affair, the audience that packed the meeting chambers quickly dispelled any such notion.  Forty people signed up to speak to the county fathers, most of whom were there out of concern for a change to the county ordinance that addressed required […]

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Seneca’s comprehensive plan attention to sidewalks

One of the strategies outlined in the draft Seneca Comprehensive Plan to mold the city into a greater workable community is the term “pedestrian connections.”  It explains that providing those connections throughout residential Seneca neighborhoods and commercial areas has a number of positive impacts.  The plan states, “This will reduce the number of car trips (and thus automobile traffic) in […]

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Oconee schools to let out on Tuesday

The Christmas break, according to the Oconee School District superintendent, is always a refreshing time for students and teachers.  The public schools will let out for their Christmas-New Year’s vacation on Tuesday next week.  101.7/WGOG NEWS asked Dr. Michael Thorsland if the break arrives at just the right time to allow students and teachers to take the time to re-charge […]

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Serious Walhalla accident

A serious traffic accident is reported to have occurred at Walhalla around 5:15 yesterday afternoon involving a motorcycle and a Jeep Cherokee.  According to the cross-trained Walhalla Fire Department, the injured motorcyclist required a trip to a Greenville hospital for medical treatment. The accident occurred on n. highway 11.

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