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In the view of one Seneca resident, too much cigar smoke is detracting from the city’s popular Jazz on the Alley gatherings, and she’d like the mayor and the council to do something about it. Monica Alice White spoke in public comment this week to the city council and complained that there’s a health problem when Jazz attendees sit and […]
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Word has spread of the death of a distinguished member of the Westminster business community, Cecil Sandifer. He lived into his 90s. Besides the family funeral home, Sandifer is remembered as a man of faith, founder of the Apple Festival, his time as mayor, as a state lawmaker, and state employee. He had a deep voice which he used to […]
Read moreA hearing to increase opportunity and diversity for entrepreneurs and investors featured opening remarks by South Carolina’s junior U-S senator, Tim Scott. He was speaking in his capacity as the ranking member of the committee on Securities and Exchange Commission, Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Scott and fellow committee members asked witnesses about structural challenges that rural, women, low-and-moderate-income, military […]
Read moreFormer Pickens state senator Larry Martin will hold the gavel and make opening remarks this afternoon as a task force reviews 28 recommendations to improve the health of South Carolinians and the environment. The task force is called SHaPE SC”. The task force final report was sent to the Governor and the General Assembly in November and can be found […]
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From the city of Westminster, Brian Ramey and Kevin Bronson are likely to take their seats this morning in a meeting at Greer of the board of the “PMPA”–the Piedmont Municipal Power Agency. Swirling over the operations that wholesale electric power to Westminster and a group of other Upstate cities is what Mayor Ramey describes as an “unsolicited offer” to […]
Read moreWestminster– Bobby Lee Fulbright, Jr., 63, passed away Wednesday, December 14th, 2022 at Magnolia Manor of Greenville. Born in Oconee County, South Carolina, Bobby was the son of the Bobby Lee Fulbright, Sr. of Westminster and the late Vivian Lee Roach. Bobby was a retired from Torrington as a machinist. Bobby enjoyed motorcycles and grilling. In addition to […]
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One of two vehicles in a 123 Seneca ByPass accident around the noon hour is said to have flipped, injuring one person who required a trip to the hospital. The accident snarled traffic on a rainy Wednesday. Casey Bowling, police chief, gave this account: “One vehicle was exiting the Firehouse Subs parking lot onto 123. One person was transported to […]
Read moreA wire service reports quotes the North Carolina Bureau of Investigation as saying that findings of a vote fraud investigation of former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows has been sent to state prosecutors. The file, according to the Associated Press report, deals with the investigation of Meadows’ North Carolina voter registration and the former Trump aide’s registration to […]
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The police in Seneca announce burglary and larceny charges against a 50-year old man – Charles Edward Moss Jr. The police quote the victim as saying she was awakened early Tuesday and confronted an intruder who stole a pillow case containing various perfumes and a dress, purchased for an upcoming family gathering. A search of the Maple Grove Road area […]
Read moreSeneca– Bobby Orr Grant, 87, husband of the late Joanne Swaney Grant, passed away Tuesday, December 13th, 2022 at the Prisma Health Cottingham Hospice House. Born in Oconee County, South Carolina, Bobby was the son of the late Grady Lee Grant and Ethel Holbrooks Grant. Bobby was retired from West Point Stevens where he worked as a weaver for […]
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