Blue Ridge linemen and trucks deployed to Low State

Early today linemen and trucks from the Blue Ridge Electric Cooperative were scheduled to be on the road to Moncks Corner to help Berkeley Electric Co-Op with its Ian storm-related repairs.  The Berkeley co-op provides electric service to around 115 thousand customers Berkeley, Charleston, and Dorchester counties.  There, the Blue Ridge crews are to join counterparts from other cooperatives from […]

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Marlene Flagg

Seneca- Marlene McDonald Flagg, 72, wife of the late Stephen David Flagg, passed away Saturday, October 1st, 2022 at The Oaks at Chanticleer in Greenville, South Carolina. A native of Union Point, Georgia, Marlene was the daughter of the late William Harvey McDonald and Marian Stewart McDonald. Marlene was a University of Georgia graduate, who had a great passion for […]

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Lawrence Durham

Westminster– Lawrence Deward “Pee Wee” Durham, 82, husband of Cora Lee Dean Durham, passed away on Thursday, September 29, 2022 at his residence.   Born in Oconee County, South Carolina, Lawrence was the son of the late William Murphy Durham and Lilian Marie Kelly Durham.  Lawrence was retired from the construction industry, where he worked at MB Kahn of Columbia. […]

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American Farmland Trust presence in Oconee

The American Farmland Trust is sending a representative next week to a meeting of the Oconee County Council.  AFT is concerned that the U-S is losing farmland at an alarming rate.  Topsoil acreage in places such as Oconee is being lost to development.  The organization seeks to protect farmland through agricultural conservation easements, smart growth, and what it calls “smart […]

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Utica homicide defendant faces November trial

Judge Sprouse showed empathy yesterday for a lawyer defending a murder suspect from Utica.  The judge remembered the time as a private practice lawyer, he had trouble securing appointments to confer with clients in jail awaiting trial.  That’s the exact problem that Sara Drawdy, an attorney for murder defendant Braxton Earl, complained of yesterday during a motion hearing in the […]

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