Author: Dick Mangrum

Where have the 30 years gone?  You could ask has it really been 30 years since Paesano’s restaurant opened at Bountyland?  But it has, and the restaurant is noting the accomplishment with pride and satisfaction.  We sat down yesterday with the owner, Frank Messana, to talk about Paesano’s.  The restaurant has been able to avoid the kind of employee shortages […]

The South Union Boat Ramp, located at 399 Boat Ramp Road in Westminster will close to the public beginning Monday October 17, 2022 for approximately two weeks for shoreline stabilization and site work near the boat ramp. The construction timeline is dependent on cooperating weather and may be adjusted as needed. South Union Boat Ramp will open as soon as […]

A vote next week by Oconee school trustees likely will create Patriot Day every September 11 in the public schools.  It’s in line with a move by the state to further instill in children regard and remembrance of history, including September 11, 2001—the day of the worst attacks ever on the U-S homeland.  There are also provisions for students to […]

Still no resolution to the squabble among the membership of the Joint Regional Sewer Authority as to the makeup the group’s policy-making board.  However, after a Seneca meeting last night, Scott Moulder intimidated some optimism as he reported Seneca City Council has authorized a new letter to the JRSA and the other member cities.  At the heart of a dispute […]

A new camera system is in place in Westminster, and it has sparked a question from a 101.7/WGOG listener.  Police Chief Patterson says the device that sits high in the W. Windsor Street median in front of the Blue Ridge Bank is a Flock camera.  It has license plate-reading technology and can assist law enforcement in crime investigations and missing […]

The Oconee County Sheriff’s Office arrested a man this past Saturday morning on a charge of Criminal Sexual Conduct with a Minor – 2nd Degree.   33 year old Ernest Eldridge Pelfrey, who has listed addresses in Westminster and Starr, SC, was booked into the Oconee County Detention Center around 7:30am on October 8th.  Pelfrey was given a $25,000 surety […]

Four Clemson bio-engineering students and their novel medical device face their most challenging test this week at the U-S Patent and Trademark Office in Alexandria, Virginia.  Jordan Suzanna Cole, Kathleen Fallon, Karly Faith Ripple, and Allison Reichardt are bound for the Collegiate Inventors Competition with their CatheSure creation.  The CatheSure is designed to wirelessly detect shunt malfunctions in hydrocephalus patients […]

Alongside four other universities, Clemson is part of a task force of researchers to create digital tools to help older adults better recognize and protect against online deceptions – such as the one that victimized a Seneca retiree in recent times.  The research team has a two-year, $5 million agreement with the National Science Foundation.  Clemson researchers are led by […]