Author: Dick Mangrum

Property changes in recent years on Seneca’s EN 1st Street, a major entry way to the city’s downtown, have been the work of a limited liability company based in Clemson.  One of the partners of KTC Associates, Al Babinicz last night gave Seneca Planning Commission a rundown of what KTC Associates has been up to on both sides of EN […]

A police chase last night from Oconee into northeast Georgia.  This is what the Lavonia, Georgia police are saying on their Facebook page:  “In case you saw or heard the law enforcement commotion, well it wasn’t us.  Apparently the Oconee County, SC Sheriff’s Office tried to stop a female motorist that was late for an appointment and she decided to […]

City planning commissioners view an affordable workforce housing project an inappropriate fit on Seneca’s EN 1st Street.  And, after a city hall hearing last night, the commission voted 5-0 against a zoning change sought by Mercy Housing Southeast.  A Mercy Housing representative from Atlanta appealed for a residential zone on what’s zoned general commercial to allow 74 units designed, she […]

“He’s one of our night guys (customers” — a really sweet guy.”  That’s how Kent Kwik in Walhalla describes the holder of a winning lottery ticket — face value $40 thousand.  According to the South Carolina Education Lottery, the holder of that ticket missed the $493 million jackpot by one number and is worth $40 thousand.

An officer of the country’s nuclear watchdog agency says Duke Energy’s application to renew Oconee Nuclear’s license has reached an important stage, and the NRC’s Dave Gasperson says the public is invited – and encouraged –to be part of tomorrow night’s meeting at the Clemson Madren Center.  It’s a public meeting for the draft of the site-specific environmental impact statement […]

A public hearing in Clemson in two weeks could bring out the crowds.  A planned development application, if approved, could lead to major changes inside the corporate limits.  If approved, nine parcels of more than five-and-one-third acres near Keowee Trail and Wall Street, along with a small easement, are to be developed as a mixed-use planned development.  The hearing will […]

A Clemson University junior from New Jersey, Thomas Caputo, is majoring in biochemistry, but he’s spending part of his college time promoting the awareness of healthy hearts.  Caputo founded the Clemson Heart Association.  It’s personal for him.  Caputo never knew his paternal grandfather because the grandfather died of a heart attack when the student’s father was just 11 years old.  […]

A Saturday night political event in Seneca is planned to satisfy a couple of purposes.  Assistant prosecutor Beth Blundy invites the public for a kickoff for her campaign this year to win the office of 10th Circuit Solicitor — Oconee and Anderson counties.  The seat, now held by David Wagner, is available as Wagner has signaled his intent to retire […]