Seneca’s top public safety officers

Pictures were taken and certificates awarded last night to the Seneca police officer of the year and the city fire fighter of the year.  They are so awarded by the Blue Ridge Electric Cooperative and were feted with compliments by the police chief and the fire chief.  Police Chief Bowling announced Lt. John Williams as his department’s officer of the […]

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Seneca Police Foundation in the works

A formal mechanism is in the works at Seneca to handle and disburse monies that are donated to the city police department.  Casey Bowling, the police chief, made the announcement last night and thanked the city council to consider the creation of a tax-exempt foundation.  This foundation, Bowling said, will decide how monies are spent.  Among likely uses:  further a […]

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Mel Swendsen

  Melvin (Mel) Swendsen, 82, of Seneca, SC, and formerly of Honesdale, PA and West Palm Beach, FL, died on November 24, 2021, at his home.   Melvin attended Penn State to earn a BS in Civil Engineering and a ROTC Commission in the U.S. Army. After many years as a successful engineer, in the 1990s Melvin transitioned to the […]

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Ray Arnold

Seneca– Norman Ray Arnold, 77, husband of Karen Denise Hastings Arnold, passed away on Tuesday, November 30, 2021, at his residence.   Ray was born in Oconee County, South Carolina, and was the son of the late Paul Killen Arnold Sr. and Ila Bell Dillard Arnold.  Ray was a retired supervisor with Sherman Construction Company for over thirty plus years. […]

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Seneca on notice — supply chain issues

An email sent to Seneca’s utilities director put the Light and Water Department on notice that issues with the country’s supply chain are going to add up to delays in receiving basic materials used by Light and Water for repairs and utility updates.  And, as the city administrator further explained, all things are going to cost more, with price increases […]

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Blood needs create emergency situation

“Facing an increasingly unsteady blood supply, The Blood Connection has helped establish a first-in-the-nation partnership to prepare The Carolinas and Georgia for emergency situations where blood needs are high. The Blood Emergency Readiness Corps (BERC) is composed of blood centers from across the nation that have committed to collecting extra blood units on a rotating, “on call” schedule. The extra […]

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Seneca City Hall meeting tonight

The mayor and council of Seneca gather at 6 o’clock tonight for a work session and special meeting at city hall.  On the special meeting agenda is Business License Ordinance 2021-17; up for discussion at the work session is the following Seneca business:  Juneteenth Holiday; 2022 Holiday Schedule; Business License Ordinance; Seneca Police Foundation; and Blue Ridge Electric Police Officer […]

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Duncan applauds judge’s ruling

Jeff Duncan, South Carolina’s Third District representative to congress, applauds the decision by a federal judge in Missouri that temporarily stops the Biden administration’s vaccine mandate for employees of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid in ten states.  Republican Duncan opposes vaccine mandates in all forms. In a statement this morning, Duncan said, “Though South Carolina is not one of […]

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