Author: Dick Mangrum

According to a passing motorist, Seneca EN 1st Street remains blocked to thru traffic this morning — about midway between the 130 intersection and the downtown.  The problem appears to a broken or cracked electric power pole.

The fall commencement for Tri-County Technical College is on tap at 6 o’clock tonight at Clemson University’s Brooks Center for the Performing Arts.  Speaking to the graduates will be Rita Rao, a retired toy industry executive.  In her career, Rao started at entry-level and finished as executive vice president of Mattel Inc.

Walhalla’s utilities committee threw its support behind a preferred solution this morning to a new homeowner’s problem of sewer overflow and backup on S. Pine Street.   The committee agreed with utilities director Scott Parris’s idea to fix.  The committee will recommend at tomorrow night’s full city council meeting that for reasons, including cost, the preferred solution there would be a […]

At mid-day on Friday a plume of smoke remained visible throughout Walhalla — from a single-family home fire on Frederick Drive near S. Boundary Street.  No one reported hurt, but as many as five people were displaced by the fire, about which city fire fighters were alerted at 11 am. The Frederick Drive home remained a fire scene late into […]

Matthew Durham, chairman of Oconee County Council, senses an intricate interplay in progress in the southern end of the county.  In his latest newsletter, Durham says it’s a dynamic involving individual property rights, economic development, and the interests of Oconeeans in general.  The start of a project to sewer the I-85 corridor has, among some farmers, raised concerns about potential […]

The Georgia DNR has photographs of three people who are persons of interest in a criminal damage case October 14 at the Burton Fish Hatchery in Clarkesville, Georgia.  Anyone with information about the case is asked to call the DNR law enforcement at 770/918-6048.

General contractor Garrison Construction (Gar-Con), goes to work early next month on water and sewer improvements in the Strawberry Lane area of Clemson.  The work starts January 8 and should take about 12 weeks. A community information meeting will be held at 5:30 pm Thursday, January 4 at city hall to discuss the scope and schedule of the project, as […]