Central Oconee sewer planning meeting

A “Central Oconee County Sewer Planning Stakeholder Meeting” is announced for tomorrow afternoon in Walhalla.  It will be a two-hour meeting, from 1:30 to 3:30 tomorrow afternoon at the Walhalla Depot.  According to the Joint Regional Sewer Authority, “As this is a presentation and discussion for a specific project, comments and questions from the public will not be received at […]

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The wind down of the Clemson Perimeter Road project

Apart from final striping, the newly paved and widened section of Clemson’s Perimeter Road is complete.  From end to end, Perimeter Road is now four lanes, two lanes each way, and the speed limit remains 35 miles an hour.  Thrift Development’s Rush Thrift, explained in an interview with 101.7/WGOG NEWS, the greatest challenge was coordination and communication with the university, […]

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Consider a career in sewer work

In a popular TV series way back in the last century, Jackie Gleason’s sidekick, Art Carney, spent his working days in the sewers of New York.  Not a glamourous job, but a necessary one.  These days there’s great need for workers to man Oconee’s treatment plant, as several of the plant’s workers are within a few years of retirement and […]

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Capacity worries at the treatment plant

At the committee level, there are questions about the capability of Oconee’s sewer plant to meet the needs of a growing county.  Those questions and, to an extent, concerns were raised at yesterday’s full meeting of the board of the Joint Regional Sewer Authority.  Chris Eleazer, JRSA executive director, concedes there’s a lot of talk about housing building boom within […]

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Supermarket was the spot for a landing zone

Oconee fire officials provide the following explanation for the flashing lights at midafternoon on the Food Lion property between Seneca and Clemson:  There an ambulance and fire truck and personnel prepared for a landing zone for a medical helicopter.  Chief Christenbury of the Corinth-Shiloh Fire Department said the landing zone was requested by Clemson University, but he was unaware of […]

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Norma Clark Adams

Seneca, SC — Norma Clark Adams, 79, wife of Rev. Samuel Adams, of Seneca, passed away on Sunday, November 5, 2023, at Rainey Hospice House.   A native of Madison County, NC, Mrs. Adams was the daughter of the late Ulus Franklin and Eula Miller Clark. She was a retired medical administrative assistant and also spent years in the University […]

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Chris Moore

  Long Creek, SC – Henry Chris Moore, 83, husband of Loran A. Triance Moore, passed away at his home, Sunday, November 5, 2023. He was surrounded by his loving family and friends.    Born on September, 12, 1940, in Long Creek, South Carolina, Chris was the son of the late Edd and Dorothy Rholetter Moore. Chris worked hard all […]

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