Joseph “Joe” Adam Schalk

Westminster- Joseph “Joe” Adam Schalk, Jr., 65, husband of Bobbi Lynn Schalk, passed away May 26, 2020 at the residence surrounded by his loving family. Born in Brooklyn, New York, he was the son of the late Joseph Adam Schalk, Sr. and Veronica Pranky Schalk. Joe was a retired Fire Marshall, for the University of South Florida, he worked for […]

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Edward “Eddie” Michael Lichtenwald Jr.

Westminster- Edward “Eddie” Michael Lichtenwald Jr., 78, husband of Grace Combes Lichtenwald, passed away May 26th, 2020 at Prisma Cottingham Hospice House surrounded by his loving family. Born in Brooklyn, New York, he was the son of the late Edward Michael Sr. and Martha Catherine Schuman Lichtenwald. Eddie was a United States Army Veteran and retired from Long Island Water […]

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Charter school to graduate 17

The 2020 class of 17 seniors from the Next Eagle Ridge Charter School will graduate during an indoor ceremony Saturday morning in Salem.  The likelihood of rain Saturday has moved the ceremony indoors to the school gymnasium.  Unfortunately, spectators will not be permitted.  Social distancing will allow only senior class members and five guests apiece, along with required school staff, […]

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“Zero” COVID-19 infections at the nuclear plant

Duke Energy’s man-in-charge of the Oconee Nuclear Station said today there have been no cases of COVID-19 at the plant. And that’s in spite of the swarm of contract workers who were brought in for a scheduled re-fueling operation. Ed Burchfield, the site vice president at the plant, attributes the good fortune to the seriousness that Duke takes toward worker […]

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Car driver faces multiple charges in Westminster

The police in Westminster have placed charges against a car driver who allegedly left the scene of an accident involving property damage.  The incident was reported shortly before 4 o’clock yesterday afternoon on Johnson Street near S. Spring Street.  Lt. Matt Patterson says a neighbor’s tip led the police to a heavily damaged Ford Mustang.  In the incident, according to […]

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Oconeean to be delegate to national convention

An Oconee Republican Party officer has been elected as a delegate to this summer’s national convention.  She’s Pat Murray, vice-chairwoman of the county party. Until this week Murray and the other delegates had thought they’d be packing their bags in August for Charlotte, North Carolina.  That location is now in doubt, as President Trump wants “a fast decision” from North […]

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“It’s going to be a tough year,” Moulder predicts

The effects of COVID-19, compounded by an EF3 tornado, add up to a difficult financial year ahead for Seneca.  Scott Moulder, city administrator, made discouraging budget projections last night to the mayor and council.  The city budgets for 2020-21 are taking a hit.  The general budget is projected to be $500 thousand smaller; the utilities, $100 thousand less.  The collection […]

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Emergency food and shelter money for Oconee

Money through the federal government is available to Oconee County to meet emergency food and shelter needs.  The United Way announces that a local board will decide how to allocate $48,461 from the Emergency Food and Shelter National Board and the “CARES” act of “FEMA”–the Federal Emergency Management Agency.  Local programs that work to fill food and shelter needs are […]

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Emergency grant for Seneca museum

South Carolina Humanities has awarded an emergency grant for Seneca’s Bertha Lee Strickland Cultural Museum.  It’s called a bridge grant and the money is provided by the National Endowment for the Humanities, as part of the economic stabilization plan of the “CARES” law.  The grant is designed to help limited staff museums in this new normal move onto a virtual […]

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