A 95th year for a Seneca civic club

This week Seneca Rotary Club can take a moment to count the years.  95 of them.  The city’s Thursday afternoon Rotary Club was chartered March 14, 1928.  That wasn’t too many years after Paul Harris, a lawyer, and three young, ambitious friends organized the first service club, Rotary, in the then frontier town of Chicago.

Read more

Fire in the mountain region

The Andrew Pickens Ranger District will be conducting a 1,047 acre burn today approximately 1 mile south of the Brasstown Rd. and Hwy 76 intersection. Primary objective of today’s burn is for fuels reduction. Smoke will be visible from Westminster, Walhalla and Seneca and of short duration.

Read more

Phase One Palmetto State Housing Study

Joey Von Nessen says a major benefit of the first phase of the SC Housing, USC Moore School Palmetto State Housing Study is the attention to housing problems across South Carolina.  The final report is due to reach the state legislature by June 30.  The study explores housing issues, including supply and demand and the inventory of what’s available.  101.7/WGOG […]

Read more

March 25 event to combat food insecurity

A pantry, a supermarket, and two churches are working together to help nourish Oconeeans needing food.  A distribution of food takes place, first-come, first-served 10 am to noon Saturday, March 25 at the Radiant Church, 11075 Watson Drive, near Seneca.  JoAnn Johnson of the nonprofit “In The Gap” says, “We provide food assistance to families whose incomes fall between 151-186% […]

Read more

Nancy Bearden

  Seneca – Nancy Annette Bearden Certain, 73, passed away, Monday, March 13, 2023 at her residence.   Born in Seneca, South Carolina, Nancy was the daughter of the late Harold Bearden and Florence Blackmon Bearden.  Nancy was a homemaker who loved a good cup of coffee while spending time with her cats, listening to good music and enjoying her […]

Read more

The feds launch attack against chemicals in drinking water

An EPA measure announced today, if finalized, will require public water systems to monitor for PFAS chemicals.  Proposed is a first-ever national standard aimed to protect communities from PFAS (polyfluoralkyl) substances that, it’s believed, can settle in the blood, kidney, and liver, and lead to serious health problems, include cancer and obsesity.  South Carolina’s health agency, DHEC, has begun to […]

Read more
1 248 249 250 251 252 2,976