Alice Fythe

Seneca, SC – Alice Geer Flythe, 81, passed away peacefully at home on April 14, 2022. She was born in Spartanburg, SC and grew up in Eden, NC where she graduated from Morehead High School. Alice attended St. Mary’s College in Raleigh and Averett College in Danville, Va. She was a North Carolina debutante through the Terpsichorean Club. She was […]

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Budget request in front of sewer committee

A look at the request for a new budget to run Oconee’s wastewater system is in front of a committee of the Joint Regional Sewer Authority.  The documents for the JRSA’s finance and administration committee this afternoon project revenues over expenses of only a few thousand dollars.  Yet the fiscal year 2023 shapes up as a year to realize new […]

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Fuse failed and a reactor tripped

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission determined that the automatic shutdown last winter of an Oconee reactor was the mechanical failure of a fuse.  It was an Oconee Unit #2 reactor trip and the loss of four coolant pumps, according to NRC findings.  The government watchdog agency concluded no release occurred and the plant response was normal and the “unusual”event did not […]

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New digs for the judge

Starting Monday, the office of Westminster’s Magistrate Court will vacate its cramped quarters on Windsor Street for a new (built by Trehel) complex at 1606 E. Main Street.  The new office opens 8:30 Monday morning.  Magistrate Will Derrick says at a later date, there will be an open house event.

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Mullins to succeed Romanyszyn at the chamber

Dari Mullins will succeed Crystal Romanyszyn as executive director of the Oconee Chamber of Commerce.  By the end of the month, Mullins will step into her new role.  She has been working with Romanyszyn to help ensure that programs and events will go uninterrupted.  According to the departing executive director, the new hire has years of experience in marketing and […]

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The status for SC 24 widening

Now that a roundabout is ruled out for a tricky Oakway intersection, what’s the status of an overall project to improve public safety along SC 24–from Westminster across the water into Anderson County?  Another question is:  Without a circular intersection to move traffic, how might the DOT address 24, 182, and Oak Creek Road at Oakway?  Julian Davis has been […]

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Three people suspected in robbery

The police in Lavonia, Georvgia believe as many as three people, in form or another, took part in the Tuesday robbery of a Truist bank.  Lake Hartwell Radio WLHR quotes the police chief as saying the suspects are not from the Lavonia and do not pose a further threat in the community.  The man who robbed the bank is described […]

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