K5 pre-registration now open in Oconee

“The School District of Oconee County encourages all Oconee County families with students eligible to attend K5 kindergarten for the 2022-2023 school year to complete a pre-registration form.  To be eligible for kindergarten, a child must be 5 years of age on or before September 1, 2022. Parents who pre-register their student will receive email notification when online registration becomes […]

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Deal brewing between two water suppliers

A highway 24 water line connecting Westminster water to Pioneer Rural Water District at Oakway is the subject of a potential sale involving the two suppliers.  After this week’s Pioneer board of directors’ meeting, general manager Terry Pruitt said he will reach out to Westminster and extend an offer to buy the line for $70 thousand.  Pruitt says the line […]

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Vickie Dorothea Brewer

Vickie Dorothea Brewer age 69, loving wife of the late Claude Randall “Randy” Brewer, passed away on Thursday, March 7, 2022, at Oconee Memorial Hospital. A native of Seneca, Vickie was born February 2, 1953, and was the daughter of the late Roy C. Long, Sr. and Avis Long. Survivors include her three children; Cassandra Simpson (Tom) of Nicholasville, Kentucky, […]

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Glen Lewis Adams

  Pendleton, SC– Glen Lewis Adams, 93, husband of the late Rena Addis Rhodes Adams of Pendleton, SC, passed away Wednesday, March 9, 2022 at The Residents at Park Place.   A native of Oconee County, Mr. Adams was the son of the late Willie Jasper Adams and Verna Gladys Spencer Adams. He retired from Platt-Saco-Lowell as a Machinist and […]

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Two-way contest for Pioneer Water Board office

At their annual meeting in June, Pioneer Rural Water customers will be asked to fill Territory Seat #3 on the board of directors.  A two-way contest for the seat developed yesterday when two men were nominated:  James Stone and Robert Eadens.  According to Barry Stevenson, board chairman, the seat has opened as the result of Jerry Barlow’s move outside the […]

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The 123 Seneca River bridge was inspected in 2020

The integrity of a large bridge connecting Oconee County with Clemson may have been behind a question recently posed to Clemson city officials.  At a “Conversations with Council” get together, the question of when the highway 123 bridge over Lake Hartwell was last inspected, elicited the following reply:  “South Carolina Department of Transportation (SCDOT) is required to complete the biannual […]

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