COVID also creates a need for mental health care

Professional medical personnel recognize a corollary need for care on the part of those people who’ve experienced mental and emotional letdowns, after recuperating from a bout with COVID-19.  Dr. Karen Lommel, chair of the psychiatry department for Prisma Health, highlighted this when she spoke today about what some of us experience with our minds as the pandemic just seems to […]

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Westminster special election — April 26

Voters in Westminster will be asked to go to the polls on Tuesday, April 26 to fill the terms of three city council seats.  Those seats have opened with the recent resignations of Brad Chastain, Danny Duncan, and Rusty Cater.  According to Kristi Burr, director of Oconee elections, her Pine Street office will accept candidacies from Westminster residents during an […]

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Would Seneca accept maintenance of a private road?

Placed before the Seneca City Council last night was a request to learn what steps would be necessary for the city to accept maintenance responsibilities for a private road.  Making that request were two business owners—George Chandler and Josh Ledbetter.  The mayor and council were told Ledbetter is opening a new business, at 106 Nelson Lane, a short-length private road […]

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Wayne McCall to arrange town hall meeting

Wayne McCall, former District Two member of Oconee County Council, says he and his brother, Keller, are planning to host a town hall meeting at a time and date to be announced.  The meeting will take place at the McCall brothers building, 305 McCall Brothers Drive.  Wayne McCall, who left government service 13 months ago, says he is worried that […]

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Ramey positioned to return to sewer board

Westminster City Council gave tentative approval last night to an ordinance that would make the mayor an ex-officio member of the Joint Regional Sewer Authority.  In the case of Brian Ramey, the current mayor, he’ll find himself back to a seat on the board that sets the policy for the three-municipality sewer operations of Seneca, Walhalla, and Westminster. A rule […]

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Property for prime development to be marketed

Surveyors were recently seen at work on 148 acres just west of Seneca, and a real estate worker tells 101.7/WGOG NEWS the property owner has his company to prepare the acreage for a marketing campaign for sale.  A few years ago, vacant land between the Wal-Mart and the Oconee Country Club was bequeathed to the Thornwell Children’s Home.  The children’s […]

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Dismissal of challenge to Seneca utilities

REB Enterprises vs. The City of Seneca is a lawsuit no more.  Court records reveal dismissal documents spell out the dismissal of a civil lawsuit that pitted the developer of the Crossing Home development on the Bountyland Road against Seneca, a case in which the Crossing Home developer sought to obligate the city to reimburse for water and sewer materials […]

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