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South Carolina Farm Bureau breaks ground in Anderson on grain elevator expansion
The South Carolina Farm Bureau (SCFB) is breaking ground on a multimillion-dollar expansion project in Anderson that should double grain storage capacity and add new office and warehouse space.
Spring graduate’s fascination with the brain, helping others with communication disorders, offers a bright future
The science behind communication disorders fascinates Alayna Cassidy, and employing skills to help those who suffer from them moves her. With excitement, Cassidy earned a bachelor’s in communication sciences and disorders and a minor in human development and family science from Georgia Southern University last week. A 20-year-old graduate from Oglethorpe County, Georgia, who earned a year’s worth of college credits through her high school’s dual enrollment program, Cassidy wasn’t initially sure what she wanted to study. However, she did know how she wanted to feel in her chosen profession. “I wanted to work with people, and I wanted to be able to love my job, and...
National Hamburger Day 2024: Our picks for best places in Greenville, Anderson, Spartanburg
How many patties and toppings a person puts between two buns is a personal preference. If there were any day not to judge, it should be National Hamburger Day, as the unofficial holiday kicks off on Tuesday, May 28. What better way to conclude Memorial Day weekend than to sautée...
Madison County man killed in wreck on Athens Perimeter
A Madison County man was killed Sunday when police said his pickup crashed as he entered the Athens Perimeter off U.S. Highway 29 in east Athens. The crash claimed the life of Michael Pigage, 34, of Colbert, according to Athens-Clarke police. The single-vehicle wreck occurred shortly after 1 a.m. when...
Commercial Bank hires Brubaker
The Commercial Bank has hired Oglethorpe County native Dan Brubaker as a lender in its Crawford branch. Brubaker serves as the vice president of the Oglethorpe County Farm Bureau, is a member of Comer Baptist Church and owns and operates DLB Farms, a poultry, cattle and hay farm. “I am...
Water's Edge holds first service at Lake Hartwell, 'worship not about having four walls'
For most people, attending church means going to a place of worship in their neighborhood. For the non-profit Water's Edge Summer Ministry, worship occurs outdoors on Lake Hartwell. Sunday morning, churchgoers came by boats and cars shoreside to hear the word of God and give praise in a unique setting...
Winterville man spearheading recall effort against Athens mayor fires back at legal challenge
Apparently acting as his own attorney, the leader of a recall effort targeting Athens-Clarke County Mayor Kelly Girtz, Clarke County Sheriff John Q. Williams and Western Judicial Circuit District Attorney Deborah Gonzalez has made his first legal filing in Girtz’s petition to dismiss the application for a recall petition against him.
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