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The Cherokee County School District will hold orientation meetings Monday and Tuesday with middle school students involved in a new junior scholars initiative. A junior scholar orientation for Gaffney area middle school students will be held today at 6:30 p.m. in the Gaffney High auditorium. An orientation for Blacksburg Middle students will be held Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. More ... OPEN FOR BUSINESS- Lighthouse Seafood employees prepared meals Sunday during a preview night for local residents. The restaurant will hold its grand opening in September, owner Mike Alchihabi said. The restaurant will serve seafood and italian food. More ... Collecting trading cards has been a part of Joel Phillips's life for years as visitors can tell when they enter the Thicketty Station Bar and Grill on Granard Street. The cards of legends such as Roger Staubach, Emmitt Smith, Barry Sanders and a host of others are found in several glass cases. More ... Ten years down, 10 years to go. A 1-cent sales tax to pay for a $47 million school district building program was implemented in 1997, but despite generating more revenue than anticipated, the tax will likely be collected until the bonds are paid off in 2017. More ... For decades, the old McCraw's Hardware store on Mill Street served as a gathering place for local residents. However, since the store closed a few years ago the building has been left vacant and its age beginning to show both inside and out. More ... The recent intense heat wave has pushed electricity demand to new highs. The Gaffney Board of Public Works set a string of new demand records last week. The new record of 60.1 megawatts was set last Wednesday. More ... Local residents will get their say Sept. 4 on a couple of controversial ordinances under consideration by Cherokee County Council. The public hearings, which will take place at 5 p.m. at the Spartanburg Community College branch campus's business center, concern junkyard and airport fund ordinances. More ... Draytonville Elementary will have a Back to School orientation on Wednesday, August 15. Parents of students in Grades 4 and 5 will meet from 4:00-4:30, Grades 2 and 3 will meet from 4:30-5:00, and Kindergarten and Grade 1 parents will meet from 5:00- 5:30. More ... As is the case with the human population, this week's extreme weather takes its toll among the youngest and the oldest of trees. Urban foresters with the South Carolina Forestry Commission are hoping landscapers, maintenance personnel and homeowners remember to step up tree care during very hot weather. More ... Jeanevra Lanise Pearson of Covington, Ga., daughter of Grady Sr. and Carol Pearson of Covington and granddaughter of Nannie Louise Tate and Tecola Pearson, both of Gaffney, graduated from Salem Senior High on May 26, 2007. Pearson participated in various activities while at Salem High. More ... On Friday, July 27, the 1898 Society held a hot dog sale and raffle fundraiser. The fundraiser was held at the Blacksburg Volunteer Fire Department station. More ... Local News RSS feed |
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