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City of Anderson Elections Include Challenges for Mayor, Dist. 5 Seat

In early April, when the dogwoods along Main Street are beginning to gamble on spring, Anderson will ask itself — quietly, on a Tuesday — what kind of city it wants to be. On April 7, two of the ...
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Project Challenge Playhouse May Yet Have Third Act

Those who don’t believe making their voices heard can still change things were not at Tuesday’s Anderson School Dist. 5 Board of Trustee Members, when more than a dozen students and former students ...
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City Of Anderson Posts Growth; Downtown Paving Early 2027

Cities rarely change all at once. They change through documents few residents read in full; through a street closed for ...
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School Dist. 5 Project Challenge Site Decision Stirs Community

A flurry of comments are expected in the public comments part of the meeting regarding the board’s plan to alter a long partnership of allowing the use of space at the old North Anderson Elementary ...
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Library to Open Free Halloween Costume Shop Oct. 1

That’s why beginning Oct. 1 the Anderson County Library will reopen its Free Halloween Costume Shop at the Main Library ...
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City, County Hope to Get G. Ross Anderson Federal Courthouse

Greg Wilson/Anderson Observer On Thursday, the U.S. General Services Administration added the G. Ross Anderson Jr. Federal ...
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County Council Oks ATAX Distributions, Tax Incentives for Spec Buildings

Anderson County Council approved $465,195 in ATAX funding distributions to 55 local organizations, moved ahead on a pair of tax incentives for new speculative building investment and moved ahead in ...
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Belton Rolling into Fall on a Winning Streak

Christmas is not far behin, with the Belton tree lighting Nov. 19, building on last year’s successful November event. The ...
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Roberts Reelected as Mayor; Winbush Wins Council Seat 5

City of Anderson votes reelected Mayor Terence Roberts for a sixth term by a wide margin on Tuesday, In unofficial results, Roberts took 975 votes to 306 votes for Sullivan. “I am deeply honored and ...
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S.C. Doubling Down on Use of Flock Cameras Despite Public Concerns

COLUMBIA — Some South Carolina law enforcement are doubling down on the use of Flock cameras, even as scrutiny over the AI-powered surveillance devices has mounted nationwide. State legislators ...
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Anderson County High School Football Scores

Wren 23, T.L. Hanna 14 Westside 34, Hillcrest 24 Pickens 45, Palmetto 42 Powdersville 57, Pendleton 0 Crescent 26, Seneca 14 BHP at Abbeville PPD., rescheduled for Monday 7 p.m.
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Voter Registration for Nov. Elections Looming

South Carolina’s statewide general election is Nov. 3 and Oct. 4 is the deadline for online registration and registration submitted by fax or email, while mailed registration forms must be postmarked ...