Early voting will be available Monday-Friday from 8:30 a.m.-4 p.m. at the Anderson County Board of Registration and Elections, 301 North Main Street, Anderson. Early voting replaces in-person absentee voting. Absentee by-mail voting is also available. Contact 864-260-4035 or visit www.scvotes.gov for more details.

If council approves the financing on Monday, groundbreaking is tentatively set for April, with work beginning as early as November.

The bill advanced unanimously Thursday from a House subcommittee would create an 11-member commission to design and raise money for a monument to Smalls and decide where on Statehouse grounds to put it.

“It’s just a game changer in our part of the world,” said S.C. Sen. Mike Gambrell, R-Anderson, who finally got broadband at his house in January after years of no service. Gambrell said he had heard nothing but positive comments from constituents on the broadband expansion.

The tight harmonies, shared first by Shawn Ropp as Tommy DeVito, Michael Crittendon as Bob Gaudio and Dalton Cole as Nick Massi, grew tighter as the 2.5-hour performance unfolded, and by the time they hit “Who Loves You” near the end, the sonic experience of the vocals is something to behold.

The law goes into effect immediately. The South Carolina Law Enforcement Division will spend the coming months preparing to offer the free classes for gun owners the Senate added to the bill as a compromise, according to a statement from the department.

But even as the justices ponder the case, lawmakers in the House are looking to expand the program beyond the law's provision for vouchers of up to $6,000 for up to 15,000 students a year.

“Celebrer le Musee” will feature a full French meal (The Bradbury Bistro is providing dinner, with spinach and artichoke Cremieux and baguettes, coq au vin, French baby carrots, and lemon tart), a silent auction and other activities to raise funds for educational programs. Music from the Combo Kings is also part of the schedule.

Four blue-collar kids from Jersey in the early 1960s found fame and fortune from their harmonies, and became one of the most successful and long performing groups in pop music history, with hits that include “Sherry,” “Big Girls Don’t Cry,” “Can’t Take My Eyes Off You,” and “My Eyes Adored You” and “December, 1963 (Oh What A Night)”.

Thirty-one citizens spoke for more than an hour on the proposal, 21 against and 10 in favor of adding two at-large library board members, before council voted on the measure.

Since 2007, DST has begun on the second Sunday in March and ended on the first Sunday in November. Hawaii and Arizona are the only two states that do not observe daylight saving time.

This year’s winners were:

Pam Christopher, was awarded South Carolina Chamber Executive of the Year

Carol Burdette, President and CEO of United Way of Anderson, was honored with the Duke Citizenship & Service Award

Lois Philyaw, middle left, is presented the Ambassador of the Year

Jonathon Brissey, Young Professional of the Year

Steve Dean, New Foundations Home for Children, Non-Profit Director of the Year

A new resource to help those whose lives have been impacted by mental health issues in the works for Anderson, Oconee and Pickens counties.

The board currently has seven members, each appointed from the seven council districts by county council members. An overflow crowd was on hand at the Feb. 20 meeting, with supporters and opponents of the move taking nearly an hour of public comment time to express their views.

“Heroes are made by the path they choose, not the powers they are graced with.”– Iron M

The fruity- or candy-flavored e-cigarettes that have caused vaping by youth to skyrocket are already illegal. Only e-cigarettes that taste like tobacco or menthol are approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, and they’re generally marketed as a way to help adults quit smoking.

“Here’s to being single and drinking doubles,” a toast in one of the group’s early gatherings, becomes the rallying cry, as the quartet builds their camaraderie on Friday nights drinking on the porch and venturing into the bigger world in search of finding a purpose in middle age.

Rep. Kambrell Garvin, D-Columbia, displays a photo of his daughter as an embryo on Thursday, Feb. 29, 2024. He was given the photo as he and his wife went through the IVF process. his family was given as his family went through an in vitro fertilization process. (Abraham Kenmore/SC Daily Gazette)

Bills introduced in both the House and Senate, mostly by Democrats, explicitly protect the fertility treatments, though there is nothing in South Carolina currently that puts them in jeopardy.

The 110 North Kitchen and Commissary is an incubator that features a professional kitchen for bakers, cooks and other food preparation equipment for food truck owners, area farmers, aspiring baker and other local business. The city built the facility with a series of grants.

Legal Notice: Distribution of FEMA Emergency Food & Shelter Funds

ANDERSON COUNTY HAS BEEN AWARDED FEDERAL FUNDS MADE AVAILABLE THROUGH

THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY (DHS)/FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT

AGENCY UNDER THE EMERGENCY FOOD AND SHELTER NATIONAL BOARD PROGRAM.

Anderson County has been chosen to receive $58,218 from Phase 41 to supplement emergency

food and shelter programs in the county. The selection was made by a National Board that is

chaired by the U. S. Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency

and consists of representatives from American Red Cross; Catholic Charities, USA; National

Council of the Churches of Christ in the USA; The Jewish Federations of North America, The

Salvation Army; and, United Way Worldwide. The Local Board was charged to distribute funds

appropriated by Congress to help expand the capacity of food and shelter programs in high-need

areas around the country.

A Local Board made up of mandated representatives from the local community will determine how

the funds awarded to Anderson County are to be distributed among the emergency food and

shelter programs run by local service agencies in the area. The Local Board is responsible for

recommending agencies to receive these funds and any additional funds made available under this

phase of the program.

Under the terms of the grant from the National Board, local agencies chosen to receive funds

must:

1) be private voluntary non-profits, faith-based or units of government,

2) be eligible to receive Federal funds,

3) have an accounting system,

4) practice nondiscrimination,

5) have demonstrated the capability to deliver emergency food and/or shelter programs, and

6) if they are a private voluntary organization, have a voluntary board.

Qualifying agencies are urged to apply.

Anderson County has distributed Emergency Food and Shelter funds previously with Anderson

Interfaith Ministries, Salvation Army, Good Neighbor Cupboard, Safe Harbor, Anderson Emergency

Kitchen, Faith Presbyterian Food Bank, Golden Harvest and Second Harvest, the Zone and

Community Food Bank and Soul Food. Public or private voluntary agencies interested in applying

for Emergency Food and Shelter Program funds can obtain the application at

www.unitedwayofanderson.org or contact Carol Burdette or Monica Rockwell, United Way of

Anderson County, 604 N Murray Avenue, PO Box 2067, Anderson, SC 29622 (864-226-3438) for

an application. The deadline for applications to be received is noon on March 8, 2024.