MTP Musical “Floyd Collins” a Visually Stunning Moral Tale — The Anderson Observer

Mill Town Players’ production of “Floyd Collins “understands that the story’s power lies not merely in the historical facts — the 1925 Kentucky cave rescue that ended in death — but in the uneasy rela...

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After Delays, Work Set to Begin on P.F. Meat in Anderson — The Anderson Observer

Construction is expected finally begin on the building’s conversion into P.F. Meat Co. Butchery & Market, the Anderson branch of the Pendleton business that has built a following around locally an...

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AnMed Plans New 44-Acre Facility at I-85 Exit 19 — The Anderson Observer

AnMed Health announced today it intends to construct a new emergency center and health care campus on 44.25 acres near Clemson Boulevard and Interstate 85 Exit 19.

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Economy, Detention Center, Centennial Parade Highlight Anderson County Progress — The Anderson Observer

With 2026 moving into the fourth quarter, Anderson County is planning its bicentennial showcase celebration. It provides an occasion for looking backward, but it is also an unusually good excuse to lo...

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MTP Musical Unearths 1925 Kentucky Cave Tragedy — The Anderson Observer

The production opens Mill Town Players’ 13th main-stage season and is the first season mounted after the Pelzer auditorium’s renovation. It also represents a rare production that Ragland said has not ...

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Voter Registration Deadline This Weekend — The Anderson Observer

The in-person registration deadline for South Carolina’s Nov. 3 general election is Friday at 5 p.m. for most county election offices. It is not the only deadline: online applications and forms sent b...

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Pelzer Creating Town Square on a Parking Lot — The Anderson Observer

For Pelzer, a town without the conventional downtown square of a larger municipality, the gym parking lot has become a practical community center. Smithwick wants to activate it, surround it with even...

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Downtown Bicentennial Parade Set for Oct. 4 — The Anderson Observer

Anderson County will celebrate its 200th anniversary with a downtown parade at 3 p.m. Oct. 4, featuring local governments, schools, nonprofits, businesses, civic groups and public-safety organizations...

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Fall Ushers in Season of Pendleton Festivals, Holiday Events — The Anderson Observer

Lindsey Watley, Pendleton’s Community Engagement Manager, said the town is expanding the festival’s art component through partnerships, grants and a new effort to draw visitors from beyond the immedia...

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City to Consider Annexation on Vandiver Road for Subdivision — The Anderson Observer

The applicant is asking the city to annex the property and construct a single-family residential subdivision consisting of 62 lots on the property which borders Vandiver Road and is just behind T.L. H...

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24-Hour Homelessness Event Oct. 8-9 Outside Library — The Anderson Observer

The event, “Conversations on a Bench,” is part of a North American initiative coordinated by Citygate Network in the days leading up to World Homeless Day. The concept is simple but deliberately count...

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Voter Registration Deadline Next Week — The Anderson Observer

Observer Reports With the general elections less than two months away, the South Carolina State Election Commission is encouraging eligible residents to register to vote or confirm that their regist...

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Bicentennial Highlights Museum’s Key Role in Preserving County’s History — The Anderson Observer

The desire for a home for a county history museum began in the late 1970s, when members of the Anderson County Historical Society, Anderson Heritage and other local preservation advocates began discus...

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Project Challenge Playhouse May Yet Have Third Act — The Anderson Observer

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 sp...

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City Breaks Ground on Murray Mills Downtown Development Thursday — The Anderson Observer

A new project is expected to bring 156 housing units over 8 buildings, 18 of which will be housed in the renovated mill building. Plans include 18 studio units, 78 one-bedroom, and 60 two-bedroom.

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Voter Registration for Nov. Elections Looming — The Anderson Observer

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 ...

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City Of Anderson Posts Growth; Downtown Paving Early 2027 — The Anderson Observer

Cities rarely change all at once. They change through documents few residents read in full; through a street closed for paving; through a new apartment building rising where an industrial property sto...

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School Dist. 5 Project Challenge Site Decision Stirs Community — The Anderson Observer

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 Sc...

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Council to Vote on Distribution of ATAX Funds Tuesday — The Anderson Observer

The recommended allocations represent less than half of the $968,558 requested by 55 local organizations, municipalities and tourism bureaus. The funds are generated by the county’s tax on overnight l...

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Library to Open Free Halloween Costume Shop Oct. 1 — The Anderson Observer

It is a practical move for parents familiar with the annual rite of costume costs and their short life.

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Honea Path will Not Forget Chiquola Mill Massacre — The Anderson Observer

That’s why on Sept. 6, 1934, that arrangement was ruptured with extraordinary violence when roughly 300 textile workers and other labor supporters gathered at Chiquola Mill amid the nationwide textile...

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City, County Hope to Get G. Ross Anderson Federal Courthouse — The Anderson Observer

On Thursday, the U.S. General Services Administration added the G. Ross Anderson Jr. Federal Building and United States Courthouse, on McDuffie Street in downtown Anderson to its list of federal real ...

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Miracle Hill Looking for Location for Facility in Anderson — The Anderson Observer

The search has been to find the right fit in the real-estate puzzle to find a building large enough to house people, safe enough to meet code, close enough to the city’s jobs and services, and adaptab...

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Mill Town Players Bring Outlaws to Town to Open Season 13 — The Anderson Observer

The one-weekend concert is a tribute to the music that emerged when country artists such as Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, Merle Haggard, Kris Kristofferson and Johnny Cash began pushing against the ...

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S.C. High Court to Hear City Council Election Challenge Oct. 14 — The Anderson Observer

On Oct. 14, at 11:30 a.m., the court will hear arguments in Tonya Winbush v. City of Anderson, Anderson Municipal Election Commission, its commissioners and Darryl Thompson. The case will determine wh...

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Belton Rolling into Fall on a Winning Streak — The Anderson Observer

“We’re on a good run right now, for sure,” Dorn said.

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Labor Day a Reminder all American Workers Have Benefited from Work of Unions — The Anderson Observer

South Carolina’s labor history is not primarily a story of unions winning broad and durable power, but one of repeatedly trying to build power in a state where employers, political leaders and much of...

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Bicentennial Drone Show Highlight of Celebrate Anderson — The Anderson Observer

The 17-minute drone show was a fitting and fun tribute to Anderson County’s bicentennial, lighting up the sky with nods to the towns and villages of the county and icons that represented each.

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Library Card Sign-Up Month Highlights Countywide Offerings — The Anderson Observer

A cardholder can borrow a novel, trace a family tree, stream a film, prepare for the GED, SAT or Praxis, learn crochet, print a vinyl decal, check out a fishing pole or attend a lecture. During Hurric...

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S.C. Agricultural Museum Makes Harvesting Agricultural History a Priority — The Anderson Observer

The museum begins with the long history of agriculture in South Carolina, Cherokee cultivation, colonial farms, tobacco, cotton, corn, livestock, machinery, labor and the complicated systems by which ...

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