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The holidays usually bring out the best and the worst in all of us. We openly welcome the giving, compassionate side of us as we give to our favorite charity, or help a friend during a difficult time.

Fred Shepherd, President and CEO of Community First Bank, has announced the addition of two new bank officers, Cindy Swafford of Seneca and Terry Day of Liberty.

The Oconee County Board of Trustees has called a special meeting for noon today, and the first principal for the yet-to-be opened Blue Ridge Elementary School could be named by the time the meeting concludes.

Myra Dillard will say goodbye to more than 30 years as a classroom teacher and administrator today when she officially retires as principal of Tamassee-Salem Elementary School.

Dr. Tom Cloer Jr., is pictured with other family members, visiting graves in the Wolfpit Cemetery near Tamassee.

October 30, 2008 - 12:00 a.m. EST West-Oak High School teacher Debbie King looks through brochures during a tour of the Foothills Pregnancy Care Center as part of the fourth annual Educator in Industry Day ...

While Oconee County students enjoyed a much deserved break from school, which continues through today, teachers and school district staff participating in in-service activities Monday took a little time off for ...

October 3, 2008 - 12:00 a.m. EST Education experts have compared meeting all of the objectives for Adequate Yearly Progress, part of the federal No Child Left Behind Law passed in 2001, to a basketball player ...

' John Frady, in his third year as principal of James M. Brown Elementary, resigned Thursday and Oconee County School Superintendent Mike Lucas said assistant principal Michelle Grant has been named acting ...

' Tamassee-Salem Elementary School is among seven schools throughout the state to receive the Healthy Schools award for promoting wellness among students and staff.

"You can always see when a painter has finished his job. But, how do you know you've finished your job when you work with children?" My boss and friend, Dean Bare, who is also executive director of the Tamassee ...

September 6, 2008 - 12:00 a.m. EST And the winners ... Below are the grand prize and first and second place winners of Oconee Math Challenge.

' Roles were reversed this summer as a group of South Carolina educators became students at Santee Cooper's Conservation of Energy Kit Training for Green Power Solar Schools, joined by members of their local ...

August 27, 2008 - 12:03 a.m. EST School districts in Oconee and Anderson School District 4 were among the 10 best performing school districts in the state as ranked by their composite Scholastic Aptitude Test ...

A North Carolina man faces weapon charges stemming from a violent dispute at a Tamassee home, the Oconee County Sheriff's Office reported Wednesday.

Video of the Tuesday Evening Work Session for the Board of the Trustees of the School District of Oconee County.

August 2, 2008 - 12:00 a.m. EST Photo Photo courtesy of the School District of Oconee County Harry Mays Jr.

' The Duke Endowment has awarded more than $110 million in grants to communities across North Carolina and South Carolina, including $642,000 for a nursing education program at Oconee Medical Center.

' The School District of Oconee County faces a civil lawsuit next month in Pickens County that arose from litigation begun four years earlier in Oconee County surrounding allegations of abuse involving two ...

July 9, 2008 - 04:14 p.m. EST TAMASSEE - The three-vehicle accident that sent five people to the hospital Tuesday could have been a lot worse, Pickett Post volunteer firefighter Edwin Bryant said the next day.