On newberryobserver.com: • A lot better than it used to be: 20 • Similar to the situation in other counties: 32 • In need of attention and much work: 30 • Racial problem? What racial problem?:...
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How do you beat the heat? The response: • Lots of liquids: 2 • Indoor AC: 6 • Pool time: 5 • Another way: 5 ON newberryobserver.com: • Lots of liquids: 8 • Indoor AC: 49 • Pool time: 6 • Another way: 3 What You said: ...
All of life’s decisions can be filtered through a simple four-step Biblical process called STOP. This method, for both major and minor issues, reveals the most beneficial choice from an eternal pe...
Congress has defined a hate crime as a “criminal offense against a person or property motivated in whole or in part by an offender's bias against a race, religion, disability, ethnic origin or sexu...
I write not only as a concerned parent, but as a Newberry County graduate and resident. This is a concern in which I feel requires you immediate attention. The topic: Newberry County high school gr...
Tonight, the last of about 400 high school seniors in Newberry County finish walking across stage and receiving diplomas. During that time, those same seniors will hear lots of speeches on what the...
Newberry County has 91 more veterans of military service who have died this Memorial Day. It is sobering to think of how many have given their lives over to service in protecting our rights as Amer...
With a mix of purely practical projects and a healthy dose of long-range hope for our county’s quality of life and attractions — the penny projects list is on its way to the last vote before it mee...
Dear Editor: It appears that the Newberry County Council is hell-bent to sell Springfield Place and Jesse Frank Hawkins regardless of the impact on the residents, patients, employees and their fam...
I am a retired physician. A resident of Springfield Place, living in an apartment here. I am 90 years old, my wife, a former educator, public schools and university, 88 years old, an Alzheimers pat...
Dear Editor: Whether an orchestrated diversion or incidental unintended political happenstance, the unending debate of the location of a mosque location is a useful discussion binding Republican-D...
Dear Editor: Did you ever hear such whining as that of some elected officials who insist of yet more taking of taxpayer money to support the dismally failing public schools? They continue to tak...
Dear Editor: I would like to say that Newberry has fine men to be proud of. My wife and I had truck problems on Sunday. The idle pulley drive belt messed up on us as we were traveling. We pulled...
About eight weeks ago when I first heard that a man had been shot and killed and his body subsequently was dragged for ten miles, I was horrified and disgusted. I did not think to ask about the sk...
The response: • Spend time with family and friends: 16 • Reflect on our great nation: 10 • Rest—no work!: 7 ON newberryobserver.com: • Spend time with family and friends: 44 • Reflect on our...
The response: Outta here!: 16 Staycation: 20 NOTABLE QUOTABLES: We are going out of town, just not too far away. –Ashley Smith I don’t get one, but next year I’m going to Florida. –Corbin M...
The response: It raises valuable awareness of hate crimes: 3 It is misguided to have this march in Newberry, as Anthony Hill’s murder is not defined as a hate crime, and it puts stress on the com...
A budget representing very little change over last year, .77 percent, passed for Prosperity Tuesday night after zero public comment. The $2.159 million budget has $570,000 in its general fund and ...
One more paper to put together, this one, and one more story to write – and with those acts, my current time in the newsroom of The Newberry Observer will wrap up. It’s a bittersweet goodbye I am s...
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Our Opinion Counts: The Question: Should the blue laws be repealed? The response: Yes: 18 No: 8 ON The WEB: Yes: 142 No: 31 NOTABLE QUOTABLES: “Yeah, keep the blue law so we can come to ...
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