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12/16/2022

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12/16/2022

🎁 Give The Gift That Keeps On Giving

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12/16/2022

❄️ 'Tis the season!

We invite you to participate in the annual Christmas Photo Contest, presented by the City of Newberry, SC Government!

Your opportunity to win a Fuji Instant Camera and county notoriety is here!

Head here: https://www.newberryobserver.com/christmas-photo-contest #/

12/16/2022

🚨 The Newberry Observer is in need of a Part-time Wednesday morning route delivery driver.

Position details:

• Pay is $10/hr.

• Hours are appx. 5:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. each Wednesday.

• Must be ok with handling cash and writing receipts.

• Clean driving record required, may be subject to drug/alcohol screening, DMV record check & background check.

• Occasional work as substitute driver to Pickens County late Tuesday night, appx 9:00 p.m. - 2:00 a.m. delivering the Pickens County Sentinel-Progress.

If interested, please head here: https://www.indeed.com/job/driver-4507bc784b49d3b9

09/30/2020

Closing our doors after 170 years.

UNION COUNTY — It’s always hard to say goodbye and that’s especially the case today, September 30, 2020, as The Union Times says goodbye to the people of Union County as our 170 years of service to…

09/30/2020

Airplane crashes near airport.

UNION COUNTY — Two federal agencies and one local law enforcement agency are investigating the crash of an aircraft Sunday morning (September 27) near the Union County Airport that left the pilot…

09/30/2020

Carlisle awarded $1.2 million.

CARLISLE — The Town of Carlisle will use two grants totaling more than $1.2 million to upgrade its sewer pump stations even as it also considers its options for the future processing of its wastewater…

09/30/2020

Lockhart Power buys a freezer.

UNION COUNTY — Lockhart Power Company has bought a freezer for the Union County Council on Aging.

09/30/2020

Community Prayer Meeting Oct. 1.

UNION — The Community Prayer Meeting will be held on Thursday, October 1 at noon at the USC Union Gazebo. Please wear a mask. We should have room to keep everyone a safe distance apart.

09/30/2020

Ceiling fan causes porch fire.

BUFFALO — An elderly woman’s use of her medical alert necklace to summon help after she saw smoke rising from her porch set in motion not one but two emergency response dispatches that resulted in…

09/30/2020

15 days of meals for 75 people.

UNION COUNTY — Do you know how much in a month’s time the meals delivered by Meals on Wheels once a day five days a week to 75 people in Union and Buffalo cost?

09/30/2020

Plant trees for decades of shade & beauty.

Cooler temperatures and warm soil make fall a great time to add trees to your landscape. Make the most of this investment of money and time and give your tree its best chance at survival with proper…

09/30/2020

An item of 'Old Business' approved.

UNION — Union City Council took care of some “Old Business” at its September meeting and moved a property owner a step closer to getting a new house placed on their property.

09/30/2020

Former school sites up for sale.

UNION COUNTY — Would you be interested in buying some property from the Union County School District?

09/30/2020

Wofford Class of 2020 graduates.

SPARTANBURG — Even though Wofford College was forced to postpone then cancel Commencement exercises for the Class of 2020, the college still celebrates the accomplishments of this resilient class.

09/30/2020

Expansion of family model Oct. 5.

UNION COUNTY — Some students who have been attending school in-person only twice a week will soon begin attending four days a week.

09/30/2020

Sports & Stuff: Looking back.

Over the last few years I have enjoyed my time writing for the Union Times. It started with a few articles here and there for some special events that developed into a long-term thing that I really…