Jan 24, 2021 | Community
Dear Newberry, Michigan: Greetings from your South Carolina cousins. Newberry, SC is situated in the middle of the state, in between the hills of our Update and the sands of Midlands S.C. I would say it is cold right now, but to y’all it’s probably warm...
Jan 20, 2021 | Community
By Sterling McGinn More of those grand, ornate buildings at the former Newberry State Hospital are going to fade into history. After several decades of sitting empty, the abandoned structures on prison property have been deteriorating and slowly removed when...
Jan 13, 2021 | Community
By Sterling McGinn Many area residents are surprised when they hear that downtown Newberry once boasted its own opera house. Yes, it did! The Bank Opera house was located above the bank on the corner of West Truman Boulevard and Newberry Avenue, the venue with a...
Dec 30, 2020 | Community
We continue our series catching up with former residents of the area. This time, we spoke to Corie (Fossitt) Harvey, a 1994 NHS graduate. What was your high school claim to fame? High school was a very busy time for me. I was involved in just about everything NHS had...
Dec 30, 2020 | Community
By Carol Stiffler Many members of the staff at Helen Newberry Joy Hospital and the William Gibson Family Health Clinic received the first dose of the Pfizer vaccine to fight COVID-19. The vaccine is optional at this point, said Dr. Patricia Gill, and about 100...
Dec 27, 2020 | Community
By Sterling McGinn Harold Dishaw and the late Vernard “Ole” Olson were both honored with Veteran Community Service awards by the Luce County Veteran’s Service Office on Tuesday, December 15. Presenting the awards were Luce County Veteran’s Service officer Rick Minard...
