For well north of five years, some in the city of Westminster would grimace when the power would go out.

You’ve all heard the joke, “You know how to tell when a politician is lying? When his lips are moving.” Well, this time it’s no joke.

As bleak as it might get, help is out there.

If you remember around May of last year, this newspaper dug into some not-so-great happenings in Oconee County’s Animal Control department and the Oconee Humane Society.

On the 21st anniversary of the 9/11 attacks this weekend, let us remember that we are all Americans. 

Over the next few weeks, a limited series will be unveiled on the front page of your Friday and Saturday editions of this newspaper.

You might think it’d be easy to say that while we are glad that emergency responders — including sheriff’s deputies, EMS workers and the like — received a hazard pay bonus in the form of premium pay for their work during the COVID-19 pandemic, we don’t think everyone deserved it.

For many of us, the best time of the year has arrived.

Let’s face it — it hasn’t been a particularly good week for the School District of Oconee County.