PICKENS COUNTY — It just doesn’t make any sense. A septangle is a figure with seven sides. A septave is a seven-tone musical scale. A septuagenarian is a person who is between 70 and 79 years old — so why in the world is September the ninth month?

NEWBERRY — Newberry Health Hospital recently announced a generous donation from Trane Technologies’ Newberry facility to the hospital’s Oncology and Infusion Department. The donation includes 691 bottles of Ensure®, a vital nutritional supplement often used to support cancer patients undergoing treatment.

Ajadae Williams was named the August Teacher of the Month. She is pictured with Newberry Middle School Principal Zeb Reid.

NEWBERRY — Mayors across Newberry County gathered over breakfast to hear the good news coming from their respective municipalities during the Newberry County Chamber of Commerce’s Mayoral Breakfast last week.

PROSPERITY — After being rescheduled due to inclement weather, the Town of Prosperity saw nothing but sunshine and smiling faces as they held their National Night Out event last week.

NEWBERRY — Dr. Sarah Masterson, associate professor of piano and music theory at Newberry College, has been chosen as a finalist for the 2025 Ernst Bacon Memorial Award for the Performance of Music. The award, which recognizes the best performances of American music by ensembles and individual artists worldwide, was for her recording of Philippa Schuyler’s “White Nile Suite” from Masterson’s 2024 album, Travelogue: Philippa Schuyler’s Music for Piano. Winners will be announced in the fall.

We’ve made it back to Mississippi now, but goodness did we love Newberry! For years, my sister Lee Anne and I have wanted to travel to Newberry, South Carolina, where we knew that our Livingston ancestors had originated. All of our older family members have passed on now, but we used to hear stories of how our family began when one of our ancestors made his way to Smith County, Mississippi, from Newberry. My paternal aunt, Eva Grace Livingston Noblin, was even a member of the Old Newberry Genealogical Society. Her meticulous papers helped us on this trip. We knew there was an actual Livingston Family Cemetery, but we had no idea just how many Livingstons we’d see in various cemeteries around the county.