Staff Bio: Carlos Galarza

Writer Carlos Galarza of Seneca joined the Daily Journal/Messenger November 13, 2006 and has been covering economic development, the courts, Oconee County Sheriff's Office, Pickens County Sheriff's Office, and the Town of Salem. Originally from Puerto Rico, he graduated from City College of New York. Prior to Upstate he spent 17 years working for various daily and weekly newspapers in Florida, the last being the Orlando Business Journal.

Recent Stories

• Lights, camera, action!
  Project to promote Oconee takes shape
  Thursday, June 26, 2008
  Except for one or two souls going in and out of the historic general store that is now a U.S. Post Office, or the passing of an occasional vehicle, the film crew shooting a promotional video of Oconee County had Broadway Street all to itself on a hot Wednesday afternoon at the old mill town.
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• Filming of Oconee DVD to start next week
  Actor cast as the son of Andrew Pickens to narrate story
  Tuesday, June 17, 2008
  History comes alive, literally, in Oconee County next week.
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• Storyteller tackles Oconee County history
  Audiovisual production looks to promote area to a wider audience
  Friday, May 2, 2008
  A master storyteller from Minnesota has accepted the challenge of packing the rich history and heritage of Oconee County into a dramatic video that promoters of the project hope could be used to showcase the local area to a broader audience.
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