Portraits of the Past photo submissions requested in Aiken County
The Aiken Standard invites readers to submit old photos documenting faces and places in Aiken County. Pickup submission forms at the Aiken Standard office or download as a PDF from the website. Send completed forms to 326 Rutland Drive, Aiken SC 29801, call Kimberley Kirkey at 648-2311 ext 212 with questions.
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Aiken County
Aiken Standard
Aikenstandard.com
Rutland Drive
Aiken
S.C
Kimberley Kirkey
Local Aiken events calendar highlights workshops and galas
The Aiken area hosts a USC Aiken SBDC workshop on Wednesday 9 to 11, a Women’s Leadership Luncheon at Houndslake CC with speakers from Parkside, library film showings, a soil district meeting, a veterans camp event, and CSRA Teen Line training. Additional items include DuPont Planetarium programs, The Importance of Being Earnest at Washington Center, prostate screenings at Lowe’s, volunteer calls from Hitchcock Healthcare, and a Kore an War Armistice reunion for Marine Corps officers.
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Small Business Development Center
USC Aiken
Business & Education
Usca.edu
Marine Corps
Quantico
Pensacola
Florida
Aiken receives federal grant for state-wide radio network
The City of Aiken secures a 117,600 federal grant to join a 800 MHz emergency radio program. Twelve radios plus infrastructure will be funded, with six months of fees at 26 dollars per radio and optional six more radios at 14 dollars monthly. The system aims to improve interagency communication after disasters and major incidents. Local officials expect 18 radios in active use during emergencies and plan for a yearly 3,816 dollar ongoing cost once the grant funds are spent.
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Aiken
Pete Frommer
Department of Public Safety
Frommer
Aiken City
Aiken Council approves cross-agency public safety initiative
The Aiken City Council approved a new contract for the Department of Public Safety to collaborate with agencies in the Second Judicial District. Nancy Kieltsch will serve as the city's delegate to reduce traffic crashes and injuries across Aiken Bamberg Barnwell and other communities. The program, modeled after a Highway Patrol saturation effort, will study traffic data and hold monthly trainings to improve safe driving.
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Aiken Department of Public Safety
Second Judicial District
Aiken City
Nancy Kieltsch
Second Judicial Circuit
Aiken
Bamberg
Barnwell
Blackville
Burnettown
Denmark
Ehrhardt
Jackson
New Ellenton
North Augusta
Perry
Salley
Wagener
Williston
Public Safety
Pete Frommer
Frommer
Highway Patrol
Aiken County
Russell) Roark
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Goverk
Roxy Bouknight
Greenwood
Strom Thurmond
S.C. Thurmond
Bouknight
Houndslake Country Club
Margo Muniz
Judith Hoover
Parkside Women's Center
Bgassman
Aikenchamber
Aiken County Public Library
Jor Jones
Aiken Soil and Water Conservation District
Barnard E
Sons of Con
Federate Veterans
Bobby's Bar-B-Q
Jefferson Davis Highway
Warrenville
Glenn Dedmondt
Aiken Middle School
Lower Savannah
CSRA
DuPont Planetarium
Digistar
Washington Center For Performing Arts
University Hospital
Lowe's
Hitchcock Healthcare
Sandra West
P.O
Aikenstandard
Sheriff's Office
Karen
Kdaily
Karen Daily Ahelp
Houndslake Realty
Houndslake
Mus
Bernina of America
Bernina
Vee
Fury's
Gracie Waters
Meybohm
Hospital Auxiliary of
Aiken County, Inc
Aiken Regional Medical Centers
Aurora Pavilion
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