County candidates discuss balancing budget forum
Three Republican candidates for Aiken County Council chairman spoke at a North Augusta Community Center forum about balancing the budget. Andrew Siders urged careful, line by line cuts while Chuck Smith pressed for revenue growth via millage increases and business plus residential development citing losses in the Local Government Fund since 2008.
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North Augusta
Aiken County
Republican Party
Eddie Butler
Gary Bunker
Andrew Siders
Chuck Smith
Council
Smith
District 4
State House
Aiken County Council
North Augusta Community Center
First vote on booze in Alley passes
Aiken City Council approved the first of two readings on an ordinance to permit drinking beer or wine in The Alley and Bee Lane on defined hours and locations. The 6 to 1 vote, with Councilman Dick Dewar opposed, follows the area’s partial closure to vehicles and its use for Amp the Alley events.
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Aiken
Dick Dewar
Bee Lane
Deaths and Funerals in Area 4A
Area obituaries list Gerald Thomas Hill Barnwell Charles H Turner Bath Sandra Kay Blackmon Ready Trenton Benetta M Dodd Aiken Mary Grace Murff Schilling Aiken detailing death notices and funeral arrangements for residents across South Carolina towns.
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Gerald Thomas
Gt) Hill
Barnwell
Charles H. Turner
Bath
Sandra Kay Blackmon Ready
Trenton
Benetta M. Dodd
Aiken
Mary Grace Murff Schilling
Aiken Public Safety Introduces Engine 6 With Push-In Ceremony
A large crowd including residents, firefighters and officials gathered at the Aiken Public Safety headquarters for the Push-In ceremony as Engine 6 is ushered into service. Lt. Jake Mahoney notes the tradition dates to horse drawn equipment in the 1830s and that Mayor Osbon and Chief Barranco attended the final inspection before the fire truck goes active.
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Aiken Department of Public Safety
Public Safety
Jake Mahoney
Aiken Public Safety
Mahoney
Charles Barranco
Charles W. Cupp
Charles Baranco
Rick Osbon
Aiken
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Aiken Standard
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Tripp
John Hardy
Ippolita
Honora Bulova
Floyd
Green
Silver Bluff Road
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