Public meeting urged on reassessment issues in county
County Councilman Scott Singer urged public input after stakeholder complaints about property reassessments. With crowds filling rooms he scheduled a second meeting an hour later and pledged a public hearing within two weeks. Citizens prepared for the new school year as ACT scores show third straight uptick. Aiken County’s average trails the national by 1 point though it closes the gap slightly. Baby Girl the pit bull seeks a home after spaying and vaccinations with local vets helping. The Fresh Market plans a Whiskey Road opening replacing the Goodwill Emporium, boosting Aiken’s grocery scene.
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Scott Singer
South Carolina
Aiken County
Whiskey Road
Goodwill
Silver Bluff Road
Aiken
Water main break prompts boil water advisory in Reserve at Woodside
A water main ruptured Tuesday in the Reserve at Woodside forcing residents to boil water for a day. A separate note reports a Beech Island woman missing fast food from her porch, contemplating a "Big Mac Attack" as a playful nickname. In Williston a hit and run killed 15 year old Malcom Robinson on August 5 with a 26 year old Belvedere woman charged for leaving the scene and two 27 year old female passengers charged as well.
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Woodside
Beech Island
Malcom Robinson
Williston
Belvedere
Publisher Editor Credits List for Aiken Standard Staff
The document lists staff roles and contact emails at Aiken Standard including Scott B. Hunter executive editor Timothy E O Briant Phillip Yates Byales advertising director Dee Taylor and Letitia Jefferson among others with several email addresses. It appears as a masthead crediting newsroom advertising and production leadership for the publication.
Union speech dispute sparks sharp political clash in South Carolina
The State columnist argues Judge Houck showed restraint dismissing a union suit against Governor Haley and Labor Secretary Templeton. The piece attacks the NLRB anti Boeing actions, decries union rhetoric, and defends elected officials First Amendment rights as politics and policy collide in South Carolina.
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U.S
Weston Houck
Nikki Haley
Machinists Union
Afl-Cio
Haley
National Labor Relations Board
NLRB
Boeing
Catherine Templeton
S.C
Vaught
Charleston
Templeton
Lindsey Graham
Congress
Supreme Court
Post and Courier
Judge Houck
Cindi Ross Scoppe
Columbia
Anti nuclear columnist defends SRS missions and MOX use
A guest column in The State argues against labeling nuclear waste disposal as deadly and claims the SRS is well engineered and monitored. The author counters MOX fuel fears, noting 30 plants already using MOX and 20 planning to, urging professionals at SRS to handle the fuel cycle safely.
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Savannah River
SRS
No, the Republican Party alone owns the debt
Aiken Standard analysis argues the GOP bears responsibility for national debt dating to the 1980s plan to starve the beast and large deficits under Reagan and Bush. It notes tax cuts, war costs, and the 2008 crash as factors while criticizing blame on Obama and arguing Republicans must own the debt.
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Jack Devine
Aiken Standard
Obama
Clinton
Reagan
Dick Cheney
George W. Bush
Republican Party
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