Aiken Concert Association Loses School Auditorium
The Aiken Community Concert Association can no longer use Laurens Street Elementary School auditorium after an engineering firm found the stage and balcony unsafe. Repairs are unfunded, forcing relocation planning for the Slovak Chamber Orchestra’s October 2 concert and forcing consideration of First Baptist Millbrook St. Johns churches or USC Aiken center for seating 740 with proper acoustics.
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Aiken
Montengohl
Association
Morton
Johnson, Laschaber, & Associates, P.C
Vic Montengohl
Community Concert Association
Slovak Chamber Orchestra
First Baptist Church
Millbrook Baptist Church
St. John’s Methodist Church
St. John’s
Laurens Street
Usc-Aiken
Aiken County Council Defeats Referendum Resolution
At Tuesday’s meeting the Aiken County Council rescinded a May 4 resolution calling for a referendum on government structure and council elections. Council members split on legality and timing with votes to drop the measure despite some support for holding a vote in November.
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Aiken
Aiken County
Carrol H. Warner
Warner
Mim Woodring
Ralph Cullinan
Homer McGee
New Council
Bob Bell
William Clyburn
Medwell Hill
Bell
Fay Hatcher
Hatcher
Mike McElhaney
McElhaney
Building Burns In Bright Blaze In Aiken
Aiken fires gutted the Hoods Lane three story apartment building near Laurens Street at 1 a.m. Fire officials said the vacant wood frame building shows suspicious origins under investigation. No injuries. Mutual aid from Bath Center Graniteville-Vaucluse-Warrenville Montmorenci stood by.
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Hoods Lane
B.L. Cromer
Fire and Crime Protection Division
Aiken Public Safety Department
Laurens Street
Aiken
Public Safety Department
Busbee
Col
Barrington Robinson
Bath, Center
Graniteville-Vaucluse-Warrenville
Montmorenci
Belvedere Sign Draws Attention With Sharp Message
Cilda and John Pound owners of Pound Roofing in Belvedere use a large white sign to post witty and serious notes. Their current message warns This is Gods country dont drive thru here like Hell after a child was hit on U S 25.
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Cilda Pound
Cilda
John
Pound Roofing Company Inc
Belvedere
Mrs. Pound
U.S. 25
County to Clean Up Trash at 16 Greenbox Sites
A two day cleanup drive will target the 16 worst greenbox sites in Aiken County. The Sheriff’s Department Public Works and Luke’s Waste Control will cooperate with a prisoner work crew, truck and roll-off container provided by Luke’s, tools from Public Works, and sheriff’s staff to clear accumulated litter around the sites. The effort follows prior cleanup work at schools and greenbox areas.
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Aiken County
Sheriff's Department
County Public Works Department
Luke’s Waste Control Inc
Luke’s
Public Works
Sheriff’s Department
Ralph Gunnells
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Becky Brasington
Abby Erma Bombeck
Aiken Department of Public Safety
Ginny Southworth
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