Aiken City Council race shows party split and tight battle
Four candidates compete for two Council seats in Aiken with one party fielding two factions. Incumbents hold two other posts. Candidates clash over tactics and issues while publicly denying mudslinging and stressing visions for the city.
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Aiken
Napier
Brohi
Wells
Bob Botsch
University of South Carolina Aiken
Vaughters
Tom Rapp Leads Aiken Fall Gardening Seminar
Tom Rapp, horticulturist for the City of Aiken, will lead the Aiken Downtown Development Association Fall Gardening seminar. The $20 event runs 9 to 11 a.m. on Saturday Sept 3 at the Aiken Municipal Building Conference Center, with Q&A and plant care guidance.
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City of
Aiken
Janet Augeri Morris
Aiken Municipal
Greeneway rules discussed with 15 mph speed limit
North Augusta City Council reviewed proposed Greeneway regulations to be enforced by Public Safety including a 15 mph speed limit for riders, helmet rules for riders 14 and under, single file riding, passing signals, and penalties for violations. The session also covered site options for a new municipal complex and ARTS long range plans.
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North Augusta
Lee Wetherington
Charles Martin
Georgia Avenue
Bluff Avenue
New
Martin
Buena Vista
U.S. 1
North Augusta Riverfront
Five Notch Road
Celeste Avenue
Martintown Road
Palmetto Lodge
Municipal Complex
Mims Branch
Little Horse Creek
Aiken police arrest six in weekend drug bust
Aiken Public Safety arrested six suspects amid a weekend drug sweep yielding about $1,000 in drugs and paraphernalia. Officers spotted 18 year old Mario Hall on Colleton Avenue, later charging him with marijuana and cocaine offenses and resisting arrest. Meghan Green and John Maxey faced drug charges. Benjamin Torgesen was charged with cocaine marijuana and minor in possession. Two juveniles were also charged with cocaine and marijuana possession.
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Aiken
Mario L. Hall
Colleton Avenue
Meghan L. Green
Sumter Street
John M. Maxey
Benjamin E. Torgesen
Calbrieth Way
North Augusta
Hall
Torgesen
Meghan Green
John Maxey
Guard unit to hold departure ceremony in Saluda High Stadium
The 122nd Combat Support Engineer Company of the South Carolina National Guard plans a departure ceremony at Saluda High School football stadium Wednesday before its deployment to Iraq. About 125 soldiers, including some Aiken County residents, mobilized in 2003 but did not deploy then. mission remains undetermined.
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Aiken
Botsch
122Nd Combat Support Engineer Company
S.C. Army National Guard
Saluda High School
Iraq
Aiken County
122Nd Engineer Battalion
Pete Brooks
State National Guard
Ft. Dix
N.J
Brooks
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