Hampton Avenue Improvement Brings City Pride to Aiken
Residents celebrate the Hampton Avenue street upgrade from Laurens to Florence in a $200000 project funded by a 1994-95 community development grant. City crews install wide sidewalks, underground sprinklers, and shrubbery to create a park like setting for safer, more walkable neighborhoods. Plans extend to Horry Street and York Street corridor with further community input and funding anticipated.
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Aiken
Roger LeDuc
York Street
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Hampton Avenues
Karan Carter
Aiken City Adopts Radio Read System. Saves Post Implementation
The city borrows 1.5 million from the equipment fund to finish radio-read installation in a bid to cut costs. Six full-time meter readers transfer to other city vacancies, with repayments beginning in 1997. LeDuc cites major anticipated savings, noting Aiken as a pioneer east of the Mississippi to complete the system.
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LeDuc
Milosevic Progress Cited in Bosnian Peace Talks
U S official Holbrooke met Serbian President Milosevic in Belgrade and said talks were productive. Milosevic endorsed a U S initiative seen as carrying elements to guarantee peace. Sarajevo reported four dead from shelling in the last 24 hours as Serbs refused a UN withdrawal demand.
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Sarajevo
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Richard Holbrooke
Serbia
Slobodan Milosevic
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