Community letters urge traffic lights and reforms at city borders
Readers call for a red light at White Pond Whiskey Road intersection and critique current widening plans on Hitchcock Parkway. They also urge improved local governance, outsourcing ideas, and a full time fire marshal while praising the Golden Rule and calling for social responsibility. Comments via TalkBack share frustration with politicians and seek action.
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White Pond
Whiskey Road
Suspect pleads guilty in Clearwater burglary case
Charles Edward Crocker 37 of Elton Avenue North Augusta pleaded guilty to second degree burglary and grand larceny after a home on Chestnut Drive Clearwater was burglarized Sept 4. He was sentenced to 64 years by Circuit Court Judge Doyet Early.
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Elton Avenue
North Augusta
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Chestnut Drive
Jay Slocum
Cassie Hall
Project Unify brings smiles at middle school kickball event
At a Friday Project Unify event in Aiken County, special needs students from Aiken Middle, Langley-Bath-Clearwater, and Paul Knox Middle joined buddies for lighthearted kickball. Tamra Ashley and buddy Haley Hall shared smiles as others cheered, while coordinators hope to broaden participation with future tournaments and a January host.
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Haley Hall
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Aiken County
Midland Valley High School
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Newbegin
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Jennifer McCurry
Aiken
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Marquez McBride
Lindsey Fulmer
Tamia Cade
Trez Williams
Meagan O’banion
Savannah Holland
Kennedy students plant Arbor Day tree named Colgate
Kennedy Middle School sixth graders in Sarah Burnham’s gardening class planted a tree named Colgate to honor a class chicken. The ceremony tied to Arbor Day in December as part of South Carolina’s observance and the city of Aiken’s Tree City USA efforts, with students noting trees cleanse air provide shade and prevent erosion.
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Colgate
Sarah Burnham
Burnham
South Carolina
Tom Rapp
Aiken
Rapp
Hitchcock Woods
Arbor Day Foundation
Larry Wool
City of Aiken
Fred Cavanaugh
Teresa Mitchum
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