Top stories of 2009 in Aiken County
Aiken County reflects on a year dominated by a $1.5 billion influx, the Savannah River Site's $1.6 billion stimulus program, and ensuing management upheavals. The piece notes accidents, DOE internal strife, and contractor milestone misses affecting SRNS Parsons and SRR.
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Aiken County
Aiken Standard
Savannah River Nuclear Solutions
Department of Energy
SRNS
SRS
Stellar Safety
Parsons
SRR
DOE
Aiken County Schools face further midyear budget losses
For a second straight year the Aiken County School District grapples with 4 percent and 5 percent midyear cuts. Federal stabilization funds help absorb about 3.7 million dollars, but further 2009-10 state cuts could force personnel, program, and supply reductions.
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Aiken County
Board of Education
Aiken Standard Launches New Pluck Commenting System
Starting today the Aiken Standards site adopts Pluck for comments requiring profiles. Readers sign in with an email, choose a display name and password, then may upload an avatar. The change aims to connect comments with reader profiles and activity.
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Aiken Standards
Aikenstandard.com
Pluck
Bellamy Hutto Jones Obituaries Aiken Deaths 6A
Obituary notices from Aiken South Carolina list James Dewitt Babe Bellamy Sr. Beech Island ONeal Hutto Salley Clifford David Jones among local residents. The notices appear in the 6A death and funeral section detailing survived relatives, funeral arrangements, and burial details for community members.
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James Dewitt
Babe” Bellamy Sr
Beech Island
O'Neal Hutto
Salley
Battle of Aiken re enactment gears up at Confederate Park
Barnard E. Bee Camp 1575 prepares Confederate Park off Powell Pond Road for the 16th annual Civil War re enactment. Volunteers cut grass and check utilities as hundreds of students visit, artillery is shown, and a Battle of Aiken skirmish unfolds on Richland Avenue. The event runs February 19 20 and 21 with a church service on Sunday.
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Barnard E. Bee
Sons of Confederate Veterans
Powell Pond Road
Battle of
Aiken
Joe Wheeler
Judson Kilpatrick
Richland Avenue
Edwin Mann
Aiken County
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