AECOM to Consolidate City Office Space in Aiken
Rumors confirmed that the downtown URS building now owned by AECOM will be vacated as the company consolidates all 250 Aiken employees into the Centennial Office Building at 2131 S. Centennial Ave. The move follows AECOMs $4 billion URS acquisition last year and its ongoing real estate review.
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URS
AECOM
Aiken
Newberry Street
Keith Wood
Aecom Technology Corp
Savannah River
Centennial
S. Centennial Ave
Wood
Local News Briefs and Forecast Highlights
Inside today local news notes Linda Annette Pemberton Conaway and Mae Liza Isaac. Obituaries and funerals page reference deaths in Graniteville and Aiken. The five day forecast shows sunny skies, high near 58, low about 28.
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Conaway
Graniteville Mae
Liza Isaac
Aiken
History comes alive as Levy portrays Chamberlain for students
Elliott Levy dressed as Col Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain spoke to fourth graders at Mead Hall Episcopal School's Aiken Prep Campus during Gaston Livery Stable’s sesquicentennial celebration. He noted the Battle of Aiken marked the only Civil War engagement in the area, calling it a rare milestone.
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Elliott Levy
Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain
Aiken County
Mead Hall Episcopal School
Gaston Livery Stable
Battle of Aiken
DE Biles
Lynne Dunn
Aiken
Dunn
Battle of
Civil War skirmish photo gallery features local tales
Aiken area memories recall a Feb 11 1865 clash that stretched into the next day. The battle marked one of the South’s final victors as Levy of Gaston Livery Stable notes scarce food and horses seized for the war effort. See Battle page 12A.
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Aiken
Levy
Officials address proposal to close S C State University
The South Carolina House promptly blocked a Ways and Means subcommittee plan to shut financially strapped S C State University for two years from July 1 to January 2017. Lawmakers expressed surprise and doubt at the proposal as critics urge restraint and insist the school remain open.
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S.C. House of Representatives
Ways and Means
S.C. State University
House
S.C
Bill Clyburn
D-Aiken
State College
Bill Taylor
R-Aiken
Shane Massey
R-Edgefield
General Assembly
Taylor
Ice storm costs recouped by Aiken County and city
Aiken County and the City of Aiken have recovered most expenses from last year’s February ice storm Winter Storm Pax. The disaster caused extensive debris with hundreds of trees down and over 50 000 residents without power. FEMA reimbursements totaling about 27 million offset roughly 33 million in storm recovery costs, with county administration noting progress on reimbursements.
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Aiken County
Aiken
Barack Obama
South Carolina
Federal Emergency Management Agency
FEMA
Southern Disaster Recovery
S.C. Department of Transportation
Clay Killian
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Annette” Pemberton
Community Playhouse
Edgefield
NAHS
Svenseeeses
Dear Abby Sports
Dede Biles
Jerry Chesser
Hampton
Aikenstandard.com
Dent
Gaston
S.C. State
Black Caucus
Clyburn
David Yurman
Windsor
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