Aiken officials unimpressed by Trump MOX budget request
State lawmakers in Aiken County express disappointment but not surprise at President Trump’s FY 2019 budget proposal to end the MOX project at the Savannah River Site. The plan includes 59 million to dilute and dispose, while continuing the push to close the MOX facility and convert plutonium into reactor fuel.
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Aiken County
Tom Young
Donald Trump
Savannah River
Trump
National Nuclear Security Administration
Steven Behart
Barack Obama
MOX
Bart Blackwell
R-Aiken
Blackwell
Bill Clybuen
D. Aiken
Clybuen
Deaths and Funerals Roundup for Aiken and Warrenville
Area deaths include Ruth Eleanor Reichardt and Ward William Bruce McCollara along with Beeche and Joey Boatwright Fox. Also listed are Gerald Yaun from Warrenville Zelma Adams Roman and Jean Cawan Dynarski and Mildred Scott of Aiken. Funeral notices provide basic names and burial details for families in the region.
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Ruth Eleanor Reichardt
Ward
William Bruce McCollara
Beeche
Joey Boatwright Fox
Aiken
Gerald Yaun
Warrenville
Zelma Adams Roman
Jean Cawan Dynarski
Mildred Scott
North Augusta debates Riverside Village alcohol access
North Augusta City Council tabled Ordinance 2018 02 that would legalize public alcohol in Riverside Village between 1000 a.m. and midnight within a defined area bounded by Brick Pond Park Georgia Avenue the Savannah River and Esplanade Avenue. The measure would allow up to two drinks per person in paper or plastic cups no larger than 16 ounces and prohibit outside consumption. Council also discussed Riverview Park improvements and heard a park funding update while expressing caution about enacting the change.
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Riverside Village
North Augusta
David McGhee
Bob Pettit
Aso
Riverside
Riverview Park
Brick Pond Park
Fletcher Dickert
Dickert
South Carolina bill targets same sex marriage as parody
Conservative lawmakers in South Carolina filed a bill to deem same sex marriage a parody to challenge the Supreme Court ruling on marriage. The measure, led by six Upstate Republicans and linked to secular humanism, argues the state must not endorse religion while seeking to protect church state separation.
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Bill
Supreme Court
South Carolina
Lavemakers
Onerman
Republican House
Secular
Humanisea
Steven Long
Apartariburg
Long
Gion
Washington
United States
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Ver Nue
Voramit
Lindsey Hodges
Bodgestuiker Standard Com
Mt. Ghee
Georgia Avenue
Esplanade Avenue
Park
North Augusta Parks, Recreation and Tourism
Rick Meyer
Sand
Caitlin Byrd
Pestand Coure
Abby
Illiam Henry
Windsor
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