Silver Bluff teams shine in competition and Firehouse Subs visit
The Junior ROTC rifle team placed fifth nationally while the drill team won first at a state meet. Robin Sorensen co founder of Firehouse Subs visited an Aiken location on Wednesday during the Founders Tour at one of the chain’s newest restaurants.
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Silver Bluff
Robin Sorensen
Firehouse Subs
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One Day in Horrorland Featured in Aiken Reading Highlight
Sydney Panzer from Aiken discusses R.L. Stines One Day in Horrorland as part of the citys daily literacy spotlight. The feature emphasizes the importance of reading in a fast paced high tech world and invites discussion about the book.
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Area Deaths List Local residents and services
Obituary notices list Lonnie Edward Barton Graniteville Mary Christine Blosser Mary Gay Christine Tarrel Leshell Landy Dunbar Williston Louis H Goff Warrenville Frances Salley Chalk Lain Aiken James Scott McKenzie Anthony Texas Alberta Goodwin Norris Renton Marcus Anderson Orrey Leesville death notices published in the 6A funeral directory.
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Williston
Louis H. Goff
Warrenville
Frances Salley Chalk Lain
Aiken
James “Scott” McKenzie
Anthony
Texas
Alberta Goodwin Norris
Renton
Marcus Anderson Orrey
Leesville
9 11 rescuer recounts long battle with health effects
Cynthia Mahoney, 54, an Episcopal nun and former EMT, is among about 30,000 responders who survived the World Trade Center attacks. She recalls rushing to Bellevue Hospital, offering triage as debris rained down, sheltering in St Pauls Chapel cemetery and sharing an air pack with firefighters as the towers collapsed. Her efforts began one day that left lasting health costs and a mission to aid others affected.
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Mahoney
New York
Cindy Catherine
Order of St. Helena
Augusta
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Bellevue Hospital
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Fentanyl overdoses rise in Aiken County
Over the last 90 days four residents in Aiken County died from fentanyl after extracting it from patches. Coroner Tim Carlton notes Aiken is one of two counties in the state with this problem, with three of the deceased lacking prescriptions. The DEA notes fentanyl is about 80 times stronger than morphine.
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Aiken County
Tim Carlton
Aiken
Upstate
Drug Enforcement Agency
Belgium
Mexican immigrants in South Carolina show education gains and ongoing mobility
A University of South Carolina survey of 381 young male Mexican immigrant workers found over 40 percent hold high school diplomas and about a third work in construction with an average annual income of 21 000 dollars. The study notes unsettled yet better educated workers and 16 percent of income sent to relatives in Mexico.
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Columbia
University of South Carolina
Doug Woodward
Woodward
Mexico
Chamber hosts tax reform forum in downtown Aiken
The Greater Aiken Chamber of Commerce hosts a 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. forum at the Aiken Municipal Building 214 Park Ave S.W. to explain proposed property tax reform and its impact on business with speakers including Mayor Fred Cavanaugh and leaders from the state chamber and SC Manufacturers.
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