Readers Weigh in On Aiken Road Widening And Traffic
A letter to the editor urges renaming Whiskey Road to Fast Food Alley and calls for widening roads to relieve congestion. The writer questions lack of action on Whiskey and Dougherty roads and suggests converting Aiken Mall into an outlet center to draw traffic from Augusta. They also describe a shopper using EBT after cashing a $5000 income tax check. Call the TalkBack hotline or email comments, with names not required and possible edits for space.
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Black Wall Street story corrected by Aiken Standard
The Black History Program Committee of Friendship Baptist Church was listed as a supporter for Black Wall Street The American Dream Turned Nightmare in Tuesday's Aiken Standard on page 10. The paper issues a correction and invites readers to report errors to Holly Ellington.
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Lottery draws for South Carolina and Georgia
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Students stage Carry It Forward play from Horse Creek Valley
Langley Bath Clearwater Middle School students and residents collaborated on oral histories to create the original play Carry It Forward. The 12 scene production traces life from the 1850s to today, highlighting local families, values, and the once thriving textile mills.
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Trina Stidem
Langley-Bath-Clearwater Middle School
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Carry It Forward stage play highlights local history
Aiken audience invited to see Carry It Forward a Cherokee Horse Creek Valley history play at the Auditorium with 7 p.m. performances Friday and Saturday. The production recounts school mergers racial integration and community teamwork with students from LBC Midland Valley High and local residents portraying past and present valley figures.
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LBC High
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Aiken County FIRST Robotics Team Heads to Palmetto Regional
Viktor Partyshev a Kennedy Middle School seventh grader and Ty Perry a Aiken High tenth grader put finishing touches on the Big Bot robot for the Aiken County FIRST Robotics Team. They travel with a chosen alliance of students from local schools to Myrtle Beach for the Palmetto Regional. Practices set for Thursday with competition Friday and Saturday and top eight seeds advancing to the championship.
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Ty Perry
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Aiken County
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Historical marker to honor Banksia at Aiken County Museum
The Aiken County Historical Society will unveil a marker Sunday during its winter meeting at 3 p.m. at the Aiken County Historical Museum. Speakers include Bob Harrington Mary White Mary Jo Dawson and Irene Rudnick. Banksia built in 1931 by New York businessman Richard Howe.
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Historical marker unveiled at Aiken County Museum
The 18th marker under the South Carolina Historical Marker Program will be dedicated Sunday at 3 p.m. at the Aiken County Historical Museum 433 Newberry St SW. The Historical Society will host a free public ceremony with a post event reception.
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