Staples to open new office supply super store in Aiken
Staples will open a full service Staples office supply super store on Pine Log Road in the old Winn Dixie building Monday April 21. The store will offer supplies, computers, furniture, fax, copy center, FedEx service, signs and banners, and more at discount prices to serve Aiken's small and home businesses.
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Aiken
Staples
Winn Dixie
Pine Log Road
International Office Supply Super Store
Federal Express
Jean Papagni
Aiken’s
Tom Stanberg
Papagni
Stanberg
United States
Canada
United Kingdom
Germany
Office Depot
Federal Trade Commission
William Malpass
Malpas
Notable deaths in Tennessee and South Carolina region
Obituary brief lists several individuals including Lillian Exum Baker of Jackson Tennessee Marie Lloyd Curry of Aiken and others such as Johnny Ray Ida Posey Thompson and Bert Posey Thompson. The notice records their names and familial ties without extensive biographical detail.
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Lillian Exum Baker
Jackson
Tenn
Marie
Beck targets video poker with local option vote in Aiken County
Rep T Scott Beck filed a bill to remove video poker from state code and allow local option referendums to decide legality. If the measure fails, tighter local control and higher costs for operators would apply. The proposal moves to House Ways and Means for hearings.
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T. Scott Beck
North Augusta
State House
Aiken County
Beck
House
Ways and Means
Supreme Court
High Court
Aiken
New Ellenton faces slow business amid boarded stores
New Ellenton shows a waning economy with boarded up buildings and For Rent signs on Main Street. Two restaurants Huddle House and Kentucky Fried Chicken close or shuttered, while 15 former stores sit vacant. SRS employment fell from 25,180 in 1991 to 15,922 in 1996, though officials cite other factors.
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New Ellenton
Huddle House
Savannah River
SRS
Hank Rowland
Town council ends NationsBank suit with sewer relief
The town council on February 18 approved a resolution to end the long running NationsBank lawsuit. The move frees roughly $60,000 in frozen funds and releases New Ellenton from further sewer responsibilities, as leaders face an economic crossroads. James Goodman notes business closures amid the town’s challenges.
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Reieves
NationsBank
New Ellenton
Rowland
James Goodman
Goodman Chevrolet
FDA rules require ID for tobacco buyers under 27
Federal regulations go into effect requiring retailers to card customers under 27 to curb underage smoking. Stores face 250 dollar fines for noncompliance while inspectors and undercover teens evaluate enforcement nationwide.
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Washington
Food and Drug Administration
Virginia
North Carolina
Tim Dangerfield
Depot Stores
Aiken
Dangerfield
David Kessler
White House
Clinton
Democratic National Committee
DNC
Indiana
FDA
John Banzhaf
SRS dose reconstruction study expands study area
Harold Starnes of Perry urges government to provide environmental monitoring equipment to residents downriver of the Savannah River Site. Former workers recall early contamination incidents with “trap boxes” upstream. The Geographic Information System study area expands beyond 50 miles to include Columbia and coastal Jasper Beaufort Chatham and Effingham counties as Phase II narrows focus on exposure factors. Science is slow and CDC strives for solid facts while project remains on schedule.
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Augusta
Harold Starnes
Perry
Savannah River
SRS
James C. Floyd
Sleepy Hollow
Saluda County
Columbia
Jasper County
Beaufort
Chatham
Effingham
Georgia
Cal
Paul Renard
Centers For Disease Control and Prevention
Atlanta
CDC
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