Aiken Electric Shifts Battle to SCE&G Over New Annexed Areas
Aiken Electric Cooperative announced it will ask the South Carolina Public Service Commission to stop SCE&G from serving newly annexed areas it claims rights to under a 1973 agreement. The city council previously granted SCE&G exclusive rights to new customers in annexed zones, prompting cooperative challenges and threats of legal action.
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South Carolina Electric and Gas
State Public Service Commission
Sce&g
Aiken Electric
Sc&g
Aiken
City of
Made Limits Cooperative
Stat
Lewis
SCERG
Contracts On Agenda For New Ellenton
The New Ellenton City Council plans to vote on entering contracts with Cedar Creek Developers during Monday night’s session. A 5 p.m. work session precedes the 7 p.m. council meeting.
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New Ellenton
City of
Cedar Creek
USCA Aiken Sets Spring Registration and Events
USCA Aiken announces undergraduate spring registration Monday from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. in the Student Activities Center and orientation for new students. Graduate registration and courses start January 15 with some classes at North Augusta High School. For info call 648-6851. Also the Aiken Jaycees awards dinner is Tuesday at 7 p.m. at the Jaycee Hut, admission $6. reservations with Bill Hamilton at 648-9027.
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USC Aiken
Office of Graduate Regional Studies
USCA
North Augusta High School
Jaycees
Bill Hamilton
Aiken Airport sees major five year modernization
Over five years the Aiken Municipal Airport has spent 1.56 million dollars, largely from federal and state funds with city and county support, to renovate runways, a crosswind strip, and the parking apron for corporate jets. Wyatt Development plans a corporate hangar area, while a new terminal and other upgrades are planned in a ten year master plan.
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Aiken Municipal
Steven Thompson
Aiken County
Thompson
Wyatt Development Company
Groundly
Tra E. Boot Comprecateaew Aiken Alree Committee
Papers
Coward
Burning Warning Issued After Hugo Damage in South Carolina
South Carolina Forestry Commission urges nine hurricane hit counties to avoid outdoor burning for a year. The advisory targets Williamsburg Clarendon Sumter Lee Kershaw and Lancaster as foresters plan fire breaks and public safety messaging after 135 mph winds felled massive timber. The effort, called Gimme 12, is not a ban but warns of a potential conflagration amid downed debris and limited firefighting resources.
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Sharleston
South Carolina
South Carolina Forestry Commission
Jem
Anne Kyles
Commission
Nineter
Williamsburg
Clarendon
Sumter
Lee
Kershaw
Lancaster
Nancy Carson Library Nears Completion in Aiken
Project architect Peter Slavosky says finishing touches are underway on the Nancy Carson Library building with a February final inspection and April dedication planned. Donors Betsy Haskell and the Friends group funded features including granite entrance walls and brick sponsorships raising about 30 000 for books and other library needs. The facility will hold 50 000 volumes once open and will serve as a key regional library core.
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Peter Slavoksy
Nancy Carson
Betsy Rs
Abbe
North Augusta
Friends of the
Nancy Carson Library
Sally Bigger
Nancy Carson Library Board
Joseph C. Berry
Aikens County
Slavosky
Berry
Philip Lord
Lamar Berry
Sherman Construction Co
Aiken Council Schedules Land Use Talks on City Property
The Aiken City Council will discuss using 1.4 acres between Barnwell Avenue and Edgefield Street for a Coalition to Assist Abused Persons building. Annexation for Nick Ranges on Monetta Street and Oxford Trace Town Houses plans on East Pine Log Road will be reviewed.
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Aiken
Coalition To Assist Abused Persons Inc
Barnwell Avenue
Edgefield Street
CARP
Rom
Nick Ranges
Monetta Street
Woodward
Teacy i
Oxford Trace
East Pine Log Road
Pickens Place
Silver Bluff Road
Pine Log Road
Silver Bhuff Road
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Raft
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Steve Thompson
Bud Coward
Nantly
Novatio
Ms. Kyle
Dana Rodgers
Philip LO Statt
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