Aiken Council to Revisit RV Parking and Satellite Dishes
Aiken City Council meets at 7 30 p m in the Municipal Building to discuss parking of recreational vehicles on private property and a ruling allowing satellite dish antennas in front yards. The agenda also includes annexation and zoning at 798 Pine Log Road and sale of city land on Fairfield Street N E. A grant update for sewer system study under the 201 facilities plan is on the docket.
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Aiken
Park Avenue
Rodney A. Peeples
Pine Log Road
Fairfield Street
N.E
P Z To Recommend TV Dish Ordinance In Aiken
The Aiken Planning and Zoning Commission will hold a 3 p.m. public hearing on an amendment to allow satellite dish antennas only in backyards. The panel will send a recommendation to the City Council, which plans a Feb 25 public hearing.
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Aiken Planning and Zoning Commission
Park Ave
S.W
P&z
Aiken
Second Circuit
Rodney A. Peeples
Sunny Outlook Amid Cold Night and Cool Tomorrow
Forecasters expect a brief sunny break tomorrow after a cold night with temperatures in the mid 20s. Expect a cool day with highs in the mid 40s and mainly partly cloudy skies tonight.
Gas prices near five year low may drop further
Gasoline has fallen to its lowest in five years and could drop another 21 cents to 94 cents a gallon on average. Dan Lundberg notes the cheapest self-serve grade hit 1.024 dollars last week, first time since December 1979. He says wholesale declines suggest further retail cuts by end of January.
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Los Angeles
Dan Lundberg
Selective thinning planned for Hitchcock Woods pine stands
Hitchcock Woods Foundation officials announce that about a quarter of harvestable pines will be cut to thin the canopy and burn the pine needles. The plan aims to allow more sunlight, improve bird foraging, and may attract rabbits foxes and deer while preserving Kalmia Hill Cathedral Aisle and bluffs.
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Hitchcock Woods
Hitchcock Woods Foundation
Harry E. Shealy Jr
Foundation
USC Aiken
David King
Shealy
Kalmia Hill
Cathedral Aisle
Hilburn O. Hillestad
Southeastern Wildlife Services
Three on Death Row In South Carolina Crimes
Three Aiken County men remain on death row awaiting execution after South Carolina carried out its first electric chair death in 23 years. Paul F. Koon, Larry Gilbert, and J.D. Gleaton were involved in high profile murders tied to capital punishment laws and face ongoing appeals.
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Joseph Carl Shaw
South Carolina
Aiken County
Paul F. Koon
Warrenville
Valerie White Newsome
Martinez
Larry Gilbert
J.D. Gleaton
Salley
South Congaree
Ralph Stoudemire
Gilbert
Gleaton
Koon
Shaw
Robert J
Bob) Harte
U.S. Supreme Court
State Supreme Court
High Court
Supreme Court
Harte
1Lth Circuit
Donnie Myers
Myers
New Yorkers Split Over Crime and Vigilante Feelings
A New York poll of 1,329 adults finds 49 percent view crime as the city's worst problem while 43 percent say residents have a right to take matters into their own hands. Fifty-two percent back Bernhard Goetz's subway shooting, with 28 percent not supporting his actions and 13 percent unsure.
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New York
New
S C Legislator Seeks Tough South Carolina Seat Belt Law
Greenville County Rep. Tom Marchant plans to introduce a bill on January 22 that would require all drivers and right front passengers to wear seat belts starting July 1. The measure aims to preempt a federal auto restraint mandate and imposes a $25 minimum fine for noncompliance with limited exceptions for medical reasons.
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Greenville
South Carolina
Tom Marchant
U.S
Marchant
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Steve Szymowski
Aiken Family Medcenter
Bonnie Nichols
Aiken Community Hospital
Szymowski
Nichols
Lundberg
Phillips
the Woods
Southern Railroad
Dibble Road
Hitchcock
Whitney Drive
Berrie Road
Andy Duncan
County
Goetz
the Times
Bernhard Goetz
S.C
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