This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 7 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 2015
Page
3
A reader thanks an officer for writing tickets on Anthony Drive and comments on bike safety and road use. The piece notes limited beds at home, vet costs for seized animals, taxpayer burden for abandoned animals, and calls bikers brave despite motorists’ hostility. Readers encouraged to submit brief letters to the Aiken Standard.
The Aiken Standard announces corrections to a January 14 bookings page to fix Steven Otto Brinsons criminal sexual conduct with a minor third degree charge and clarifies that the late Greg Smith did not receive the Order of the Palmetto Award. The piece also notes misidentified race photos and improper photo credits and urges readers to report factual errors.
The Concerned Ministers Fellowship hosts a public listening session on community relations and law enforcement at Smith-Hazel Recreation Center from 7 to 8:30 p.m. in Aiken. City officials and Aiken Public Safety will attend as residents share concerns about guns drugs and violence and call for civil dialogue.
Community members are invited to a public forum this evening at 7 o clock. The meeting will take place at 400 Kershaw Street and will cover local concerns and neighborhood updates.
Aiken residents join environmental lawyers in Charleston seeking an injunction to continue talks over South Carolina surface water rules. The SC Environmental Law Project filed in September to overturn parts of the 2010 Surface Water Withdrawal Act affecting the Edisto River. The act lets industrial farms withdraw large river volumes with minimal public notice based on safe yield, favoring large users over traditional landowners.
In Charleston County a judge will decide whether to dismiss the case based on a November SCDHEC filing. Doug Busbee of Wagoner, an Edisto River advocate, urges the case proceed to uncover how a shift in agricultural policy may attract large farms into South Carolina and affect local farmers. The Edisto and Walther Farms dispute centers on monthly withdrawals up to 805 million gallons and river protection efforts by Friends of the Edisto. Maayan Schechter, Aiken Standard government reporter.
A group led by the Contract and Project Management Working Group finds DOE oversight inadequate at Savannah River Site MOX facility and other projects. They warn costs could rise from initial 1.1 billion in 2001 to 12 billion, with end total potentially above 12 billion, amid overruns and delays. The MOX project is 63 percent complete with 1,400 workers, part of a Russia plutonium disposition deal, and faces ongoing funding despite a cold standby push.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.