Aiken Sees Growth With New Buildings And Expanding Plans
Growth in downtown Aiken follows a strategic plan by community leaders as new nursing homes an apartment complex a steak house and a Revco store rise citywide while a spring start is slated for an Wire Road elementary school. Residential additions rose in 1997 with 683951 in remodeling two new hospitals and school expansion cited alongside a recovering housing market amid low mortgage rates and a returning sense of stability.
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Aiken Chamber of Commerce
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York Street
Wire Road
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Frommer
Ken Lucas
Lucas Construction
Judy Allen
Savannah
Allen
Public Safety Department
Camellia Show Highlights Edisto Island Winners
The 14th Camellia event awarded top japonica entries from Parker Connor and Edisto Island for varieties such as Little Babe Variegated and Ele gans Supreme. White winners Annabelle Lew Fetterman from Clinton, N C carried Deen Day Smith, while Frank Hauser Pat Pinkerton of Lugoff led reticulata hybrids with Ruta Hagman as runner-up. The Court of Honor featured 12 exhibitors including Miles Beach Mt Pleasant with Royal Velvet Variegated and Ville De Nantes by John Newsom, with multiple bests and collections across categories.
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Parker Conner
Edisto Island
Park Conner
Annabelle
Lew Fetterman
Clinton
N.C
Deen Day Smith
Frank HauserPat Pinkerton
Lugoff
Joe Austin
Four Oaks
Ruta Hagman
Annabell
S.P Dunn
Miles
Brenda Beach
Mt. Pleasant
John Newsom
Atlanta, Ga
John T. Newsome
Fred and
Clara Hahn
Charlotte, N.C
Pat Pinkerton
WH. Risk
Chase ends in crash on Fifth Street Bridge
Augusta man Gunther Wolfgang Jackson, 29, led North Augusta police to the Georgia line Friday night in a Porsche 944 without a license. He clipped a car, struck a power pole, and was trapped for over 30 minutes before rescue. He suffered two broken ankles and was hospitalized before jail.
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South Carolina
Georgia Line
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Jackson
Medical College of Georgia
Martin Luther King Day area closings and events
A number of businesses and schools will close Monday in observance of Martin Luther King Jr Day. Aiken County and university offices and public schools will be closed or not in session. The Aiken Standard hosts a TOMA business seminar February 5 at Newberry Hall in downtown Aiken with registration at 7:30 and program 8 to 10 a.m.
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University of South Carolina
Aiken and
Aiken Technical College
Aiken Standard
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TOMA
Senate clashes over video gambling and prison policy reforms
Senate leaders accuse unelected officials of overstepping powers as Beasley loses interim Public Safety director Eddie Gunn and lawmakers challenge the Infrastructure Bank chair appointed by Beasley. McConnell and Charleston area senators push back on executive-branch control and funding for a Cooper River bridge.
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Senate
John Drummond
Beasley
Eddie Gunn
Charleston-area
Beard
Charleston
Cooper River
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