Water main break disrupts North Augusta supply
A Monday water main break cut off roughly half of North Augusta residents with no water at dawn. The North Augusta filter plant was shut until about 2:45 p.m. then restored by 8 a.m. to normal, after workers manually restarted the plant following a raw water metering pit failure. Meanwhile in New Ellenton, the Aiken County Board of Education scheduled a 7 p.m. meeting at New Ellenton Middle School on 814 Main.
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New Ellenton
Aiken County
N. Augusta Chamber Plans Breakfast
The North Augusta Chamber of Commerce will hold a 7 30 a m breakfast at the North Augusta Community Center with Bob Smith, executive director of CSRA Junior Achievement, as speaker. The article also notes a county board forum at Merriwether Elementary to discuss a high school for the Murrah Road area. Graniteville robbery: two black females and a black male entered Ford's, one suspect took cash from the register.
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Edgefield County Board of Education
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North Augusta
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Aiken County
Burglar Strikes Holiness Church and TV Site
A thief broke into the Aiken Congretational Holiness Church on Park Avenue before Monday, stealing a vacuum cleaner a microwave oven and sound equipment valued at 1050. A nearby WRDW TV transmitter site in Beech Island also lost 1300 in property including a television electronics parts and hand tools after an open door was found by deputies and station staff. Four Boy Scouts from Troop 2% of West Columbia were found cold and wet around a campfire in the Congaree Swamp about 12 hours after wandering from their campsite, taken to Richland Memorial Hospital for observation and later released. The youths were identified as David Alexander 15 Bobby Snuffer 13 Ronnie Frye 15 and Stephen Hall 15.
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Gadsden
Congaree Swamp
First Baptist Church
West Columbia
Congaree Swamp National Monument
Mike Creel
State Wildlife and Marine Resources Department
Richland Memorial Hospital
Creel
David Alexander
Bobby Snuffer
Ronnie Frye
Stephen Hall
Legend Developer Drops Idea Of City Bonds North Augusta
North Augusta city leaders signaled that developer Harold Sigmon is unlikely to pursue bonds for the Legend housing and golf project. City Administrator Charles B. Martin urged the council to not push the plan, noting Sigmon may seek alternate financing. Mayor Thomas W. Greene said Sigmon still explores options, and a bond issue remains contentious among council members. If pursued without bonds, the project would need Planning Commission approval. A West Buena Vista Avenue widening update was also given.
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Charles B. Martin
Harold A. Sigmon
Thomas W. Greene
Sigmon
Ascanga Lake Road
Augusta
Developmeen
Sigman
Greene
Planning Commission
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Buena Vista Avenue
City asks county to extend joint tax contract three years
Aiken City Council approved a resolution asking the County Council to extend the joint dual taxation contract for three years and to fund the full period. County funding currently covers two years due to budget issues, with a rebate expected to around 144000 dollars. The council debated reopening negotiations on the formula and also advanced an ordinance to allow converting historic structures to multi family dwellings in single family zones by conditional use.
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Aiken
Michael Anaclerio
Sys
Plan for Du Pont Takeover Dies Amid Low Support
Du Pont employee John Suich says a proposal to form a stockholder corporation to run the Savannah River Plant has died from lack of response. He notes 1 percent backing and 99 percent nonresponse as the plan fades.
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Savannah River
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Saich
Suich
DOE
Washington
Commission of Privatization
Congress
Department of Energy
James Gaver
External Affairs Department
Gaver
Savannah River Laboratory
Sharpe sues county over 15 dollar auto tax
Rep. Charles Sharpe files a lawsuit against Aiken County and Treasurer Margie Plunkett challenging a 15 dollar auto tax on all vehicles registered in the county. He argues the tax is not a uniform service charge and is unconstitutional ad valorem bias. He seeks a refund with interest and attorney fees, noting similar suits in other counties.
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Charles Sharpe
R-Wagoner
Aiken County
Tom G. Woodruff Jr
Aiken
Margie Plunkett
Ms. Plunkett
Woodruff
Sharpe
Chares
South Carolina
Annexation Adds Sixty Residents to Burnettown
Burnettown approved the annexation of about 50 acres on its southern boundary, adding roughly 60 people to its 400 425 population. The town plans street lights and trash pickup for the new area and will stagger council terms starting April with a new election commissioner to replace Ralph Sampson. The move follows a prior 15 acre northern addition two years ago.
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U.S. Department of Justice
M.B. Ferguson
Ferguson
Burnettown Re
Ralph Sampson
Linwood
Jacksonville
South Carolina Municipal Association
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