Residents weigh routes in Whiskey Road connector open house
Area residents voiced concerns about where the Whiskey Road Powderhouse Road connector will end. The open house showed five route options for easing traffic in Aiken's Southside district. Concerns centered on Powderhouse impact, safety on Powderhouse, and future high density development along Powderhouse Road. The committee seeks two planning angles, transportation and land use, with maps on display and public comments through July 15. Maps and online viewing available. contact J C Lexow.
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Whiskey Road
Powderhouse Road
Aiken
Connector Study
David Mason
Powderhouse
Mason
Whiskey, Pine Log
Pat Danning
City of Aiken
Dick Smith
Smith
Steven Brown
Day Wilburn Associates Inc
Brown
Park Ave. S.W
Aiken.net
J.C. Lexow
Flexow
Aikenstandard.com
SCE&G trimming prompts debris complaints in Aiken Estates
In Aiken Estates, SCE&G subcontractor Carolina Tree Care trimmed branches near power lines starting June 13, leaving logs and debris behind. Residents Ron Baker and Jim DeMass voiced concerns to SCE&G officials, who promised cleanup and restitution while stressing safety and natural pruning practices.
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Sce&g
Aiken
Carolina Tree Care
Aiken Estates
Ron Baker
Baker
Eric Boomhower
Columbia
Andy Suggs
Aiken Standard
Suggs
Aiken County
Holtzclaw
Boomhower
DeMass
Power Company
Tree Company
Beech Island Historical Society to Renovate Barn into Museum
Rep. Gresham Barrett announces a 200000 Rural Development Enterprise grant from the U S Department of Agriculture to transform a turn of the century cottonseed barn in Beech Island into an agricultural museum. The site will host a South Carolina National Heritage Corridor visitor center and four new jobs, boosting tourism in Aiken County and the state.
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Gresham Barrett
SD. 3
The
Beech Island Historical Society
United States Department of Agricul
Ture
Aiken County
State of
South Carolina
Inmate Escapee Surrenders Self at Trenton Facility
Joseph I. Cox, 20, escaped from the Trenton Correctional Institution shortly after 8:30 a.m. and surrendered at 3:20 p.m. after a police perimeter was set. Law enforcement used bloodhounds and a helicopter. a nearby day care was briefly secured as a precaution. Cox faces additional charges.
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Trenton Correctional Institution
Joseph I. Cox
Greenville
South Carolina Department of Corrections
Cox
Trenton
Edgefield County
Harter
Highway 19
Paces Creek Road
Woman charged after three children left in car
Aiken woman Michelle A. Garris, 23, faces three counts of unlawful neglect after leaving three five year olds in a car at 84 degrees with the key in ignition and windows partly open. Wal Mart security alerted police. a teen in the vehicle was with a 13 year old niece acting as guardian.
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Aiken
Michelle A. Garris
Aldrich Street
Wal- Mart
Richland Avenue
Garris
Aiken Public Safety
Mark Farmer
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