Traffic studies advance for two area roads in Aiken
Mayor Frea vavanaugh confirms plans with the South Carolina Department of Transportation to study a traffic signal at the busy Silver Bluff and Richardson's Lake roads intersection on the south side of Aiken. The study, expected to finish by 20 2001, follows years of accidents and a request from the mayor. The intersection is near Richardson's Lake Road, a state road, with heavier traffic during school resumption and near the Savannah River Site.
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Aiken
Silver Bluff
Richardson's Lake
Frea Vavanaugh
S.C. Department of Transportation
Sant Dot
James Feda Jr
Cavanaugh
Richardson's Lake Road
Savannah River
Silver Bluff Road
Peach Princess Lynn Cook's Roadside Market Faces Rough Peach Year
Local growers report a tough peach season in the CSRA due to cold snaps and frost damage. Raymond Cook and Tracy Childers estimate a 30 to 35 percent crop. some trees bear fruit fit for roadside sale, while others fail. Hank Robertson notes larger fruits but overall demand tight, with wholesale and roadside totals down from historic levels. Varieties Loren Red Haven Contender show promise, while Sun Prince Crest Haven expected later. Cook emphasizes resilience, noting a 41-year commitment to peaches and acceptance that some years will be hard.
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CSRA
Trenton
Raymond Cook
Cook
Childers
Hank Robertson
Jackie
Crest Haven
Unidiversity youth program travels to Washington DC
Aiken's First Baptist Church leads a group of over 400 high school students from the Southeast to Marymount University in Alexandria for a week long camp studying freedom. Seminars cover church state separation, public organizations, journalism in DC, diplomacy, lobbying, and religion in schools. The trip includes a Holocaust Museum tour and Potomac Memorials visits.
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Aiken
First Baptist Church
Washington, DC
Marymount University
Alexandria
Mike Johnson
First Baptist
Elliott
Peggy
Church
Women’s Missionary Union
Megan
Potomac
Suspect Arrested in Graniteville Armed Robbery Case
Aiken County Sheriff's Office reports Edgefield County Sheriffs Department arrested 22 year old Trenton resident Abdullah Farid Bilal on Friday around 7:30 pm. Bilal is charged with one count of armed robbery for the Graniteville Four Seasons Food and Fuel store robbery that occurred about 10 pm Thursday, when a handgun threatened a clerk and a sack of cash was taken behind the store. Bilal was moved to the Aiken County Detention Center by Saturday evening.
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Granitevilles
Aiken County
Iff
Trenton
Abddullah Farid Bilal
Jeter Street
Edgefield
Bilal
Bettis Academy Extension
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Ity
Woodside
Peach Princess
Lynn
Cook's Roadside Market
Batesbury
Tracy Childers
Moneta Ridge
Roberton
Ginny South
Graniteville
Edgefield County Sherif's Department
Floyd Greene
Tun
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