City Council Set for Second Reading On Zoning Proposals
Aiken residents plan to protest zoning changes at tonight’s council meeting. The main item would allow group housing in any single family zone if density remains, with examples in R-1E. Also on the agenda are animal license fee changes, wastewater plant expansion bids, and first readings of code revisions.
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Verenes Airport
Roland H. Windham
Society For the Prevention of Cruelty To Animals
Banks Mill Avenue
SPCA
Laurens Street
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Council Scraps Brenner Plan For Sanitation Contract
Jamison says council will redo bid process and again advertise for bids after scrapping an earlier contract with Brenner. Cooper claims bias and cites his own $54,000 bid while Brown offered $46,000, and he may submit another bid.
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Brown
Cooper
Council
Suspects List Compiled In Langley County Fire
SLED officials investigating the Langley magistrate office arson say a number of suspects are identified though no new leads announced. The Langley building was damaged when vandals shattered the front window, poured gasoline, then ignited a blaze early Thursday. Court will continue in the damaged building’s courtroom.
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Aiken County
Chitty
Pairs Spares Club To Host Thursday Supper
The Pairs and Spares Senior Citizens group meets Thursday at 5 PM at the H Weeks Activities Center for a covered dish supper. Members should bring a dish and a place setting. Indoor shuffleboard and other games will follow the dinner.
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H Weeks
Survive or Thrive Weight Tied to Ocean Voyage Needs
Dr. George Cahill of Harvard Medical School argues human survival hinged on fat or thinness at times. Polynesians who stored fat for long Pacific voyages were obese to endure the journey. CNS notes that young adults about 25 percent above ideal weight face higher mortality than some newly obese older adults.
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M.D
Harvard Medical School
Pacific
CNS
Thomas Pozefsky
School Board Meeting Postponed In Aiken County
The Aiken County Board of Education postpones its regular meeting from tomorrow to Tuesday, July 18, rescheduling the session to accommodate changes in the school calendar and ensure full attendance.
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Aiken County
Truffle Seed Idea Yields France Farm Breakthrough
Scientists in Clermont-Ferrand France report a breakthrough in growing truffles from seed seeding and cultivation. The experimental farm demonstrates successful production of truffles from scratch marking a milestone in fungal agriculture.
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Clermont-Ferrand
France
Break-Ins Reported At Two Aiken County Businesses
Aiken Public Safety logs show Discount Auto Sales on Richland Avenue and Horry Street hit Friday night with about 120 dollars in auto parts missing including spark plug wires two batteries and an air conditioner. Saturday night a Montmorenci grocery store, B and H Grocery, was burgled with 13 cigarette cartons taken and cash missing. Bath Elementary School was broken into and vandalized last night but nothing was reported missing.
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Aiken County
Aiken
Montmorenci
B & H Grocery
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Sheriff's Department
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