Road bank taps Grand Strand for first funding run
The new Infrastructure Bank Board plans to fund highway and bridge projects, with the Conway Bypass and other Beasley priorities on the short list. The board has about 88 million to borrow over 600 million for statewide projects, with members noting local needs alongside the state agenda.
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Columbia
Grand Strand
New Infrastructure Bank Board
Howard
Champ) Covington Jr
Greenville
Conway
Charleston
Post and Courier
David Beasley
Cooper River
Aiken County
Beaufort
Joint Bond Review Committee
S. Lyman Whitehead Jr
State Transportation Commission
Irma
Lake Murray Dam
BK. Jones
Transportation Department
Beasley
Deaths in brief notice page 2B items
Obituary notices list multiple individuals by name and residence including Donald Arthur Biermann Aiken Robert Bryant Jackson Grace Clement Cox Aiken Rosanna Joanne Hammonds North Augusta Mathew Jackson Newark N J Mary Williams Pendarvis Johnston Ophelia Perment Johnston Clinton Powell North Augusta Webster Enoch Warren Gran iteville John Henry West Johnston with no further biographical details provided.
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Donald Arthur Biermann
Aiken
Robert Bryant
Jackson
Grace Clement Cox
Rosanna (Joanne) Hammonds
North Augusta
Mathew Jackson
Newark
N.J
Mary Williams Pendarvis
Johnston
Ophelia Perment
Clinton Powell
Webster Enoch Warren
Graniteville
John Henry West
Georgia Lottery Draw Confuses With Odd Numbers
Georgia lottery results show Thursday draw numbers a mix of five and sequence errors from Masy 8 game. The listed digits include 36 4 Path 45 004 and 1 9 27 98 5, with unclear formatting and potential misreads in the OCR text.
Senate Desk Purchase Blocked by Statehouse Committee
Statehouse panel voted 3 to 1 to delay a $2,900 Senate desk purchase, requiring a public vote before spending. Previous mail vote showed 31 of 46 senators favored buying desks. order to M. Craig & Co. stands, with supervisory committee and leaders unsure if reversal is possible. House approved desks at $2,300 each. Some members walked out to block a quorum while others stayed to vote.
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Columbia
Statehouse Committee
Senate
House
John Drummond
M. Craig & Co
Louise Majors
Statehouse Renovation Supervisory Committee
Rick Kelly
State Budget and Control Board
Greg Ryberg
R-Aiken
Ryberg
Billy Boan
R-Kershaw
Bean
Billy
Marion Carnell
D-Ware Shoals
Boan
Carnell
Annette Young
Brickell
R Summerville
Jerry Govan
D-Orangeburg
Rex Rice
K Easley
Hugh Leatherman
R-Florence
Schools wired for Internet access in Aiken County
Aiken County public schools have completed wiring for Internet access across all campuses. Technicians installed cables in Pinecrest Elementary and other buildings to enable expanded computer capacity. Superintendent Dr. Linda Eldridge praised the effort as a major achievement with project costs staying within one percent of the budget.
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Aiken County
Reid Stanley
Jamie Reddick
Pinecrest
Linda Eldridge
Chris Guerrieri
District eyes connection to state cloud network
Dr. Linda Eldridge notes strong testing results for newly installed systems and predicts wiring completion within a week. Plans aim to connect the district to the South Carolina cloud network created by state education officials, providing Internet access for the school system.
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South Carolina
Guerrieri
Miss Gibson Performs Flute Talent At Miss SC Pageant
Angela Kay Gibson of Aiken County advances to the Miss South Carolina Pageant preliminaries in Spartanburg. She will perform Handel’s Siciliana and Giga on flute, noting a two minute limit at state level and a longer local time. She previously starred with Silver Bluff High School ensembles, travels noted, and plans a brown silk jumpsuit for the talent round. Final televised Saturday at 9 pm on WJBF Channel 6.
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Angela Kay Gibson
Aiken County
South Carolina
Spartanburg
Miss Gibson
Utes
Gibson
Silver Bluff
Philadelphia
WJBF
Aiken Named Finalist in Prettiest Painted Places Contest
The city of Aiken earns finalist status in the Prettiest Painted Places in America contest. The Paint Quality Institute selects two regional winners, with Aiken chosen as one of 10 finalists in the South region, in partnership with Better Homes and Gardens and Architecture Magazine.
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Aiken
Painted Places east region selection of finalists
A site committee from PQI will visit Aiken on Sunday July 20 and hold a 9 a.m. press conference the next day. The 60 finalists came from over 300 applications, and Rohm and Haas is mentioned in correspondence received by Aiken Cham.
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PQI
Aiken
Rohm and Haas
Aiken Cham
Nike Peach Jam Invites NBA Stars Spotlight Speaker Moses Malone
In North Augusta Riverview Park the Nike Peach Jam Invitational features Moses Malone as the headline speaker for Saturday. Earlier promotions touted Scottie Pippen and Penny Hardaway as guest stars who would attend.
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North Augusta
Moses Malone
Riverview Park
NBA
Scottie Pippen
Penny” Hardaway
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Abby
Flower Power
Scott Webster
Debbie Nix
Vicki Williams
Laurens Street
By Bill Bengtson
Miss Aiken County
S.C
Angela Gibson
Nike
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