Hotel Aiken owner reduces addition height after zoning outcry
Neel Shah proposed a six to seven story addition near Hotel Aiken but withdrew after residents opposed increasing downtown height. He submitted a new plan for a five story structure around 53 feet to align with the existing hotel height. City officials and boards will review the revised renderings for downtown compatibility.
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Neel Shah
Hotel Aiken
City of Aiken
Shah
Aiken
As- Shah
Fee
Board of Church
Richland Avenue
RBA Group
Center to celebrate 30 years across three locations
Aiken Barnwell Mental Health Center marks its 50th anniversary with public events on Wednesday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at its Aiken Hartzog Center in North Augusta and Polly Best Center in Barnwell. Free screenings and goody bags, plus 11:45 a.m. proclamations, followed by light refreshments.
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Aiken-Barnwell
Richard Acton
Mental Health Center
John F. Kennedy
Aiken
Gregg Highway
Hartzog
Martintown Road
Polly Best
Reynolds Road
State
Area Deaths Tie to Aiken and Orangeburg
Obituary notice lists Marion K. Oglesby Ruthann Conley and Thomas Sharp of Aiken along with Willie James Oliver of Orangeburg in a regional deaths roundup from the 6A section.
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Marion K. Oglesby
Aiken
Ruthann Conley
Thomas Sharp
Willie James Oliver
Orangeburg
Monumental Hamburg Massacre revisited in SH narrative
A historical look recalls the 1876 Hamburg Massacre near North Augusta and its role in shaping Jim Crow South Carolina. The piece notes nine Charleston churchgoers terror and the town of Hamburg founded 1821 by German immigrant Henry Schultz, with early decline by Civil War era.
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North Augusta
Hamburg
South Carolina
Henry Shhultz
Heritage Council
Milledge Murray
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