Residents recall Warrenville Elementary as site of nostalgia and renewal
Educator notes the school closed in 1998 and efforts to save it failed due to tile floors, a leaky roof, vandalism, and weeds. Neighbors, including 92 year old Marie Stinson, recall the building's decline and cherish its planned senior housing as community gain. Demolition crews search for a time capsule once rumored to be buried on the site.
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Warrenville
Sanders
Marie Stinson
Stinson
Timmerman Street
Annas Hodson Patterson
Clonaman Street
Patterson
Village Senior Apartments rises from Warrenville school site
Project superintendent Rick Tremeter of Superior Construction outlines the plan to convert the former Warrenville Elementary School into Village Senior Apartments. The project includes 12 senior apartments in the old building and a three story back wing housing 52 units with amenities, plus four unit front buildings. The demolition and framing timeline spans about three weeks for debris removal followed by crews to frame and finish interior spaces. The prior building opened in 1995 and had graffiti and security concerns, prompting a 1999 petition by residents to remove asbestos and redevelop the property into a park or senior center before title transfers to Avondale Company United Housing and Village Senior Apartments.
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Rick Tremeter
Jason Whitaker
Timmerman Street
Verdery Street
Warrenville
Buddy Turner
Steve Cartin
Aiken County Board of Education
Avondale Company United Housing
Village Senior Apartments
Wreck on Wagener Wagons Spur Narrows Traffic in Aiken Area
A two-vehicle collision on 30 89 near Wagener and Aiken involved a pickup and a Buick after a yield sign pass. Both vehicles destroyed. Five people transported. two by helicopter to Palmetto Richland Memorial Hospital in Columbia, three by ambulance to other hospitals. Traffic rerouted. multiple agencies responded. A Wagener resident noted heavy use of the back routes to reach Aiken and Interstate connections.
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Camp Rawls
8.C. Highway Patrol
Palmetto Richland Memorial Hospital
Columbia
Wagener
Aiken
Srash
S.C. Highway Patrol
S.C
Department of Natural Resources
Wagener Police Department
Jury Convicts Five in Pearl Kidnapping Murder Case
In Karachi a court convicted five defendants in the Danny Pearl kidnapping and murder. A $32,000 collective fine was imposed. Pearl’s widow Mariane and their infant son were to receive the money. Seven suspects remain at large. Pearl disappeared Jan. 23 while researching militant links. United States officials urged justice and the search for remaining captors continues.
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Ahmed Sheikh
Karachi
Richard C. Reid
Paris
Miami
Pearl
Danny Pearl
Steven Goldstein
Dow Jones & Co
The
Wall Street Journal
London
Saeed
Pear
Danny
Ria Bashir
Bashir
United States
India
America
Peart
National Movement
Taliban
al-Qaida
The.s. Naval Base
Guannamo Bay
Cuba
FBI
Naseem
Nasir Abbas
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