Downtown parking tops comprehensive plan wish
Public workshops in Aiken reveal concern over downtown parking shortages and safety. Business owners urge a downtown garage, better handicapped spaces, improved lighting, and parkway security to keep shoppers from relocating to the southside. Residents favor Newberry street parking expansion and more aesthetic solutions.
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Aiken
Planning Commission
Stacy Jamison
Trio
Phillip Jordan
Jordan
Laurens
Newberry
Jamison
Gail Diggs
Clyburn Center
Hillary Clinton becomes first woman nominated for president
Former President Bill Clinton hails Hillary Clinton as a change-maker during a historic Democratic convention night. He praises her years of service and notes she would be the first woman, if she wins, to hold the nation’s top office alongside a potential Clinton presidency.
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Philadelphia
Bill Clinton
Hillary Clinton
Democratic Party
White House
Deaths and Funerals List for Aiken and Graniteville
Area deaths include Ethel Johnson Hatcher of Graniteville John Wooster Scott Jr of Aiken Major Jerry Mare Blanton of Aiken and Mary Lou Stewart Wingard of Aiken. Funeral notices appear in the 6A column listing services and arrangements.
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John Wooster Scott Jr
Aiken
Jerry Mare Blanton
Mary Lou Stewart Wingard
Advisory board rejects German nuclear fuel and long term waste plan
Savannah River Site Citizens Advisory Board on July 25 26 voted against accepting a proposed shipment of German spent nuclear fuel and opposed long term storage at the Cold War site. Sarah Cohen of Conservation Voters of South Carolina spoke on the issue urging the stance. The board can issue official statements or recommendations to the Energy Department.
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Sarah Cohen
Conservation Voters of
S.C
Savannah River
Citizens Advisory Board
Germany
S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control
Department of Energy
CAB
Energy
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Hillary
U.S
BY Julie Pace and
Catherine Lucey
Associated Press
Sanders
Michelle Obama
Clinton
Ethel Johnson Hatcher
Graniteville
Abby
Thomas Gardiner Tgardiner
Aikenstandard
Securit Federal Bank
Southside Branch
Target
Whiskey Road
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