Editorial urges denying water service for Whiskey Road hotel
The piece argues against granting city water and sewer to Bansi Patel for a five acre site on Whiskey Road at Hunter's Glen Road to build a hotel and conference center. It warns the project would worsen traffic, lower nearby property values, and harm neighborhood character despite county urban development zoning and prior Whiskey Road growth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aiken
Silver Bluff Road
City of
Bansi Patel
City Water and Sewer Service
Whiskey Road
Hunter's Glen Road
Hunter's Glen
Exeter
City Planning Office
South Meadows
Southwinds
Hunter's “Len
Aiken Standard Staff Roster and Roles
The Aiken Standard lists staff across departments including Publisher Scott B. Hunter Editor Jeffrey B. Wallace Advertising Director Art Zappa Business Manager Jen C. Priest Crealation Director Garth R. Groshans Managing Editor Timothy E. O Briant Pressroom Supervisor James R. Bennett Jr. Systems Manager J. David Boyd.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scott B. Hunter
Jeffrey B. Wallace
Art Zappa
Jen C. Priest
Aiken Standard Seeks Reader Feedback Through Study
The Aiken Standard presents how it engages with readers and potential customers, citing a national readership study by the Newspaper Association of America and the American Society of Newspaper Editors. It outlines eight focus areas like intensely local news, easy navigation, advertising improvement, and cross department collaboration to boost satisfaction and growth. The editor invites direct feedback via phone, mail, fax, and email to improve the paper and organization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aiken Standard
Newspaper Association of America
American Society of Newspaper Editors
Media Management Center
Northwestern University
United States
Mencken and the South redefine a regional art in time
A 1920s Mencken critique labeled the South barren of the arts, but Southerners responded by forging a distinct cultural form from their roots. The piece ponders how a modern flag issue in South Carolina and Aiken echoes that debate and whether his view would provoke another sharp assessment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. L. Mencken
South
Sahara
Mencken
South Carolina
Aiken
Native Hawaiians gain bid for tribal sovereignty bill
A critical look at Sen. Akaka's bill to create a Native Hawaiian governing entity with a race based voting registry and federal office for native relations. The piece argues the plan mirrors tribal sovereignty and risks racial segregation, citing Rice v. Cayetano and current political support amid Republican resistance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate Indian Affairs Committee
Daniel Akaka
Hawaii
Washington
Bureau of Indian Affairs
United States Office For
Native Hawaiian Relations
Maui
Honolulu
Kealakekua Bay
James Cook
Aloha
South Africa
Nazi Germany
Antebellum South
Sen. Akaka
The
US Supreme Court
Rice
Senate
Supreme Court
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J. David Boyd
S.C
Shunter
JBAL
Nunen Standard Publisher
Accom
United States of America
Ichelle Malkin
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