Readers sound off on Pine Log traffic and local growth
A letter to the editor criticizes drivers using medians to pass traffic on Pine Log and questions when such behavior became common. The writer defends a Powderhouse and East Pine Log land clearing for factory expansion creating jobs, and objects to sponsors of children events by beer. Readers are invited to call or email comments for publication.
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Correction notices photo caption error in Aiken Standard
An error in a Thursday 1A photo caption misidentified people including Tim Berger alongside Larry Eldridge holding an owl while Pattie Elmore photographed. The standard regrets the mistake and provides contact details for corrections, with local lottery results and numbers listed for various draws.
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Aiken Center hosts USCA faculty and guild art exhibit
USCA faculty Ginny Southworth Al Beyer Michael Fowler and Eric Miller join Ruth Larkin of the Aiken Artist Guild for a group show at the Aiken Center for the Arts. The exhibit runs through July 9 with works spanning photography landscapes sculpture and painting. Larkin travels inspired by Hawaii Capri Charleston and the Caribbean while Fowler notes memory and imagination shape his oil canvases.
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National Iced Tea Day Free Tea Offers Across Bojangles and Starbucks
Bojangles and Starbucks mark National Iced Tea Day with free iced tea promotions. Bojangles in Augusta and Aiken gives a free 32 ounce iced tea with any menu item and launches Summer of Tea with $1 tea through Sept. 5 plus a chance to win a year’s supply for an E-Club member. Starbucks offers a free hand shaken iced tea with any iced tea purchase all day Friday.
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Elderly Warrenville woman dies after three-vehicle crash
Elise McGee, 87, of Warrenville, died from multiple blunt injuries after a three-vehicle collision on Silver Bluff Road near Richardson Lake Road in Aiken County. A 2000 Chrysler minivan failed to yield to a 2012 Camaro, causing the fatal impact. The victim wore a seat belt. no charges filed as investigation continues.
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Aiken Council to discuss property purchase and budget work session
The Aiken City Council will meet today in an executive session to discuss a proposed contractual arrangement and sale or purchase of property. The session is closed to the public. A public work session will follow to discuss road specs developments and infrastructure with Rick Toole of Toole Engineers and George Grinton.
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