Alaskan oil reserves discussed as a factor in gas prices
Readers debate whether Alaska oil reserves could ease gas costs, question reliance on Middle East supply, and raise concerns about waste measurement rules for yard debris. The letter also asks how city crews will determine responsibility for waste placed in vacant lots.
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Alaska
Iraq
Iran
Government officials blamed for multiple local blunders
A reader cites repeated municipal mistakes from Park and Williamsburg intersection to yard waste issues, questioning oversight and efficiency of local government workers and officials.
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Park and
Williamsburg
Residence Tax Question and Pledge of Allegiance Debate
Letter to the editor from a new resident arguing property tax rules assume residence as primary and urging Supreme Court and officials to stay in session on religious holidays. Includes call to comment via hotline and email to Aiken Standard.
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Supreme Court
Senate
House of Representative
Correction on Bust Address In Aiken Standard
The Wednesday issue corrected a methamphetamine bust address to Wagoner Trail Road. The Aiken Standard regrets the error.
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Aiken Standard
Wagoner Trail Road
City water receives clean bill of health
The City of Aiken’s water system has again earned a clean bill of health from the EPA over the past five years. Water is tested throughout the year with results reported to 17,000 utility customers, and peak summer use runs 13 to 15 million gallons daily.
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Aiken
US Environmental Protection Agency
Larry Morris
S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control
Tomers
Morris
Shaw’s Creek
Shiloh Springs
Philip Lord
Plord
Aikenstandard.com
Ridgeview Church Expands Hope Homes Effort in Bath Project
Ridgeview Baptist Church volunteers led by Donnie Johnson transform a 57 acre Bath tract into Hope Homes facilities. The plan includes six homes, a new kitchen, chapel space, and trailers to house teenagers while expanding a meal program delivering thousands of home style meals monthly across the CSRA.
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Bill Bengtson
Jesse Goldman
Aaron Arnold
Matt Brown
Charles Epperly
Ridgeview Baptist Church
Hope Homes
Arnold
Brown
North Augusta
Donnie Johnson
South Carolina
Bath
Bailey Drive
Johnson
Ridgeview
CSRA
Clean Break Associates
Goldman
Augusta Christian (School
Augusta
Kenny Stacy
EPA grant backs Seminole Mill cleanup plan in Aiken County
The EPA awards 200000 to assess the former Seminole Mill site in Clearwater and its 22 acre area for brownfield revitalization. Asbestos and heavy metals are present and new sampling will guide a cleanup plan for reuse including housing or open space options.
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AUS
Environmental Protection Agency
Aiken County
Clearwater
EPA
Bioterror drill trains Aiken responders and leaders
Local responders and health officials gathered to rehearse a bioterror scenario in which a smallpox report in Aiken triggers coordinated response plans and communications. The exercise covered infection routes, vaccination timing, and agency coordination to manage a potential outbreak risk.
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Aiken
United States
CDC
Centers For Disease Control and Prevention
EMS
Phil Clarke
Ginny Southwo
Sue Beaureguard
Aiken Regional Medical Centers
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