Aiken Hotel complex eyed for bold redevelopment in downtown Aiken
Rhonda Overbey criticizes a proposed hotel overhaul at the Aiken Hotel complex bounded by Laurens Street Richland Avenue and Newberry Street. She questions fire safety, delays, and the viability of preserving the current structures while proposing a long east west footprint with street level patios and green spaces to foster al fresco dining and social spaces.
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Aiken
Central Business District
Laurens Street
Richland Avenue
Newberry Street
Hotel Aiken
National Fire Protection Association
Laurens
Newberry Streets
Aiken letters urge rooftop hotel and critique COVID coverage
A collection of reader letters discusses a proposed rooftop restaurant and air rights bridge for a Hotel Aiken, plus praise for The City of Aiken as a destination. Other writers challenge media COVID coverage, masks, lockdowns, schools, natural immunity, and vaccination rates, urging reopenings with continued precautions and emphasis on herd immunity.
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CDC
U.S
Letters to the Editor Rules at Aiken Standard
The Aiken Standard invites signed letters with writer address and daytime phone for publication verification. Limit under 500 words. editors may trim for length clarity libel and taste. Pen names barred and anonymous submissions rejected. include a brief headline. Email to letters@aikenstandard.com or mail to Letters to the Editor RO Box 456 Aiken SC 29801.
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Aiken
Aikenstandard.com
Keep Aiken County Beautiful marks two year anniversary
Keep Aiken County Beautiful celebrates its two year affiliation with a week of events in Aiken County marking its second anniversary. The campaign promotes litter prevention recycling and beautification through roadside cleanups tree plantings and waterway work led by volunteers and Adopt-a Highway groups.
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Aiken
Pat Dunlop
Janice Fisher
Whiskey Road
Keep
America
Kab.org
Seattle
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
South Carolina
KACB
Aiken County
Ridge Spring
Monetta
Windsor
Oakwood
Montmorenci
Salley
Brothers and Sisters Club
York Street
Rutland Drive
Teague Street
Call County Dispatch
Palmetto Pride
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Holly Kemp
North Augusta
SRE Park
Philip Winsor Aiken
Sherri Jones
Darlene Rittel
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R.J. Matson
U.S. House of Representatives
Govtrack.us
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