Aiken advances plan for Public Safety building on Beaufort Street
The Aiken City Council approved first reading of an ordinance to finance a new 40 000 square foot Public Safety headquarters on Beaufort Street using an installment purchase plan, rejecting general obligation bonds. The move relocates from Laurens Street, saving costs versus a full rebuild. Final passage requires a second reading.
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Aiken
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County council weighs budget before final vote
Aiken County Council plans a 7 p.m. meeting at the Government Center to discuss bridging a roughly $2 million deficit and to take final votes on the fiscal year 2018 budget of about $66.3 million. The agenda includes an economic development project and a first reading of a parks operating hours ordinance.
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Area deaths Dr. Wilma Porterfield McClain and others
Obituary notices list multiple local deaths including Dr. Wilma Anaweise Porterfield McClain of Graniteville Bobby Eugene Clark of Trenton Meosha Inez Thomas of Aiken and Robert Spence Perry Jr of Aiken. The notices appear under Deaths and Funerals 4A.
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Wilma Anaweise Porterfield McClain
Graniteville
Bobby Eugene Clark
Trenton Meosha
Inez Thomas
Aiken
Robert Spence
Skipper) Perry, Jr
Six Day Forecast From New Local Station
Mostly cloudy conditions linger with a high near 81 and a low around 67. The extended forecast calls for continued warm temperatures, light winds, and chances of isolated showers at times across the period.
Reintroduction showing signs of success in Hitchcock Woods
The red cockaded woodpecker reintroduction at Hitchcock Woods shows progress with three hatchings this year. On June 16 MP Wildlife Consulting removed a seven day old nestling from a 20 foot artificial box, noting its pink featherless form and eagerness to be fed.
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Dede Biles
Mark Pavlosky Jr
MPJ Wildlife Consulting, LLC
Hitchcock Woods
Wildlife Consulting
Pavlosky
Nora Pavlosky
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