Aiken County groups share state tourism grant funds
Nearly 30 thousand of the 1.4 million in state tourism grants this year went to Aiken County groups. Thoroughbred Country led with 14 750 for six projects including brochures for Hopeland Gardens and the South Carolina Stage Race. Other recipients included the Greater Aiken Chamber of Commerce and the Aiken County Economic Development Partnership.
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Aiken County
Thoroughbred Country
Aiken
Greater Aiken
Ridge Spring
It Self
Hopeland Gardens
South Carolina
Allendale
Bamberg
Barnwell
Subdivision Discussion Highlights Zoning Debate in Aiken County
Aiken County Planning Commission and County Council held a cordial joint work session to review subdivision and mobile home regulations and to discuss a county wide land use plan or zoning ordinance. Officials urged concrete direction and consideration of hiring a consulting firm, noting progress since 1976.
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Aiken County Planning Commission
Aiken County Council
Planning Commission
Aiken County
Willar H. Hightower
James Baggott
Baggett
Joan Wilson
Carrol H. Warner
Aiken
Bond Set For Two Men In Golf Course Incident
Two men, Louis Bissonnette and Tony Turner, face bonds over 65 thousand dollars each after appearing before magistrates. They allegedly drove onto Highland Park Golf Course and tried to strike three female golfers, with multiple charges including assault with intent to kill and hit and run.
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Bond
Highland Park
Gail Shaw
Bobby Joe Millwood
Louis Paul Bissonnette
Langley
Tony Lee Turner
Pelion
Aiken County Detention Center
Aiken
Bissonnette’s
Turner’s
Bissonnette
Turner
Marian Acton
Aileen Larson
Helen Davis
North Augusta rejects Sunrise Day Care Center plan again
North Augusta Planning Commission unanimously denies Sunrise Day Care Center site plan in the Design Control District citing incompatible building design with Georgia Avenue’s colonial streetscape. Parking, traffic flow and dumpster placement also concern the board. developers may revise plans. The panel also approves rezoning West Martintown Road and Bunting Drive area to C-1 Office Commercial.
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North Augusta
Fletcher
Georgia Avenue
Robert Clark
Commission
West Martintown Road
Bunting Drive
Aiken Native Finds Excitement Teaching In Egypt
Aiken native Donna Caprell marks eight years teaching in Alexandria Egypt at an international school. She plans to stay abroad long term while exploring the region visiting about 20 countries with her supportive parents joining some trips.
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Aiken
Egypt
Donna Caprell
Miss Caprell
St. Angela High School
USC Aiken
Middle East
Ruth Cordahl
USCA
Alexandria
Virginia
Norflet
Shorty
Christine Caprell
Kenya
Red Sea
Mount Sinai
United States
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Bob Bryan
Debbie Goad
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Patricia Rawls
Carolyn Yon
Belvedere
Debbie Good
Greenville
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Nick A. Theodore
Muscular Dystrophy Association
Red Cross
Conrad L. Hartzog
Aikien American Red Cross
Owens-Corning Fiberglas
Hartzog
Jean Corbin
By Scott Webster
Timothy Williams
Third Street
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Aiken Department of Public Safety
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