Aiken's Choice celebrates winners at Newberry Hall
The Aiken Standard readers’ picks were honored in a 28th annual celebration at Newberry Hall with nearly 300 attendees. Winners collected framed certificates as photo booths and swag bags enhanced the evening. Brooke Thomas of Ginger Bee Boutique earned Best of Aiken Women’s Boutique and Shoe Store, among first time victors.
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Shakailah
Shellhouse Funeral Home
Shellhouse Rivers Funeral Home
Aiken’s
Aiken
Newberry Hall
Brooke Thomas
Thomas
Shakailah Heard
Aiken’s Choice
Watchdogs sue feds over nuke pit plans challenges NEPA review
Queen Quet of the Gullah Geechee Nation and allied public interest groups sue the Department of Energy and the National Nuclear Security Administration alleging environmental duties are being sidestepped in plutonium pit production. The suit seeks a halt until a fuller assessment under NEPA is completed, a process that could take months or years amid prior support from officials.
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Department of Energy
National Nuclear Security Administration
Savannah River Site Watch
Nuclear Watch New Mexico
Tri-Valley Cares
Biden Administration
Trump
Biden
Energy
Jennifer Granholm
NNSA
Jill Hruby
Energy Department
Queen Quet
Gullah Geechee
S.C
City OKs 15.7M Hitchcock Woods stormwater project
Aiken City Council awarded the Hitchcock Woods stormwater project to Thalle Construction of North Carolina after review by staff and McCormick Taylor. The low bid fell to 15.4 million with cost estimates rising to 15.7 million after contingencies. Aiken will apply 1.75 million of federal relief funds from ARP to the project, part of a 4.3 million total ARP relief for the city.
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Aiken
Hitchcock Woods
Thalle Construction
Thane Construction
McCormick Taylor
United States
Stuart Bedenbaugh
Thanle Construction
Tully Group
Bedenbaugh
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Melhouse
Heanevel OA
Ujimg
Shellhouse Funeral Home Inc
Aikens Choice
CSRA
Ginger Bee Boutique
HeardShakailah
Uneral Home Inn
Tye
Name Inc
Feds
Nuke Pit
Gullah Geechee Nation
City Oks
Kay Biermann Brohl
Woods
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