Community events highlight Ridge Spring Monetta High School and USC Aiken drive
Roy Keitt Jr delivered a spoken word at Ridge Spring Monetta High School during Black History Month inspiring students and teachers as they performed poems. A USC Aiken fundraiser raised 2600 for the Sandy Rogers and Scotty Richardson Memorial Scholarship Fund with a silent auction and business donations. Mead Hall Episcopal School and Shepeard Community Blood Center held a February 22 blood drive with local donors thanked by the community.
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Ridge Spring-Monetta High School
Ridge Spring- Monetta High School
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Wagener-Salley High
Angel
Ridge Spring-Monetta High
Royal Image Hair Studio
Aiken and Wagener
USC Aiken Pacer
Sandy Rogers
Scotty Richardson
City of Aiken Public Safety
Pacer
USCA
USC Aiken Advancement Office
University Parkway
Aiken
Deidrem
Usca. Edu
Mead Hall Episcopal School
Shepeard Community Blood Center
Mead Hall
Jennie Haskell
Julian Wilson
Jonathan Rodgers
Joanne Martin
Zachary Harrington
Joseph Whitehurst
Casey Young
Robert Gwinn
Ryan Avent
Kristina Greer-Ruud
Madelyn Eaves
Robert Harrington
Aaron Gurley
Rebecca Robinson
James Hope Jr
Tracie Sheppard
Kerrie Ezekiel
Jesse Morton
Joyce Hardy
Henrietta Wade
Cathy Cobb
David Nichols
Jennifer Huff
Fresh Market to Open in Aiken March 20 at South Park Center
The Fresh Market will debut in Aiken on March 20 at 9 a.m. at South Park Shopping Center on Whiskey Road after a major facelift. The store spans 19,700 square feet and will feature a bakery, meat counter, and over 400 produce items with local and regional sourcing within 100 or 300 miles. The grand opening includes chef demos, tastings, outdoor grilling, and gift card drawings, with free samples for the first 1,000 customers and free reusable bags for the first 2,000. John Goodyear becomes Aiken’s grocery manager, and more than 90 new jobs are created.
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Whiskey Road
Fresh Market
Aiken
South Carolina
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Columbia
Craig Carlock
Aiken Fresh Market
Fresh Market Aiken to Open Store at 1400 Whiskey Road
The Fresh Market in Aiken will open at 1400 Whiskey Road on March 20 at 9 am and join with Gold Harvest Food Bank to provide regular donations. Store hours run Monday through Saturday 9 am to 9 pm and Sunday 10 am to 8 pm.
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Fresh Market
Aiken
Gold Harvest Food Bank
Whiskey Road
Juilliard in Aiken festival returns for fifth annual run
The Juilliard School visits Aiken for the fifth Juilliard in Aiken festival and outreach program. Highlights include Jennifer Sheehan’s I Know A Place cabaret, Juilliard Juniors Masks Magic and Mischief for ages 4 to 6, and a weekend concert lineup at St. Mary Help of Christians Church and St. Thaddeus Episcopal Church culminating in the Fifth Year Anniversary Celebration Concert featuring Anderson and Roe and the Yang Dugan Duo. Tickets range from 5 to 45 dollars with several events free or by reservation.
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Juilliard School
Aiken
Juilliard
Jennifer Sheehan
Willcox
Sheehan
URS Center For Performing Arts
Charles Yang Dugan
Pisticci
St. Mary Help of Christians Catholic Church
Park Ave
S.E
Charles Yang
Peter Dugan
Fabiola Kim
Jocelin Pan
Patrick McGuire
Paul Jacobs
St. Thaddeus Episcopal Church
Pendleton St. S.W
Jacobs
Anderson and
Roe
Yang Dugan
Community meetings set across Aiken Edgefield area agenda
The Sierra Club meets at the Aiken Unitarian Universalist Church at 7 p.m. Tuesday with Ryan Black of the Coastal Conservation League presenting on H 3425. The Old Edgefield District Genealogical Society gathers Sunday at 3 p.m. in the Tompkins Library Lynch Building Annex. The Carolina Pine Quilting Guild meets at Trinity United Methodist Church at 7 p.m. with Diane Miller presenting Help With Those Wavy Borders. Visitors welcome.
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Sierra Club
Aiken Unitarian Universalist Church
Gregg Avenue
Aiken
Ryan Black
Coastal Conservation League
South Carolina
Old
Edgefield
Carolina Pine Quilting Guild
Trinity United Methodist Church
Whiskey Road
Diane Miller
Sidesaddle clinic aids county shelter fund drive
Susan Sisco conducted a sidesaddle riding clinic at Lisa Darden's arena to raise funds for the Friends of the Animal Shelter. The event drew members of Aiken Ladies Aside and focused on teaching refined sidesaddle technique while stressing balance, posture, and confidence for riders and horses alike.
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Susan Sisco
United States
England
Friends of the Animal Shelter
Sisco
Christiana
Lisa Darden
Stiefel Road
Aiken Ladies
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Aiken Standard.com
Porky Bradberry
Aiken Oe
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