Business After Hours at Woodside Club Introduces New Chamber Chief
The Greater Aiken Chamber of Commerce hosts a session at Woodside Plantation Country Club to showcase the facility and welcome new president and CEO J. David Jameson. The event highlights local business engagement as spring and rising gas prices appear in South Carolina.
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Greater Aiken
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Aiken
What are you reading Meet today's book lover high tech world
The Aiken Standard spotlights readers and reading with a daily feature. Alexia Helisley of Columbia discusses books and the evolving tech landscape in a brief note titled Six Flags over Port Royal.
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Aiken
Port Royal
Area Deaths in Aiken and Langley
Deaths and Funerals notice lists Charles B Boyleston Susie Hilbert Luke William Willie Key Jr J W Leaphart Marguerite Mann Land and Judy Griffin from Aiken Langley with funeral details and dates forthcoming. The column records obituaries and burial information for local residents in the 5B area.
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Susie Hilbert
Aiken
Luke William
Willie” Key Jr
J. W. Leaphart
Langley Marguerite Mann Land
Air patrol to monitor I-20 speeding in Aiken County
South Carolina agencies renew aerial enforcement on I-20 from North Augusta to Aiken measuring travel times and speeds. A DNR pilot joins ground troopers in an aimed reduction of deadly crashes along this busy interstate corridor. The effort targets commercial traffic while noting 2006 crash patterns on the western I-20 segment.
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Aiken County
DNR
Highway Patrol
R. Kelley Hughes
I-20
North Augusta
Georgia
The
S.C. Highway Patrol
Gary Rozier
Aiken Spring Steeplechase Weekend Gates Open at Ford Conger
The 40th Aiken Spring Steeplechase hits Ford Conger Field with six National Steeplechase Association races. Gates open 7:30 to 8:30 a.m. parking passes required on field. general admission $15 at the gate. extra parking at Aiken Training Track $10 after 11 a.m.
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Aiken
Ford Conger Field
Mia Miller
Miller
Two Notch Road
Ger
Red Gate
Audubon Drive
The
Powderhouse Road truck ban defeated by Aiken County Council
Aiken County Council unanimously rejected a proposed ordinance to prohibit through trucks on Powderhouse Road between Whiskey and East Pine Log roads. Gary Bunker argued for banning, but staff and council members cited safety, traffic displacement concerns, and Powderhouse Road’s comparatively lower crash rate.
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Aiken County
Powderhouse Road
Whiskey Road
East Pine Log Road
Gary Bunker
Citadel Drive
Bunker
Charles Barton
Barton
Aiken County Schools Keep Lowest Local Tax Load
Aiken County's school taxes remain the lowest in the area with residents paying $598 per $100,000 home. Board members defend funding levels during a 2006 2007 budget session while noting past increases and state cutbacks.
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Aiken County
Richmond County
Edgefield County
Lexington
John Bradley
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