City Council rejects rezoning for 2.2 acre Colleton site
Aiken City Council unanimously denied a rezoning request for a 2.2 acre parcel at Colleton Avenue and Williamsburg Street to planned residential with nine cottages. The council kept the land as 1.6 acres RS-10 single-family and rest as light industrial after hours of discussion with residents and developer Joel Moore.
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Aiken City
Doug Jones
Janny Bijas
Colleton Avenue
Williamsburg Street
Joel Moore
Aiken Cottages
Moore
Council
Oore
Aiken
Collier Construction Co. Inc
Nancy Henze
Jenness Stoker
Aiken Public Safety Earns Accreditation Excellence Award
Aiken Public Safety has been honored with the Accreditation with Excellence Award from the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement. The local news note points to recognition of high standards in police services.
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Aiken Public Safety
The
Commission On Accreditation For Law Enforcement
Haley Hughes
Aiken County
Aiken Standard
Hughes
Middle Tennessee State University
Knoxville, Tenn
Habitat for Humanity opens 87th Aiken home in dedication
Deb Kladivko and Sabrina Miles celebrated as Miles received keys to her zero interest Habitat home. Miles contributed 150 hours of sweat equity and will pay 350 dollars monthly, aided by Wells Fargo donations and local volunteers like Tony Ateca. The project marks Aiken Habitat’s 87th home in 24 years.
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Rob Novit
Sabrina Miles
Aiken County
Habitat For Humanity
Tony Ateca
Deb Kladivko
Miles
Tri-Development
Habitat
Ateca
Aiken Habitat
Wells Fargo
Kladivko
Ryan's Buffet in Aiken to Remain Closed After Bankruptcy
Ryan's Buffet on Whiskey Road in Aiken will not reopen as part of Buffets Inc. restructuring. The Aiken location, one of 83 underperforming units, will close to cut 245 million dollars in debt and save 30 million annually in interest.
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Ryan’s
Whiskey Road
Melissa Sheer
Kekst and Company
Ryan
Aiken
Sheer
Ryan's
Millbrook Baptist Church
the Rock
Millbrook
Buffets Inc
Thebia
Charleston
HomeTown Buffet
Fire Mountain
Haley Hughes
City shifts volunteer cleanup focus to highway entrances
Aiken shifts Adopt-A-Parkway volunteers from parkways to entrance roads under Adopt-A-Highway as a full-time inmate-supervised litter crew maintains parkways. Public Services Director Tim Coakley notes low response to the change while some groups pledge to continue cleaning and receive supplies.
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Aiken
Parkway
Cleto de Ory
Highway 302
Public Services
Tim Coakley
Coakley
Sue Burgess
Greenville Street
Hayne
Hampton Avenues
St. Paul Lutheran
Burgess
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Naomi Valentine Stallings
Aveeenses
Aiken Ryan
See Parkway
Weeks Center
Cityofaikense.gov
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