City Approves Staff Powers for Verenes Park Variances
Aiken City Council unanimously moves to empower the city manager and staff to grant minor exemptions to covenants in Verenes Industrial Park mostly on height limits and setbacks. Council retains control over use, sales, and transfers while streamlining review for quality development. Also approves a street name change and reads an athletic field tree rule amendment. A motel water and sewer services contingent on annexation agreement from owner Ramesh Shah.
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Verenes
Aiken
Thompson
Steve Thompson
Walton Court
Tea Olive Court
Centre South
I- 20
U.S. 1
Ramesh Shah
Aiken Announces Schedule for Municipal Election Season
Aiken will kick off its municipal election cycle in August with mayor and two council seats open. Petitions for primaries start August 7, general election on November 7, with conventions September 12 and candidate announcements due September 22. Certification cutoff is October 6.
Aiken Regional Seeks Open-Heart Services Under State Plan changes
Aiken Regional Medical Centers aims to offer open-heart services as changes to the South Carolina State Health Plan would lower the required surgeries for a new program from 250 to 200 in year three and reduce travel time to in-state facilities from 90 to 60 minutes. The plan also would bar consideration of out-of-state facilities like University Hospital in Augusta and would expand eligibility for Certificates of Need to Aiken and Rock Hill, with hearings held in Greenville and Columbia to discuss amendments.
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Thomas L
Tommy) Moore
D-Clearwater
W. Greg Ryberg
Aiken
S.C. General Assembly
South Carolina
Census Bureau
Rock Hill
S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control
Columbia
Providence Hospital
Providence
University Hospital
Augusta
Brewer
Aiken’s In
Aiken County
Greenville
Heritage Building
St. Julian St
Walter B
Buddy) Clark
State Health Plan Committee
Dhec Board
DHEC
Aiken Regional
Ricky Satcher
Aiken Regional Medical Centers
City Council considers banner rules loosened to aid merchants
Business owners urge relief from strict sign limits citing banners boost sales and employment. A proposed panel would craft a plan allowing limited banners inside property boundaries two weeks per quarter while balancing aesthetic concerns. Final recommendation requires Planning Commission review before council action.
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Anaclerio
Cavanaugh
Jim Holly
Planning Commission
District considers budget cuts to cover $1.5 million deficit
The board will decide in June after reviewing two budget options to close a $1.5 million shortfall. Proposals include reducing the 4.25 percent teacher raise to 3.9 percent, altering workforce levels, adjusting the pupil teacher ratio, boosting contingency funds, and a 5.4 mill local property tax increase. Tonight’s meeting is at the Educational Center at 7 p.m.
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Clark
Court Restores Law License To Mitchell
The Missouri Supreme Court lifts Theo Mitchell's four month suspension retroactive to November 2 1994, allowing the Greenville Democrat and state senator to resume law practice after a guilty plea on seven misdemeanor counts for failing to report cash transactions to the IRS.
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Columbia
Theo Mitchell
State Supreme Court
Mitchell
Greenville Democrat
Internal Revenue Service
Third Graders Join Read-Aloud With Mrs Walker
Heather Ramey’s class joined Mrs Walker in a Tuesday read aloud as students asked if Babar was pictured above and identified Stella Luna from another book. The painter encouraged reading and praised the book as the best in the world.
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Heather Ramey
Mrs. Walker
Babar
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