Bus crash injures students near Wagener
A southbound tractor trailer rear ended a Wagener area school bus on SC 39 at 7 20 am sending 15 students from Wagener Elementary Middle and High to hospitals with minor injuries. The truck driver Charles McAlister was cited for driving too fast for conditions.
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Aiken County
Wagener Area
Maria McClure
McClure
S.C. 39
Wagener
Thomas
Highway Patrol
Scott Edgeworth
Charles T. McAlister
Dalton
Bill Gallman
Lee M. Jones
Salley
Wagener-Salley
Candy Hayes
Rob Novit
Karen Daily
Kdaily
Aikenstandard.com
Michael Gibbons
Wire Road
Historic look returns as two new tenants renovate corner building
Nandina Home Collection and True South Communities will occupy the former Curiosity Shop spaces on Laurens Street and Park Avenue in downtown Aiken. Owners plan classic contemporary furnishings and gifts with historic touches including stamped tin ceilings and stained glass. The first floor sales office is due in April with home store openings by June.
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Laurens Street
Park Avenue
Curiosity Shop
Arthur “Buzz” Rich
Nandina Home Collection
Jim
Susan Victor
Sue Shannon
True South Communities
Atlantic Coast Properties
Rich
Atlantic Coast
Grant Holcomb
Aiken
Holcomb
Kings Ridge
Silver Bluff
Nandina
Radio Shack to Close Augusta Kalmia Plaza Store
Radio Shack will close the Richland Avenue location at Kalmia Plaza as part of a nationwide restructuring. The Aiken Mall store will stay open and about 4 to 6 employees at the closing site may transfer or receive severance. Close-out sales begin soon and the store will shut by August.
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Richland Avenue
Radio Shack
Jessica Study
Kalmia Plaza
Augusta
Aiken Mall
Radio
Free Breakfast Initiative Expands Across Aiken County Schools
In fall 2004 North Aiken Elementary began universal free breakfasts for all students. During spring testing, all Aiken County schools will offer free breakfasts with schedules varying by grade level. Oakwood Windsor and Corbett Middle already provide universal breakfast. funding comes from existing food service funds with partial reimbursement from the federal government.
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North Aiken Elementary
Kevin O’gorman
Aiken County
JoAnn Griffin
Food Service
Griffin
North Aiken
Oakwood-Windsor
A.L. Corbett
O’gorman
Corbett
Debbie Bass
Oakwood- Windsor
Bass
Lexington
Aiken
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Victor
Suzanne Stone
Sstone
Laurens and Park
Arthur ‘Buzz” Rich
Cial
Texas
Linda
Bistros
the Alley
Lindasbistro-Aiken.com
Floyd
Green
Silver Bluff Rd
FloydandGreen.com
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