Murphy Oil wins approval for Richland Avenue gas station plan
Aiken City Council unanimously approved Murphy Oil USA's second reading for a 1.35 acre outparcel in front of the Shoppes at Richland and Walmart. The revised plan removes a car wash, reduces fueling positions to 12, and shifts dumpsters and parking to minimize visibility and noise. Council members praised revitalization efforts and pledged protections against light and noise for nearby residents.
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Richland Avenue
Aiken
Murphy Oil
Richland
Walmart
West Richland Avenue
Price
Don Wells
Local cake decorator to appear on Food Network Challenge
Dianna Tornow, a longtime hobbyist turned professional cake decorator from Aiken, will star in a Food Network Challenge episode airing Sunday. Tornow began cake art after German tortes inspired her and left her nuclear engineering job to focus on her daughter’s needs and build a wedding cake business. Her site yourkindofcake.com drew Food Network notice.
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Food Network Challenge
Dianna Tornow
H. Odell Weeks Center
Frankfurt
Germany
Tornow
Rebekah
Savannah River
Food Network
Anna Dolianitis
Aiken
Prince William
Kate Middleton
Gasoline prices stabilize with possible further drop this summer
Gas prices have stabilized after an earlier rise and may fall more over the summer as demand weakens. AAA Carolinas spokesman Tom Crosby notes a price drop in the region and describes the market as a speculative bubble that has leaked, prompting investors to sell.
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AAA Carolinas
Tom Crosby
Crosby
Aiken-Augusta
Deaths and Funerals 6A
Obituary notices list deaths and funeral details for Williston McKinley Cullum Rack Harrison Augusta Philip Dew England Aiken Susie Bell Nickerson Virginia Folks Goodwin Winley. Names and locations indicate late 19th or early 20th century Southern community records.
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McKinley Cullum
Rack” Harrison
Augusta Philip Dew England, Aiken
Susie Bell Nickerson
Augusta
Virginia
Goodwin Winley
Aiken
County bids fond farewell to retiring teachers and staff
Aiken County School District honors longtime educators Andrea Minolfo Michele Conner Sharon Cagle and Pam Hart at a retirement dinner. Minolfo served 29 years at Jackson Middle School and reflected on community ties while her son Sal leads district special programs. Conner retires after 43 years alongside elementary leaders Cagle and Hart.
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Andrea Minolfo
Jackson Middle School
Aiken County
Ing
Minolfo
Sal
Redcliffe
Michele Conner
Aiken
Sharon Cagle
Jefferson Elementary
Pam Hart
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Amy Banton
Murphy Oil USA
Twittec
Amyl Banton
Lessie Price
Council
Williston
Jase
Abby
Conner
Rob Novit
Melinda
Gayle Gulick
Maytag
Southside
Whiskey Road
Mon
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