Aiken City Council Considers Zoning Amendments Tonight
A public hearing mirroring zoning code changes is set for 7 30 p m at City Hall 214 Park Ave S W Aiken to permit furniture and household appliance retail sales in neighborhood business planned shopping center or central business district zones Additional items include annexations for 2905 Catawba Street and 25 acres known as Guest House zoning changes and home occupation amendments plus readings on restrictive covenants and a May Day event proposal by the Services Council plus a request from the Aiken Youth Correction Center to thin underbrush near the rty
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Aiken
Park Ave
S.W
Virgie L. Roberts
Evelyn P. Roberts
Catawba Street
Penland Land Co
Aiken-Verenes
Aiken Youth Correction Center
Rty
The
Services Council
Fairfield Steel
N.E
Evans Stage Band Set At Hopeland Gardens
Evans Stage Band led by Richard Brasco performs at Hopeland Gardens for the Summer Series concert at 7 p.m. The free event sponsored by Aiken Recreation Department offers lawn chairs or blankets and parking at Rye Patch on Berrie Road off Whiskey Road.
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Hopeland Gardens
Richard Brasco
Evans
Rye Patch
Berrie Road
Whiskey Road
Aiken
Weather Sun Returns To Aiken Tanning Oil In Demand
The sun returns to Aiken with a fair night and mid 60s temperatures. Tomorrow brings mostly sunny skies with highs in the 90s and south winds 5 to 10 mph.
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Aiken
Aiken Community Playhouse Seeks Costume Returns
The Aiken Community Playhouse asks patrons who borrowed costumes to return them. A young spectator was upset by a parade gap on Laurens Street as horse drawn carriages finally appeared after a long pause. Harvell Steele of Granvilleville reports a large wild turnip with bright yellow blossoms growing in his backyard, a plant he hadn't seen since childhood.
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Aiken Community Playhouse
Playhouse
Laurens Street
Harvell Steele
Graniteville
Augusta
Aiken merchants launch first legal Sunday sales
South Carolina ends 303-year ban on Sunday retail after Gov. Riley signs the law. In Aiken, K Mart opened at 1 30 p m with shoppers flocking in within minutes. Colemans Shoes and others followed as residents express mixed views on the change.
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Aiken
South Carolina
Tom NeSmith
K-Mart
Kmart
New York
J.B. White
Sky City
Western Auto
Key Catalogue Show Room
Palmetto State
Dick Riley
Gasoline prices rise amid EPA lead rule and trends
Petroleum analyst Dan Lundberg notes summer demands and an EPA rule cutting lead in gasoline from 1.1 to 0.5 grams per gallon, triggering higher pump prices. He reports average prices at self serve stations: regular leaded 1.11, regular unleaded 1.19, premium 1.39, with a tougher distribution period expected.
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Los Angeles
Dan Lundberg
Lundberg
Environmental Protection Agency
Aiken County School Board Sets Facilities Report Review
The Aiken County Board of Education will meet at 7 p.m. to discuss portions of school improvement council reports and finalize responses later. They will review accreditation for 1984 85, adopt textbooks, and consider a 1985 86 calendar. The agenda includes field trip policy additions and progress on three new elementary schools.
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Aiken
North Augusta Junior High
Redcliffe Elementary
North Augusta
State Department of Education
Aiken County Considers 13.3 Million Budget and Tax Hike
Aiken County Council will hold a Tuesday 7 p.m. work session at 736 Richland Ave W to review a 1985 86 budget of 13.3 million with a 50.5 mill rate an eight mill increase from 42.5. A $50 000 home would owe 101 in county property tax under the new plan.
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Aiken County
Richland Ave
Aiken
DOE To Hold SRP Meeting On Environmental Impact
The Department of Energy will host public scoping meetings in Aiken to discuss the environmental impact of waste management at the Savannah River Plant. The hearings will cover disposal facilities and liquid discharges from three reactors at the SRP near Aiken.
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Department of Energy
Aiken
Savannah River
Remy
H. Odell Weeks
Whiskey Road
ESI
SRP
Carl Nandrasy
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Egeevetius Weather
Arkenites
Thurmond Whatley
Smith
NoSmith
Buddy Coleman
Coleman’s Shoes
Aiken High
By Phil Jones
County Council
Planning and Development Department
Railroad Avenue
United States Department of Agriculture
Summer Food Service
S&p Grading Inc
Lawson Road
DOE
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