Stormwater Relief On Agenda As City Considers 2 Million Bond
Aiken City Council plans a 7 30 p m work session to discuss a $2 million borrowing from General Band funds to finance stormwater projects in Hitchcock Woods Rollingwood Road and Wise Hollow. The move aims to save $30 000 on bond costs and generate interest revenue for the general fund. The council also weighs a Planning Commission appeal over Cardinal Drive lot subdivision and an unrelated D A R E program discussion in schools. Harold Dixon asks the appeal over a parcel tied to Houndslake Corp and a claimed state law violation. Mrs Lanle H Coleman will be 101 years old, honoring 35 years in the county public schools.
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G Yneral Band
Hitchcock Woods
Rollingwood Road
Wise Hollow
Aiken City Counclll
Lanle H. Coleman
Beech Island Heritage Day Re-enacts Civil War Scene
Beech Island marked its annual Heritage Day with Confederate and Union camps on Redcliffe Plantation grounds. The Palmetto Battalion and Company A of the 21st Ohio Volunteer Infantry staged fields demonstrations, including gun drill and period coffee grinding at a replica camp, drawing crowds to watch and photograph the event.
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Beech Island
Histor
Redcliffe Plantation State Park
Palmetto Battalion
21St Ohio Volunteer Infantry
Elena
Almetto Battalion
Aldiers
Lawmen Warn Drug Pushers After New Hope Sweep
Aiken County lawmen conducted a Friday night raid in Graniteville New Hope with about 50 officers from the Governors RAID team and allied agencies. Nearly a dozen arrests were made on various charges as officers sought about seven targets, with warrants to be served. A house was seized and several commodities tied to drug sales could be confiscated under state law. Lt. Tim Hoffman stated the crackdown signals continued, intensified enforcement and no leniency for drug dealers in the area.
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Aiken County
Sheriff's Department
New Hope
Graniteville
Tim Hoffman
Governor’s
Aiken
Hoffman
Lt. Hoffman
Infighting and Deconsolidation Push in Aiken District
Infighting and politicking in the Aiken County School District have revived calls to break up the district for local control. Trustees largely favor deconsolidation or a study, with support from county lawmakers and activist Paul Hyer. The district’s 1967 consolidation and the push for church-state separation policies fuel the debate, along with tax and funding tensions amid overcrowding, prompting Chamber of Commerce action and a Page 8A follow-up.
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Aiken County
Board of Education
Paul Hyer
Area 2
Hyer
Tts
North Augusta
Sheran B. Proctor
Johnny A. Shaw
Wagener-Salley
Ridge Spring-Monetta
Inease P. Williamson
Phone lines open for news tips in South Carolina towns
Readers are invited to call 048-2311 with tips. The notice lists contact persons Lotti Greenvil Karen Michelle Dill and several South Carolina residents including Ricky Liles Beech Island Leon Owens Williston Elizabeth Crumley. Advertises community reporting assistance.
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Lotti Greenvil
Karen Michelle Dill
Aiken
Ricky Liles
Beech Island
Leon Owens
Williston
Elizabeth Crumley
Chamber Endorses School Tax Increase in Aiken
The Greater Aiken Chamber of Commerce board unanimously endorsed the 8.1 mill tax increase proposed by the Aiken Board of Education. At Friday’s meeting chairman Chris Verenes urged community effort, stating education is key to a prosperous future and the board awaits the county delegation’s decision on the millage request.
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Greater Aiken Chamber of Commerce
Aiken Oe Board of Education
Aa Ber
Priday Morning
Chris Verenes
Chamber of Commerce
Aiken County
Verenes
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