Roosevelt's Lucy Mercer affair tied to Aiken history
USC Aiken professor emeritus Dr. Jim Farmer said Roosevelt’s secret 1920s relationship with Lucy Mercer is a notable piece of Aiken history. Mercer, 20, served as a nanny before Roosevelt met polio and remained a private but influential figure in his life.
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New York
Elliott Spitzer
Bill Clinton
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Lucy Mercer
Aiken Kiwanis Club
USC Aiken
Jim Farmer
Aiken
Mercer
Winthrop
Rutherfurd
Winter Colony
Joseph Persico
Franklin
Navy
Washington
Eleanor
Farmer
Gun Rack on Richland Avenue Sold After 28 Years
The Moates have sold The Gun Rack Inc. on Richland Avenue and are retiring after operating the business for 28 years. The sale news appears in the Aiken Standards Family and Parenting section and promotion for web content at AikenStandard.com.
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Lear
Aiken Standards
Aikenstandard.com
Aiken
Moates
Gun Rack Inc
Richland Avenue
Deaths and Funerals North Augusta Aiken Sanders Bennie Lewis
Coleman Bazzle Williston Bennie Lewis and Aiken Newman Sanders are listed in the North Augusta and Williston obituaries page 6A with funeral details and times. The notice names family survivors and service locations.
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Coleman Bazzle
Williston
Bennie Lewis
Aiken Newman Sanders
North Augusta
First Thursday Night At Aiken Farmers Market Successful
The new Thursday Night market in Aiken ran 4 to 7 p m with Joy Gantt selling out daylilies after about an hour. Officials say the experiment aims to attract shoppers who cannot attend morning markets. Vendors offered fruit vegetables flowers meats dairy baked goods soaps baskets container gardens and handmade items. The market sits on Williamsburg Street between Park and Richland and is listed in the Aiken Historic Register. For details contact April Bailey.
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Joy Gantt
Aiken County
Sanders
Ellen Millette
Sarah Hott
Williamsburg Street
Park and
Richland Avenues
Sanford seeks federal path in stimulus fight
Gov. Mark Sanford advances his bid to block federal bailout funds by moving two state Supreme Court suits into federal court. He asks Judge Joseph Anderson to merge with a case against Attorney General Henry McMaster over a budget law requiring the cash. Jim Clyburn, a Sanford critic, backs a federal venue for faster resolution.
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Columbia
South Carolina
Mark Sanford
Columbia Law School
Richard Briffault
Sanford
Supreme Court
U.S. District Court
Joseph Anderson
Henry McMaster
McMaster
Joel Sawyers
U.S. House
Jim Clyburn
SRS Job Fair Set for Monday at Midlands Tech Columbia
Congressman James Clyburn selects Midlands Technical College in Columbia for the first ARRA funded SRS job fair. A briefing at 10:30 a.m. at the Northeast campus precedes a 1 to 5 p.m. fair hosted by Savannah River Nuclear Solutions to outline local hiring across construction to IT and admin roles.
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Columbia
Savannah River Site
James E. Clyburn
Midlands Technical College
Powell Road
Clyburn
Savannah River
SRS
ARRA
Nettamo
Department of Energy
Mike Gellatly
Mgellatly
Aikenstandard.com
Aiken Regional Hosts Mock Emergency Drill With Volunteers
Aiken Regional Medical Centers staff treated more than 20 volunteers as patients during a mock earthquake drill. The exercise simulated a major Midwest quake and included patient transfers to the area as part of the drill. The report also notes the USSSA Dixie Diamond Classic NIT baseball tournament beginning Saturday at Citizens Park.
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Aiken Regional
Aiken Regional Medical Centers
Midwest
USSSA
Citizens Park
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Aiken Farmer’s Market
Mary Anne Todd
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Lorraine Sanders
Bailey Gail Mclain
Narlen Stevens
Hillview Farms
Fed Court
AlSoji
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