City to consider lowering millage to 71 in reassessment move
Aiken City Council will hold a public hearing and second reading on reducing the millage rate from 79 to 71 mills amid reassessment. The 11,099 properties are taxed, with 1 mill yielding about 82,329 dollars, and the General Fund budget stands at 19,154,440 dollars. The meeting also includes annexation of a 2.97 acre Sirius Drive lot for a new well, and adoption of an LDR study addressing southside growth along Whiskey Road, including changes to a planted median proposal.
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Sara Ridout
Aiken
Sirius Drive
LDR
Whiskey Road
Veterans Day program honors Norma J. Walker speaker
Norma J. Walker, first woman in South Carolina to hold her Legion post position, addressed veterans and families at American Legion Post 212. She stressed American resolve, cited counterterrorism efforts post 9/11, and urged steadfast defense of liberty, amid community support and patriotic music by Rufus Redd.
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American Legion
Norma J. Walker
U.S. Navy
Legion
America
Walker
Osama bin Laden
bin Laden
United States of America
Catherine D. Williams
James A. Williams
Aiken
Maureen
Chavis
Rufus Redd
Aiken County AP Scholars Earn College Credit Honors
A total of 40 students at three Aiken County high schools earned AP Scholar designations for three or more AP course credits. Aiken High accounts for 25 scholars, North Augusta nine, and South Aiken six.
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Aiken County
Joshua Delaney
Matthew Huntey
Jennifer Kirkland
Dana Walker
Aiken High
Kristin Bryant
Michal Hobbs
North Augusta
Matthew Wilkinson
South Aiken
Matthew Botsch
William Costigan
Thomas Grooms
Kirsten Hall
Maxime Jones
Ian Kane
Justin Ormand
Aiken
Natalie Gambill
Andrea Mikel
Marlena Smith
Brian Murphy
Anand Pariyadath
Cassandra Brown
Chris Clark
Kathryn Collins
Thomas Costigan
Kevin Harvel
Thomas Hergy
Ashley Isiminger
Nathaniel Mark
Silver Bluff
Ridge Spring-Monetta
Midland Valley
Wagener Valley
Thanksgiving dinner planned in Aiken collaboration
A cooperative effort of South Aiken Presbyterian Cedar Creek Baptist Area Churches Together Serving and others plans a community Thanksgiving dinner on Thursday November 2 at South Aiken Presbyterian 1711 Whiskey Rd across from Odell Weeks Activity Center. Meals served 11 am to 2 pm with takeout and limited on site dining.
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Aiken
South Aiken
Barcklow
Cedar Creek
Aiken to Host Lancing Tourney and Polo Match
Powder House Field hosts a reintroduced medieval event on Nov 17 led by Dr Grayson Brown. The Cedar Swamp Lancing Association of Williamsburg County brings lancing contests where riders aim to collect rings, followed by a polo match with admission at $5 for adults.
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Powder House
Merriment Navy
Aiken
Powder House Field
Grayson Brown
Lancing
Brown
Cedar Swamp Lancing Association
Williamsburg County
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Mack Holland
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Ashlee Reeves
Bethany Senkowsky
Aimee Sherman
Leah Stokes
Theresa Williams - Aiker
Brian Marsh
Lindsey Taylor
Adam Thibault
Amanda Wilcox
Bryan Vasser
Justin Ingersoll
Christopher Casey
South Airica
Roberson
Tion
Robert Son
Christ Central
Richland Avenue
Langley Community Center
Gbarcklowa
Prodigynet
Philip Lord
Bebtoe
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Floyd Greene
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