Free Fare Fridays Begin on Best Friend Express
The Best Friend Express will offer free rides on Fridays from Nov 19 to Dec 31 to encourage using local transit in Aiken County. The system runs Mon through Fri 7 am to 7 pm with service across Aiken and North Augusta every two hours and transfers to Augusta Transit. All buses are handicap accessible with wheelchair lifts and bicycle racks.
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Best Friend Express
Aiken County
Connie Shade
Lower Savannah
LSCOG
RTMA
South Carolina Department of Transportation
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BFE Offers Free Fare Fridays Through Holidays
Best Friend Express announces Free Fare Fridays from November 19 to December 31. Schedules are available at the company site and at the Lower Savannah Council of Governments offices 2748 Wagener Road. For more information call 649-7981.
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Best Friend Express
Bestfriendsexpress
Lower Savannah
Veterans Day program honors area servicemen at school
Chukker Creek Elementary hosted a Veterans Day observance with more than 100 veterans and family members. Students and staff performed songs dances and poetry while guests from Aiken High Band Chorus and Silver Bluff Color Guard attended. The event featured the NJROTC cadet explaining the flag folds and individual performances by students and soloists.
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Chukker Creek
Joyce English
Aiken High
Ryan Westberry
Funmi Harmon
Silver Bluff
Micki Hood
Cassandra Smith
Quintin Farmer
Keith Gordon
Gary Frasier
The
Garrison
Emily Frasier
U.S. Signal Corps
Boundary Boys
George M. Cohan
Blake McCullum
Alex Hogue
Jaret Price
Simeon Davis
Satira Cline
One Nation
Marisabel Acevedo
Preston Taylor
Shelby Simpson
Ashley Cade
Casey Goode
Allison Skipper
Delta Pennington
Jorden Johnson
Joanna Fuchs
Abbey Brady
Turmer Bennett
Alex Bernard
Lauren Park
Flanders’ Field
Rob Novit
Aiken High Chorus
Buttercup
Move Over Laws Across Southeast Emphasized by Troopers
Southeastern troopers urge drivers to slow and change lanes when approaching emergency scenes to protect first responders. Georgia South Carolina Alabama Florida Tennessee and others promote the Move Over or Emergency Scenes laws through enforcement and education. Aiken County notes a deputy killed directing traffic in 2006 and a national poll shows 71 percent unaware of move over laws. Penalties range from 300 to 500 dollars.
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Georgia
South Carolina
Alabama
Florida
Tennessee
S.C. Highway Patrol
Kenny Lancaster Jr
Aiken County
Sheriff’s Office
Jason Sheppard
U.S. Highway 1
Mason Dixon Polling & Research
National Safety Commission
Karen
Kdaily
Aikenstandard.com
Feast of Carols at USC Aiken Etherredge Center
Tickets remain for the Feast of Carols at the Etherredge Center on December 1 and 3. USC Aiken presents a dinner and concert to raise department scholarships with a Holiday Wishes theme. Doors open 6:30 p.m. and shows begin at 7 p.m. Tickets are 40 dollars with proceeds supporting student scholarships.
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Aiken
Department of Theatre and Performing Arts
Etherredge Center
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