Aiken Police Blotter Reports DUI and License Violations
A Langsey man was arrested early Saturday on Richland Ave for DUI, no license, and operating an uninsured vehicle. Fire vehicles at H Odell Weeks were vandalized Friday with damage estimated from 500 to 1000 dollars each. An elderly woman was tricked Thursday at a York Street grocery by two females who lured her into withdrawing 6000 dollars from a bank and vanished with the money.
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Langsey
Richland Ave
H. Odell Weeks
York St
Cumberland Village hosts Thanksgiving food drive for Golden Harvest
Cumberland Village Senior Living Community in Aiken collects nonperishable foods at 05 Wise Creek Lane in barrels for Golden Harvest Food Bank. Items accepted on Monday with distribution planned before Thanksgiving. For details, call Cumberland Village.
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Cumberland Village
Golden Harvest Food Bank
Aiken
Wise Creek Lane
Nao
Local resident showcases early life in hand built cabin display
Couchton resident John Osteen hosts an annual open house detailing family history and 19th century life. He guides visitors through a self built cabin from 1976 and a yard full of period farm equipment, animals, and artifacts dating back 3,500 years. Admission is free with tours through Saturday and again today from 1 to 5 p.m. at Couchton off Hwy 302 across from Couchton Baptist Church.
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John Osteen
Couchton
Osteen
William David Osteen
Thomas Junior Osteen
Col. Graham
Osteens
Abraham Lincoln
Jefferson Davis
Hawks
Kate
Babe
Lexington
Whitney “Lucas
America
Aiken
Belvedere
Wagener
Charlotte
Augusta
South Airicn Baptist Christian School
Millbrook
Girl Scouts
Martha Schofield: 16th Century Born Activist in Pennsylvania
Martha Schofield born 1539 to Waaker parents in Pennsylvania dedicated her life to Black care and education. She worked first in South Carolina’s Sea Islands then Ward inalaw and Edisto Islands, contracted tuberculosis, moved to Aiken to recuperate, bought land for 468 dollars, and built three story brick buildings along with six frame structures and a cottage for home economics. A mansion served as business office and living quarters for the house.
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Waaker
Pennsylvania
Martha Schofield
Sea Islands
South Carolina
Aiken
Wardinalaw
Edisto Islands
DOE sets pollution goals to cut waste and boost efficiency
Secretary Bill Richardson announced 14 pollution prevention and energy efficiency goals for the Department of Energy aimed at strengthening environmental accountability over the next decade. The plan targets solid hazardous and radioactive waste reductions, energy efficiency, substitutes for ozone depleting substances, greenhouse gas cuts, recycled-content purchases, and a 75 percent annual share of alternative fuel light duty vehicles per the Energy Policy Act.
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Bill Richardson
Department of Energy
Energy Department
Richardson
TJ Glauthier
DOE
Albuquerque
Clinton
Parade Opens 34th Chitlin Strut With Full Day Parade
A 10 a.m. parade marks the start of the 4th annual Chitlin Strut next Saturday with continuous entertainment throughout the day. Hogcalling contest carnival arts and crafts and hog meals are planned plus gospel music at Salley Baptist Church through the day.
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Salley Baptist Church
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Aiken Department of Public Safety
Golden Harvest
Yesteryear
Butler
Bil Bengtson
James Jacks
Victoria Jacks
Paula Jacks
Ursula Lucas
Whitney Lucas
Millennium Countdown
Ana
Wile
Buggawugga
Aiken County Historical Society
Ed Chisholm
Allen Riddick
Sissy Brodie
Ola Hitt
Doris Baumgarten
Marve
Accra
Hw Caret
Arden
Gari
Eterna
Duasouth
Hunter
Ry Om ‘Aken
Monty
Avaren
Ssa
By Adam Burton
Cable Capri Collection
David Yurman
Windsor
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