Depot shop offers gifts for railroad buffs at museum
The Aiken Visitors Center and Train Museum now features a depot shop with a wide holiday gift selection for railroad enthusiasts. Local shoppers can find unique train themed items and souvenirs at this community resource.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aiken
Aiken County approves overhaul of alternative education program
The 2011 12 budget prompted the Aiken County Board of Education to approve a major overhaul of the district s alternative education program last June. The Center for Innovative Learning at Pinecrest hosts a luncheon with Kelly Moulton and her son Cody Storey highlighting the revamped setting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aiken County
Local poll on pizza and fries as vegetables
Online poll question asks if pizza and french fries should count as vegetables in school menus. Voters can visit the Aiken Standard website to cast a vote as of 10 p.m. Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aikenstandard.com
AREA DEATHS Charles Corbitt Sr Aiken
Charles Corbitt Sr dies in Aiken at an advanced age, obituary notes his long life and surviving family members. The notice appears in the area deaths section, with details typical of local funeral notices.
Jackson grocery TIF plan moves forward in Jackson
Aiken School Board leans to support a Town of Jackson TIF to fund a Harvey's Supermarket project. Council must join to create a six acre special district, with 880000 incentive and Rural Development loan repayment, aiming for February funding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rob Novit
Columbia
Gary and
Margaret Pope
Jackson
Aiken School Board
Levi Green
Standing
Richard Hazen
Aiken
Beth Everitt
Todd Etheredge
Gary Cole
Ray Fleming
Harvey’s
Food Lion
U.S. Department of Agricultural Rural Development
Aiken County
Cole
Gary Bunker
Man charged in October attempted murder at Aiken club
Eddie L. Bass III, 23, of Aiken, jailed on charges of attempted murder and possession of a weapon during a violent crime for a Oct. 30 shooting after an argument at El Tucanazo club on Edgefield Highway. The victim said the gunman leaned from a car window and opened fire, wounding him in the leg. Witnesses said the suspect had threatened the victim earlier that evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aiken
Aiken County
Eddie L. Bass III
el Tucanazo
Edgefield Highway
Last day to appeal property tax reassessment in Aiken County
Today is the final day to file objections to a property's fair market value, use value, assessment ratio, or assessment. Objections must be in person by 5 p.m. or postmarked today for review by the Aiken County Assessor's Office. Assessor Rick Jantzen reports 4,75 appeals filed and about 2,000 settled. council previously extended the deadline in September after taxpayer concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aiken County
Rick Jantzen
Chilly weather returns to Aiken with a look ahead
A cold front pushes temperatures down to the mid to high 50s and nightly 30s after a drenching rain in the CSRA. By Thursday highs may reach the 60s as sun breaks through. Forecaster Miller notes typical autumn transitions with variable day to day swings and discusses regional rainfall deficits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
CSRA
National Weather Service
Maemo Ean Sie
Miller
South Carolina
Columbia
Augusta
Bush Field
Also Mentioned on This Page
Amy Banton
Chamory
Charles Corbitt Sr
World News
Ednesday
Jackson Grocery
Weeky Hightower
Town of
MCC
de Ee Hel
Vaucluse Road
P.Q. Box
Aiken, SC
Aserted É
Batesvinysiding.com