Aiken police blotter details thefts and a porch fire
The Aiken County Sheriff Office investigates a porch fire on Gregg Avenue causing about 1000 dollars in damage. Stolen items include a WA vehicle from Boyd Pond Road and two bicycles from Terry Street. A delivery driver was robbed near Dallas Court and a purse theft occurred at Aiken Brewing Company. Other incidents include a storage building burglary on Reynolds Pond Road and vandalism on North Meadows Drive. A pastor was duped by a Virginia scam call. A navy blue Toyota Cressida was stolen from Rutland Drive.
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Aiken County
Dallas Court
Bryant's
Belvedere
Clearwater Road
North Meadows Drive
Easy Wash
Langley
Reynolds Pond Road
Aiken Brewing Company
Rutland Drive
Terry Street
Town Creek
Richmond
Kennedy Middle School Aims for NSE Excellence Honor
Leaders of Kennedy Middle School plan to accept the NSE challenge from the Greater Aiken Local Education Foundation. The effort seeks the high honor of Excellence, featuring a lengthy application that rewards high achievement across multiple areas.
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Kennedy Middle School
Greater Aiken
Fatal crash at Shaws Fork and New Holland roads claims three women
Aiken County coroner describes the intersection as dangerous after three women died when the vehicles they rode in collided at 1:05 a.m. Two cars, a 1983 Volkswagen Jetta and a 1995 Honda Accord, crashed at Shaws Fork Road. Cynthia Smith 34 drove the Jetta and Patricia Stone 64 and Jeanne Sellers 36 were in the Honda. Only Sellers wore a seat belt but it could not save them.
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Aiken
Sue Townsend
Shaws Fork
New Holland Roads
Cpl
TM. Bell
S.C. Highway Patrol
Cynthia Smith
Water Oak Drive
Windsor
Shaws Fork Road
Ms. Smith
Patricia Stone
Lexington
Jeanne Sellers
Pas
Honda
Ms. Sellers
Doctor charged with assault in Banks Mill Road case
Dr Shirley A Madison aiken plastic surgeon released from Aiken Regional Medical Centers Tuesday and arrested on charges of assault and battery with intent to murder. On Sept 90 she and her 7 year old son were found with throats cut at their Banks Mill Road home about 5 am. The child was found in his bed. A surgical scalpel a syringe with unknown liquid were at the home. Madison processed at the detention center then transferred to Columbia for evaluation. The boy was treated and released last week.
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Highway Department
Shirley A. Madison
Aiken
Aiken Regional Medical Centers
North Augusta nears funding for riverfront redevelopment
North Augusta officials move toward financing a downtown riverfront redevelopment with a 3 percent accommodations tax on hotel stays and a 2 percent hospitality tax on prepared foods. A final reading is set for Oct 19. Some restaurant managers oppose the hospitality tax, fearing reduced patronage, while noting support for the overall plan. The council also discussed a utilities transfer option taking 9.48 percent of water and sewer bills to fund redevelopment, with potential additional $500,000.
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North Augusta
Dennis Gunther
S&s Cafeteria
Riverfront
Local man’s coral research spotlight on GPTV SCETV
GPTV and SCETV to air Dr. Garriet Smith from University of South Carolina Aiken in a "Science in Paradise" episode. Alan Alda hosts with studio scenes at Smith’s Aiken lab. The program covers coral diseases in the Caribbean, sea fan fungi, Pacific Ocean diseases, and Colombian sea life epidemics.
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Scientific American Frontiers
Garriet Smith
University of South Carolina Aiken
GPTV
SCETV
Alan Alda
Aiken
Smith
Caribbean
USDA
Pacific Ocean
Colombia
South America
Fle
Jared Karr
Aiken Luncheon Talks 1999 Legislative Goals for Bus iness
Business leaders from across the region gathered at Newberry Hall for a luncheon hosted by the Aiken Chamber of Commerce. Speakers from the South Carolina State Chamber of Commerce outlined goals focused on taxes highways the Internet video poker and a state lottery with debate over funding for the Bobby Jones Expressway expansion.
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Newberry Hall
Aiken Chamber of Commerce
Aiken
S.C
Cam-Waitn
South Carolina
Aiken-Augusta
Fred Cavanaugh
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