Readers’ TalkBack voices on roads and kindness in Aiken
Letters urge turn lane additions on Dougherty and Whiskey roads and demand always green left arrows. Citizens share memories, annexation worries, and thanks for a local store manager aiding evacuees. Lottery numbers listed for Friday draws.
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Whiskey Road
Community aids evacuees at South Aiken High shelter
Residents continued to donate towels diapers and supplies for Hurricane Matthew evacuees at the Red Cross shelter. 256 people stay at South Aiken High with no new shelters planned. Gov Haley urges displaced residents to stay away until safe and debris cleared. Volunteers praised. Millbrook Baptist Church provides shuttle showers laundry meals and kitchen with SCDHEC approval.
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South Aiken High
Dale Couch
North Augusta
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S.C
Nikki Haley
Millbrook
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Fphs Su
Cindy Kubo
City Council weighs funding for Silver Bluff Road utilities move
Aiken City Council will vote on about 855000 to relocate underground utilities for the 1.5 mile Silver Bluff Road project drawing from the Water and Sewer Fund holding funds and the General Fund. The move clears the way for DOT road improvements delayed since June with AT&T SCE&G and Atlantic Broadband infrastructure in footprint. Also on the agenda are carryover funds from 2015 16 budget for unfinished projects and a discussion of amending meeting minutes policy.
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Park Ave
Silver Bluff
Water and Sewer
Kim Abney
S.C. Department of Transportation
At&t
Sce&g
Atlantic Broadband
City
Silver Bluff Road
Abney
Pink Health Message Encourages Regular Breast Checks
A health guidance note urges daily choices toward breast wellbeing. It emphasizes professional guidance, self-exams, regular doctor visits, and annual mammograms to stay informed and proactive.
Ceiling collapses strike WIPP again in ongoing cave-ins
WIPP in Carlsbad New Mexico reports its third ceiling collapse this week with areas restricted for workers. An official update cites ongoing cave-ins from salt bed geology and notes evacuation routes were outdated, prompting planned changes and a town hall on October 13.
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Savannah River
Aiken
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