Local Service Member Will Harley Jr. Laid To Rest
Staff Sgt. Willie Harley Jr. killed in Afghanistan will be honored in a funeral procession in Aiken. The route from Cedar Creek Baptist Church proceeds along Banks Mill Road East Pine Log Road Rudy Mason Parkway York Street and Hampton Avenue to Pine Lawn Cemetery. The sheriff’s office asks the public not to line Banks Mill Road for safety due to no sidewalk or shoulder space and potential injuries.
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Aiken Standard
Willie Harley Jr
Afghanistan
Aiken County
York Street
Hampton Avenue
Harley
Pine Lawn Cemetery
Troy Elwell
Sheriff’s Office
Banks Mill Road
Funeral Procession Route for Harley Family
The procession departs Cedar Creek Church turning onto Banks Mill Road then East Pine Log Road and Rudy Mason Parkway before York Street and Hampton Avenue to Pine Lawn Cemetery. Supporters may line Rudy Mason Parkway or York Street. Banks Mill Road lacks sidewalks and road shoulder for safety.
Cocky visits Clearwater Elementary in literacy program
Cocky the USC mascot visited Clearwater Elementary School in a Reading Express event. He met K-2 and 3-5 students, read stories with USC students, and handed each pupil a book. Ellan Jenkinson called Cocky a strong draw for encouraging reading.
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Michael Faglier
Clearwater
University of South Carolina
Alabama
Cocky
Michael
Reading Express
Rob Novit
Makayla Pilot
Former judge and attorney jailed in fraud schemes
John W. Harte, 64, a former judge and Aiken attorney, received one year and one day in federal prison in Columbia for money laundering and mail fraud tied to a $5.2 million embezzlement at Dixie Narco. He must pay $482,000 restitution and forfeit assets. Trier II, who orchestrated the scheme, was sentenced to 63 months and $5.27 million in restitution.
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Aiken
John W. Harte
Columbia
Caue
C . Harte
William J. Trier II
Dixie Narco
U.S
Harte
John Fitzgerald O'Connor Jr
Trier
O'Connor
O’connor
Michael Shavo
United States
Margaret B. Seymour
Anna Dolianitis
Braves hire Gonzalez as new manager
Fredi Gonzalez will be the Braves' new manager. Williston-Elko High School football faces a test in Friday's Game of the Week with a pivotal matchup.
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Braves
Gonzalez
Fredi Gonzalez
Williston-Elko
Dunkin Donuts to Join Five Guys in Aiken Opening
Dunkin Donuts will open beside Five Guys Burgers and Fries in early 2011 at a 3200 square foot Shoney's space on Whiskey Road. Local officials and developers framed the plan as a renovation of an underperforming asset, with Baskin Robbins sharing the site and a first Aiken location already opened in 2009.
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Baskin-Robbins
Five Guys
Shoney's
Whiskey Road
Charlie Hartz
Mike Rubin
Fox and Hound Realty
Billy Benton
Greater Aiken
Fries
Jameson
Benton
Rubin
Dunkin’ Donuts
Aiken
Ave. W
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Cedar Creek Church
East Pine Log Road
Rudy Mason Parkway
Clearwater Elem
Calernidar
Hartz
Baski
Nvbi2
Repleias
Haley Hughes
Children’s Place
Kelly Findley
Peggy Ford
Meghan Kehoe
Greater Aiken Chamber of Commerce
David Jameson
Lionel Smith, Ltd
Entlemen's Clothiers
Ris Dressed
Laurens Street
Swaiken, South Carolina
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