Project Jackson clears hurdle in North Augusta TIF debate
North Augusta Council approves first reading of the North Augusta tax increment financing plan for Project Jackson, with 6-1 vote. Mayor Lark Jones emphasizes the vote is for tools to enable a project, not for Project Jackson itself. Public hearing lasts nearly two hours as residents speak pro and con amid scrutiny of traffic noise and environmental impacts.
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Aiken County School Board
Aiken County Council
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Area Deaths and Funerals Notices
Local obituary notices list Beecher E Morton Jr Aiken Billy Whaley Williston Carolyn G B Mayberry Aiken Lottie Rish Campbelle Aiken Miriam C Brinkley Wagener Myra Spires Sizemore North Augusta Susan Blake Sloan Jackson Orville D Smith North Augusta deaths and funerals coverage appears in sections 6A 7A and 9A.
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Beecher E. Morton Jr
Aiken
Billy Whaley
Williston
Lottie Rish Campbelle
Miriam C. Brinkley
Wagener
Myra Spires Sizemore
North Augusta
Pink Ribbon Tea honors survivors and remembers victims
Robin Redd Thomas and her mother attended the Pink Ribbon Tea in USC Aiken events as the Pink Ribbonettes honored survivors and remembered those lost to breast cancer. The fundraiser drew about 200 people while projections named deceased patients. Guest speaker Patricia Moore-Pastides shared prevention tips emphasizing diet and lifestyle.
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Ribbonettes
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Aiken
The CSI Effect and Reality in Criminal Investigations
Captain Eric Abdullah of the Aiken County Sheriff's Office explains how fiction shapes public expectations of police work. He notes prime time procedurals show rapid DNA results and immediate arrests, creating a skewed view of forensic science known as the CSI effect.
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Aiken County
Beth Ann Young
Las Vegas
Young
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