Aiken Recreation Department Hosts Halloween Party For Kids
The Aiken Recreation Department invites children 12 and under to a free Halloween party at the H Odell Weeks Activities Center on Halloween night from 6 to 8. Participants in costume compete for prizes for original scary and fun costumes. Bags of candy, carnival games with prizes, and a haunted house are planned. parents may attend.
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Aiken Recreation Department
H. Odell Weeks Activities Center
Annexation Panel Explains Northwest Aiken Area Two
City Annexation Committee outlines objectives and benefits to Area Two residents at a standing room crowd in Northwest Aiken. Officials stress mutual benefit, city services for city dollars, and cost considerations amid opposition over double taxation and policy clarity.
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Aiken
Area Two
Northwest Aiken
Mark Meyer
Henry Robinson
Richland Avenue
U.S. 18 Bypass
Pinecrest
Cherry Hill
Kalmia Forest
Kalmia Estates
Aiken Heights
Gregg Avenue
Vaucluse Road
Steve T. Thompson
City of
Halloween Carnival At Aiken Recreation Center
A Halloween carnival sponsored by the Minnie Palmore House Parents' Involvement Organization will be held at the Aiken County Recreation Center on Friday from 6 to 7 30 p.m. The event features games a spook house and other activities with awards and prizes. The center sits on the Aiken Augusta Highway near Graniteville.
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Graniteville
Aiken County Recreation Center
Minnie Palmore
Augsta Man Beaten and Robbed on East Boundary
Clearwater resident Mark Maroney, 26, was assaulted by two men on East Boundary in Augusta at about 1 a.m. They offered marijuana then robbed him of 360 dollars after a surprise attack. Maroney received head laceration treatment at University Hospital and was released.
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Augusta
Clearwater
Maroney
University Hospital
Aiken Jaycees Plan Christmas Parade
The Aiken Jaycees sponsor their annual Christmas parade on Tuesday December 9 at 6 p.m. A second main date is Monday December 15 at 6 p.m. The parade forms at Union Street and Park Avenue and ends at Laurens Street and Barnwell Avenue.
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Aiken Jaycees
Union Street
Park Avenue
Laurens Street
Barnwell Avenue
Carla Loftin
P.O. Box
Aiken
S.C
Father drowns while saving son after fall from dock
Bluffton police say a 4-year-old boy fell from a fishing dock into the May River and remains missing as the search continues. The father Hosie Polite Jr., 28, of Savannah, Ga., drowned while trying to save him. his body had been found around 2 p.m. Tuesday.
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Bluffton
May River
Poe Themed tribute at USCA sparks campus chatter
USCA hosted a Poe tribute with poetry readings and a Tell Tale Heart performance. Students enjoyed a Poe themed spread and decor though no Poe-dium was available.
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Edgar Allan Poe
USCA
County Rules Would Control Annexations in Aiken County
Aiken County Councilwoman Mim Woodring proposes an ordinance amending the Development Standards Ordinance to limit annexation by cities and allow independent water or sewer options if providers seek beyond normal rates. The plan calls for Planning Commission review before adoption. The measure received first reading approval at Tuesday's council meeting.
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Aiken County
Mim Woodring
Woodring
S.C
One Way Traffic Plan Begins At N E School
Greendale Elementary launches a voluntary one way system to ease congestion around the New Ellenton campus. Principal Candye Slay says cooperation is needed as parents, teachers, and volunteers arrange maps notes and cones. A Nov. 3 meeting is planned with highway officials invited.
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New Ellenton
Greendale
Candye Slay
Representa
Tives
State Highway Department
Highway Department
al Barwick
Bill Knotts
Women Edge Men In Aiken County Voter Registration
Registration data show women outnumber men by nearly 3 000 in Aiken County for the November election. Of 45 998 registered voters as of Oct 16, 24 805 are women and 21 193 are men, with white women leading white and black voters overall. Age group totals favor 35-64, followed by 22-34 and 65 plus. 18-21 has the fewest registrants.
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Aiken County
State Election Commission
Columbia
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Betty Etheredge
Aiken Annexation
S.C. State Employees Association
Thomas L. Moore
D-Aiken County
USC Aiken
Faye Ryans
DSO
Greendale Elementary
N.E. School
Perce
S.C. Election Commission
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