City Council staff continue talks on next city manager and city property
Aiken City Council and staff will meet in private today to discuss the city's next manager and the sale or purchase of city owned property. The council will move at 4 p m into executive session in Room 204 at the Municipal Building. Interim City Manager LeDuc says five applicants remain, most from out of state, with about 50 total applications received. The search follows former City Manager Pearce’s resignation in June and positions discussed may include contract negotiations. Public release will occur once three finalists are chosen.
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Maayan Schechter reports City Council will interview five applicants by early November for confidential positions. The panel will discuss city owned land at The Alley and Newberry Street and consider moving city staff back into the Municipal Building at 214 Park Ave.
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City seeks volunteers for Christmas in Hopelands event
Aiken Parks Department seeks 16 volunteers per night for 23rd annual Christmas in Hopelands. Shifts run 5:30 to 9:30 p.m. on multiple December dates. duties include serving chocolate and cookies, greeting visitors, and assisting guests and shuttle riders. Call or email Samantha Radford to sign up.
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Aiken Ghost Tour Opens Tonight With Cemetery Walks
The Aiken Ghost Tour runs today through Friday with 7 p.m. departures from St. Thad Deus Episcopal Church cemetery at 125 Pendleton St. S.W. Tickets are $10, tours last about 1 hour 20 minutes, and reservations may be made by calling Kent Cubbage at 803-270-0773 or emailing kentcubbage yahoo.
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Aiken Public Safety Blotter Highlights Monday Thefts and Crimes
An 18 year old Aiken woman was charged with shoplifting 24 dollars of merchandise on Whiskey Road. Burglary reported at a Hampton Avenue business with missing computer. Additional burglary on Laurens Street. Vehicle battery and Weed Eater stolen from York Street business. A North Augusta man 40 charged with criminal domestic violence after threatening girlfriend with a baseball bat for ride to work. A Warrenville man 52 charged with shoplifting two beers on Jefferson Davis Highway Clearwater. A North Augusta woman 26 reported fraud from unauthorized debit card transactions. Burglary on Project Road Warrenville. electronics safes jewelry gift card and medication missing. Vehicle break in on Legion Road Warrenville. Money and jewelry stolen from a Beech Island home on Atkinson Road. A four wheeler stolen from Cross Country Circle Aiken.
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October 27 2014 bookings at Doris C Gravat Detention Center
List of arrestees includes Tony Mitchum Martin 46 disorderly conduct gross intoxication Elizabeth Alabaugh 19 shoplifting Haley Glisson 32, William Tucker Sr. 53, Matthew Parsons 38 littering disorderly conduct, and others with charges such as failure to pay child support, drug possession and weapons. notes that posting bond may release detainees and that all bookings are viewable online via Aiken Standard Crime tab.
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Car Hits Aiken County School Bus in Warrenville
A 2005 Mazda ran a red light and struck the left side of a school bus on Piney Heights Road at Augusta Road in Warrenville early Tuesday, injuring none of the 39 passengers. The driver faced a charge for disregarding a traffic signal as the bus was taken to a shop and students were reassigned to Langley Bath Clearwater Middle and Midland Valley High Schools.
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