Hurricane Diana Threatens South Carolina Coast
South Carolina braces for Diana as the hurricane tracks up the Atlantic coast with potential beach erosion and tidal flooding. The storm sits off Florida, about 160 miles south of Colleton's Edisto Beach, moving slowly north. Forecasters predict rain and cooler temps with highs in the mid 80s and lows in the 60s, while eyeing possible closings and evacuations for Hilton Head and sea islands.
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Charleston
Diana
Atlantic
Florida
Colleton County
Edisto Beach
National Weather Service
Weather Service
Jacksonville Beach
Beaufort County
Hilton Head
Beaufort
Colleton
Charleston County
Charleston Navy Base
Cmdr
Dugald Gillies
Aiken P Z to Review Medical Complex Plan Tomorrow
The Aiken Planning and Zoning Commission will review a five acre medical complex next to Aiken Community Hospital. Marshall Erdman and Associates will develop a 43,000 square foot two story brick and glass building with offices laboratories and a 186 car lot. The meeting at 3 p m will also cover subdivision landscape annexation zoning changes and other development items.
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Aiken
University Parkway
ACH
Comission
Commission
Savannah River Plant Credit Union
Rich Plaza
Aiken County Commission For Higher Education
USC Aiken
Foxchase VII
Gatewood Subdivision
Municipal
Park Avenue
City Council Weighs Streets and Annexations in Aiken
The Aiken City Council will meet at 7:30 p.m. to consider annexation requests and street projects. Items include an engineering agreement for a water system in the southwest, Missisippi Avenue resurfacing plans, a drainage work request to the governor’s office, county participation in Hitchcock Retention Pond maintenance, and a first reading to annex perimeter roads.
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Aiken
Park Avenue
S.C. Highway Department
Mississippi Avenue
Governor's Office
Wise Hollow
Aiken County
Hitchcock
Girl on bike hit by car at city intersection
A seven year old girl riding a bicycle was struck by a car at the Barnwell Avenue and Pendleton Street intersection. The car was driven by Annie Bell Adams. Officer Gerald Taylor investigated the accident and said two charges have been filed against the driver.
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Barnwell Avenue
Pendleton Street
Department of Public Safety
Annie Bell Adams
Gerald Taylor
Aiken's Makin' festival draws record crowds and moved crafts outdoor
Aiken's Makin' drew an estimated threefold crowd growth to about 30,000 with perfect September weather. Crafts tables moved to the Park Avenue parkway boosting attendance and industrial exhibits in Municipal Auditorium reported heavy traffic. Vendors cited strong interest, diners exhausted food in the Taste of Aiken, while locals and visitors from abroad attended concerts and booths.
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Aiken’s
Parkway
Park Avenue
Laurens Street
Virginia Lybrand
Crafts
Eunice Hawkins
Holly Zuelsdorf
Municipal Auditorium
Rich Adams
Phelan Co
Merv Marshall
ThermoDisc
Marshall
Holland
Charles Gonshorowski
Louise Turner
North Augusta
Bankers Trust
Board To Hear Policy Protest At Aiken Education Meeting
Aiken County Board of Education plans a 7:30 p.m. meeting at the Educational Center on Edgefield Avenue to discuss proposed changes to attendance policy. The agenda includes a request by Gayle Snelling to allow after hours medical appointments to count as excused absences, contracts for new elementary schools, and a report on suspensions and expulsions for 1983 84.
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SifercRarnwel Mente
Aiken County
Gayle P. Snelling
Hitchcock Rehabilitation Center
Tritium Release Now Called Very Small
The Savannah River Plant reports the maximum measured tritium oxide dose from last week at 0.2 millirem, based on milk and urine samples from workers in areas along the plume. Health officials say this dose would not cause observable health effects and is far below natural background radiation.
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Savannah River
Health Physics Protection Department
Ernest Waaser
Waaser
Windsor-Montmorenci
Aiken
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Associated Press
Myrtle Beach
Georgia, Ca
Qeear
P&z
Bration
Maria Watkins
C. T
Buddy) Coleman Jr
Georgia
Peggy Lirgle
Aiken’s Makin
Phil Jones
Board To
Thurmond Whatley
SRP
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