Aiken remembers 9/11 commemoration honors fallen and deployed
At the 9 11 ceremony in Aiken Erin Scott and her family mark the day from Graniteville where her husband Jeremiah serves with Charlie Company 122nd Engineers. The event at the Aiken Public Safety building, co hosted by the Aiken Marine Corps League, honors victims and public servants as residents reflect on the tragedy and ongoing military service.
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Jeremiah
Iraq
Charlie Company
122Nd
Graniteville
Scott
Travis
Jacob
Aiken Department of Public Safety
Aiken Marine Corps League
Eddie Leopard
Millbrook Baptist Church
Deann Clayton
Clayton
Don Henry
Aiken County
America
Public Safety
Phil Kestin
New York
Marvin
Kestin
Ladder 40
Harlem
New York State
Marvin Kestin
Aiken
Crafter Ginger Prout Highlights At Aiken’s Makin Festival
Ginger Prout searches flea markets and rural shops for rustic items to craft arrangements. She returns for her 12th Aiken’s Makin Festival in downtown Aiken with primitive designs and a signature ginger breadman piece. The event runs Friday and Saturday 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. with entertainment and food vendors.
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Ginger Prout
Prout
Houndslake
Graham questions future of pit facility at SRS project
U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham, a strong advocate for a new Savannah River Site facility that could create up to 1000 jobs, says the plan is years away and not guaranteed. He questions whether Congress should fund a modern pit facility to produce nuclear weapons while decommissioning Cold War stockpiles.
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Savannah River
Graham
SRS
U.S. Energy Department
United States
Congress
State eyes Isabel threat as Hurricane Isabel nears coast
South Carolina emergency planners met to review actions if the hurricane affects the coast. Officials note Isabel intensified to Category 5 with winds near 160 mph and projected four days from landfall, prompting readiness measures and possible evacuations or lane reversals in the 96 hour window.
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Columbia
South Carolina
Isabel
Leeward Islands
Sanford
Fred Carter
Jim Hodges
Aikens Makin festival moves site to ease traffic
The 27th Aiken's Makin arts festival shifts to Park Avenue between Chesterfield and Union Street to relieve congestion. About 227 crafters and 30 food vendors will set up east of last year’s sites, with Park Avenue closed from Chesterfield to Union and adjacent York and Fairfield streets affected. Local officials expect reduced traffic and better exposure for east-side merchants.
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Aiken’s Makin
Greater Aiken Chamber of Commerce
Aiken
Eddie George
Park Avenue
Chesterfield
Union
York
Fairfield Streets
St. Mary Help of Christians Catholic
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Augusta
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Theodore P. Berry
Blackville
Eva M. Bussey
Franklin J. Farrell
Warrenville
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U.S
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Associated Press
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