Aiken Visitors Bureaus Call for One Center
A reader urges consolidating the Chamber of Commerce and two visitor centers into a single location to reduce duplication. The letter also raises concerns about the Aiken County Animal Shelter taking in 600 dogs last month and criticizes parolees for recidivism and traffic at Whiskey and Dougherty roads.
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Aiken County
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Dougherty Roads
Dougherty
Public TalkBack on editorial page calls for change
A veteran letter urges addressing U S issues including plastic bag use and Styrofoam in landfills. Readers can comment via TalkBack or email, with submissions not listing candidates and not all personal names published. Lottery numbers for South Carolina and Georgia draws are listed.
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Aikenstandard
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New Public Works Director Michelle Shepherd joins Aiken City
Michelle Shepherd was named director of Public Works for the City of Aiken, reporting to City Manager John Klimm. She replaces the previous structure, overseeing Public Services and Utilities and Engineering, with Tim Coakley and George Grinton now reporting to her.
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Aiken
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Georgia Department of Transportation
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Oxford
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Aiken County
McGrath Computer Learning Center and USCA Form Partnership
The McGrath Computer Learning Center and USCA sign a memorandum of understanding to develop a strategic alliance offering adult computer and device training. The center, 12 classroom computers, 173 students this fall, operates with all volunteers near USCA campus with plans to add Mac training.
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McGrath Computer Learning Center
Sandra Jordan
USC Aiken
USCA
McGrath
Jordan
Wayne Rickman
Bruce McGrath
Rickman
Microsoft
Jeff Priest
McGrathclc.com
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Aiken Public Safety earns Life Safety Achievement Award
The Aiken Department of Public Safety received NASFM Field Research and Education Foundation’s Life Safety Achievement Award for zero fire related deaths in 2015. Lt. Jake Mahoney noted the agency’s dual law enforcement and fire protection duties and ongoing smoke alarm blitzes, including 500 alarms in Crosland Park.
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Aiken Department of Public Safety
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Jake Mahoney
Aiken Public Safety
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