SAHS teacher pleads guilty to sexual battery with student
Former South Aiken High School teacher Michael Paul Waters was sentenced to three months in jail and probation after pleading guilty to two counts of sexual battery with a student. He received five years in prison suspended to one year, with 90 days in jail followed by house arrest and mandatory counseling. Waters, a longtime teacher and coach, admitted to a relationship with a 16 year old student from September to December 2013 and resigned from the district. The case drew on surveillance video and messages to support the charges.
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Paul Waters
Aiken
Aiken Polo Club relies on community support to endure
The Aiken Polo Club, over 130 years old, survived the Great Recession with belt tightening and city and community help. The club unveiled a $125,000 pavilion at Whitney Field, funded largely by local support and planned for nonprofit and for profit events to boost summer revenue and fund field upgrades, with fall matches set Sundays through Nov. 9.
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Terri Morris
Aiken
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New York
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the Home Depot
Prestige Appliance
Nandina Home & Design
Judge denies North Augusta Project Jackson appeal
Judge J Ernest Kinard dismissed Steve Donohues appeal of the 457 acre Project Jackson plan in North Augusta. The original Aug 20 ruling favored the City of North Augusta Mayor Lark Jones and City Council over claims the TIF district and amended ordinance violated state law and that private executive sessions lacked proper notice. Donohue, a River Club resident, sought reconsideration after the Sept 2 filing and Kinard denied all points, keeping the prior decision in place. The project envisions a hotel, shops and a baseball stadium as a potential new home.
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Steve Donahue
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Donohue
Jackson
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Lark Jones
City keeps favorable ruling in Augusta GreenJackets project case
Kinard declines to amend the initial order amid a 12 page motion by Donohue. Mayor Lark Jones calls the decision a step forward as the city pushes the regional destination forward. Councilman Fletcher Dickert notes Donohue may appeal within 30 days and expresses hope the judge’s ruling ends delays.
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