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Bond Referendum Includes New North Augusta High School
The Aiken County School Board voted last night to proceed with a Bond Referendum on May 25th. The Referendum includes a New North Augusta High School sized to accomodate 2,000 students. The referendum also includes renovating or constructing five other schools. The cost to the taxpayers will be roughly 118 per year on a $100,000 ...
Are We Growing in the Right Direction? We Need Your Input
Take this survey Over the last several months, I have had numerous conversations with City officials, and I am continually impressed with their genuine concern for the best interest of North Augustans. Several more recent conversations have revolved around the direction of growth of North Augusta, and what steps the City can take to ...
S.C. leaders may sue if Nevada nuclear waste dump is ditched
By JIM DAVENPORT Associated Press COLUMBIA — South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford accused the president of playing politics with nuclear waste, urging the Obama administration to follow through on plans to send thousands of tons of radioactive material to Nevada and urging legal action if it does not. Sanford, surrounded by state, local and federal officials on Tuesday, ...
SC Senate backs tax break to offset damage from Act 388 for Commercial Properties
For many, Act 388 is a prime example of our State’s piecemeal tax code. The legislature has formed a commision to propose broad reforms to eliminate the bandaids and patches that play such a prominent role in SC. To make a very long story short, Act 388 shifted much of the burden of funding our ...
Renewal of 1-cent sales tax – why does it matter?
A committee has been formed to consider the merits of renewing the 1-cent sales tax. The tax has been in place for a number of years, and unlike most taxes we pay, the penny sales tax funds much of the capital improvements in the county. The penny tax helped fund the new Municipal Center, and ...
Yucca proposal met with outrage
2/3/2010 11:45 PM By MIKE GELLATLY Staff writer for The Aiken Standard The federal government’s proposal to abandon the Yucca Mountain nuclear waste repository is angering some local residents. As part of President Barack Obama’s 2011 budget proposal announced Monday, the Yucca project would be terminated. Yucca has been designated as the United States’ long-term storage site for the ...
Upgrading Worst Facilities Could Cost 225 Million
Full Story found in the Augusta Chronicle http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2010/01/07/met_562239.shtml By Julia Sellers | Staff Writer Thursday, January 07, 2010 AIKEN — Upgrading six of Aiken County’s worst school facilities could cost $225 million, according to information presented this week to the school board. // District administrators pegged the price tag at anywhere from $168 million to $225 million to get Aiken ...
SRS schedules 23 free tours in 2010
From Augusta Chronicle Staff Reports – http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2010/01/05/met_562005.shtml Tuesday, January 05, 2010 Savannah River Nuclear Solutions will offer an expanded number of four-hour public tours of Savannah River Site during 2010. Clif Webb, the company’s vice president of public affairs, said 23 tours have been scheduled with enough space to accommodate 1,150 people. During 2009, 14 tours were held, ...
Manufacturing report lifts hope for recovery
Associated Press Tuesday, January 05, 2010 – http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2010/01/05/bus_561950.shtml An unexpectedly strong report on manufacturing activity Monday bolstered confidence that the nation’s factories will help sustain an economic recovery. Sign up for breaking news alerts from The Chronicle However, a separate report noted construction spending dropped for a seventh consecutive month. The manufacturing report by the Institute for Supply Management, a ...
School Board to continue look at area facility needs
1/4/2010 9:38 PM By ROB NOVIT Senior writer Aiken County Board of Education members will continue their discussion of facility needs at a special meeting at the district office tonight at 7 p.m. The focus of the meeting will be on the trustees’ tours of six schools targeted by the district administration as priorities for facility concerns. The School Board ...