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New purpose for old building

When the Aiken County Public Library moved into the old Aiken Institute building on Chesterfield Street, only one portion of the structure was used to house the library. The north wing with its 17,000 square feet of space was left vacant.
Now that portion of the building is being examined as to what might become its mission in future years. The discussion got started this week when Solicitor Strom Thurmond Jr. made a presentation to Aiken County ...
11/19/2009 9:38 PM
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Stay in school or lose license
Keeping students in school until high school graduation should be a top priority for South Carolina. Educators say it is. Lawmakers say it is. But putting teeth into that claim is missing.
In a state ... 11/17/2009 9:38 PM
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Thoughts about health care
1. It saddens me to read so many letters in the Standard on health care reform, in which the writers are comfortable in denying access to health care for the less fortunate among us. We are a mix of t ... 11/16/2009 9:35 PM
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802nd goes to Afghanistan
The war in Afghanistan, never far from our thoughts, is about to get even closer.
A number of Aiken-based Army reservists are being deployed to Afghanistan along with the 802nd Ordnance Company next ... 11/16/2009 9:34 PM
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Clyburn aims at Trust Fund
Rep. Jim Clyburn, D-S.C., struck a note for his fellow South Carolinians last week.
As the Edward Teller Lecture speaker, Rep. Clyburn told the audience at the event held in Augusta that if Yucca Mou ... 11/15/2009 9:34 PM
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Waste storage issue needs resolution
No one likes to feel as though they are abandoned. Yet, that is exactly how a local community group is viewing our federal government and its promise to permanently store high level nuclear waste.
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