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Medical services may be harder to get for hundreds of local residents in the days or weeks ahead, with Wagener Medical Center having closed its doors and the facility's future prospects being unclear.

Aiken's Prime Steakhouse is located in one of the oldest buildings in the city's downtown and it was also the scene of a meeting that would ultimately lead to the demise of the $75 million economic development effort known as Project Pascalis. Here's what the Aiken Standard has learned about the meeting.

Some of Aiken's most prominent acreage got extra attention March 15, with the annual Breakfast at the Gallops event taking place at Aiken Training Track, drawing dozens of visitors for a meal and a chance to hear about racing's ups and downs from the perspective of insiders.

Aiken is one step closer to building a mixed-use building that could house a Savannah River National Laboratory workforce development center. The Aiken City Council voted unanimously Monday evening to approve a resolution authorizing the purchase of properties where the building would be constructed. 

Local taxpayers have a variety of free help options to consider while heading into the last month of tax season, with assistance from AARP Foundation and Volunteer Income Tax Assistance among the possibilities for dealing successfully with the Internal Revenue Service.

Aiken will receive $3 million from the federal funding bill President Joe Biden signed into law last Saturday. The bill allocates $3 million to the city for Croft Mill sewer basin improvements, U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., announced. 

Aiken's first Parker's Kitchen is set to open Friday. "I'm very excited to announce that we'll be opening on Friday morning," Parker's Kitchen Real Estate Development Manager Daniel Ben-Yisrael told the Aiken City Council Monday evening.

An Aiken street that was closed last week could reopen Wednesday. South Boundary Street between Whiskey Road and York Street could reopen late Wednesday afternoon, S.C. Sen. Tom Young Jr. said Tuesday morning.

The Aiken Triple Crown features three equine-related events happening on three consecutive weekends in March: the Aiken Trials, the Aiken Spring Steeplechase and Pacers & Polo.


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