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Aiken artist and native Betsy Wilson-Mahoney's work showing the city's iconic landmarks is on display around almost any corner at the City of Aiken Municipal Building.
He moved to Aiken in 1972, earned a living in nuclear engineering and dedicated much of his time and talent to promoting the nuclear family.
The origins of the musical instrument are obscure, but the appeal of Appalachian dulcimers is undeniable for dozens of players around the Aiken-Augusta area, including several who normally meet twice a month in Aiken to practice and occasionally to perform.
High school students are reaping the benefits of a homegrown, grassroots initiative to prepare youth for future success, and its founder, Aiken-native Tim Behling, planted the organization where it could do the most good – in his hometown.
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The Schofield Community Association was relaunched in early 2023 to help residents preserve the historic Black neighborhood in Aiken.
The Aiken Kiwanis Club celebrated its 50th anniversary with a banquet at Houndslake Country Club on March 23. Mary Winfree, chairman of the Carolina District of Kiwanis membership development, was the guest speaker. State Rep. Bill Taylor presented the organization a special proclamation fro…
• Date and place of birth: July 1970, in Clinton, North Carolina
The past couple of decades have had Marine 1st Sergeant Harry Johnson in several locations around the world, and the naval science instructor has some extremely familiar territory on his near horizon this month, through his role as a leader in Naval Junior ROTC programs.
The criteria for joining one of Aiken County's smallest organizations for veterans are extremely tight and involve such elements as bullets, mortar rounds and improvised explosive devices.
The massive building at 120 York St., near Aiken's First Baptist Church, has become extremely familiar territory for Juanita Campbell over the last several months, as she is well into her second year as executive director of the Center for African American History, Art and Culture.
Prayer is a source of healing for those who attend Upper Room Healing Center.
Karen Olsen Edwards’ parents, Lloyd and Crystal, lived lives of service. Today, their daughter is proudly carrying on the lasting legacy her parents left in the Aiken community.
Former Savannah River Site employees volunteer to help other site retirees receive Medicare benefits
A group of former Savannah River Site employees have managed to save their former co-workers $7.1 million as those co-workers make the transition from the site's medical plan to a Medicare-based retirement medical plan.
• Date and place of birth: 1947, Wilmington, Delaware. I’m a “product of the home office” of DuPont.
United Way of Aiken County, Inc. held its Annual Meeting and Awards Ceremony at Newberry Hall in downtown Aiken on March 16.
• Date and place of birth: November 1982, Aiken.
Tons of drink cans, food containers and similar debris are familiar sights for travelers along many Aiken County roads and a daily challenge for Kandace Cave, in her role as a program coordinator in charge of the Keep Aiken County Beautiful initiative.
Literary figures such as Maya Angelou, Robert Frost, Emily Dickinson and Edgar Allen Poe are alive and well in the conversations of several local residents who are looking to spark more interest in poetry, especially with COVID-19 fear having lessened in the past several months.
• Date and place of birth: July 1982, Beaufort.
The Aiken Training Track was the scene of the annual Breakfast at the Gallops event on March 17. This is a fundraising event for the Aiken Thoroughbred Racing Hall of Fame and introduces newcomers to the basics of horse racing and more specifically the training of young race horses. The gues…
The equestrian season officially started with the running of the eighth annual Harness Races at the McGhee Mile Training Facility on Banks Mill Road on March 11. The race fans enjoyed watching eight races and tailgating under sunny skies.
• Date and place of birth: Chicago, Illinois
Aiken realtor and lifelong equestrian Barb Gould Uskup grew up competing with the late Bruce Duchossois at horse shows throughout the Midwest and around the country.
The Aiken Civic Orchestra Board of Directors hosted a wine tasting fundraising event for their organization at the Aiken County Historical Museum on March 11.
• Place of birth: Lincoln, Nebraska.
He's no stranger to cold weather, having grown up in Nebraska, and John Carman got a truly chilly reception in 2014 when he and his wife, Karen, moved to Aiken just in time for the historic ice storm that left thousands of local households with shattered trees, blocked streets and a lack of …
The Gifting Tree Foundation hosted its annual Low Country Boil and Oyster Roast at the Aiken Jaycee Fairgrounds Building on Feb. 25. Six hundred people attended the sold-out event that included a live auction, a silent auction, music by Anybody’s Guess and, of course, some delicious food. Al…
The 80th running of the Aiken Trials was held at the Aiken Training Track on Two Notch Road on March 18.
• Date and place of birth: July 1950; Charleston, South Carolina
When Dr. Lil Borop Brannon was growing up in the Aiken in the 1950s and ‘60s, she’d see the famous serpentine wall around Hopelands, the Winter Colony estate of the late Hope Goddard Iselin on Whiskey Road, but the garden and the home behind that wall remained a mystery.
Phyllis Pellarain has lived in Aiken since 1952, when a massive nuclear reservation was still taking shape on the former acreage of Dunbarton and Ellenton, and a few local residents were looking to play a game of bridge.
SC 250 is an initiative started by the South Carolina Legislature to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the American Revolution in South Carolina. Each county in the state is being allowed to form committees so they can come up with some type of celebration. One such group has formed in Aiken.
• Place of birth: Greenville, S.C.
Downtown Aiken and the Hollow Creek community, near Salley, are separated by more than 20 miles, and the territory between the two has become more familiar over the past couple of years for the Rev. Fred Andrea III, one of Aiken County's most prominent pastors.
It's gone by many different names based off of the organizations who host them and the sponsors who attach their name to them, but most of the participants know it by one moniker.
• Favorite movie: The Last of the Mohicans
No one ever gets Daniel Seawell's name right.
The Aiken-Augusta area is home to several Sertoma clubs, with a common aim "to meet the needs of communities through volunteer service," and golf is at the heart of the matter for the Southern Cross Sertoma Club.
The opening gala for the 23rd Aiken Antique Show was held at the Aiken Center for the Arts in downtown Aiken on Feb. 2. The sold-out gala (nearly 400 tickets) along with the Aiken Antique show itself are the only fundraisers for the Aiken Center for the Arts. Caroline Gwinn is the executive …
The Kiwanis Club of Aiken hosted the first Kiwanis Club Oyster Roast at the Palmetto Golf Club on Jan. 28. Corn chowder was also served for those not wanting oysters. The event included live music and a raffle. Proceeds will be used for the Kiwanis leadership and service programs in area sch…
• Date and place of birth: July 11 in Aiken, South Carolina, in the old hospital
Becoming the director of the Hitchcock Woods Foundation brought Mary Katherine Philipp full circle from her childhood.
M'Aiken A Difference Lewy Body Dementia Association Support Group is for people to meet and provide support of people who are taking care of people with Lewy body dementia.
The Aiken Center for the Arts was the scene of the sold-out Pearl Friends fundraising event Jan. 26. The event raised funds for The Lillie Mae Stoke Scholarship Fund for Aiken High and South Aiken High graduates who will be attending Aiken Technical College or USC Aiken. The event included …
• Born (date and place of birth): October 1937 in LaGrange, Georgia.
Life is good for Anne Campbell, who celebrated her 85th birthday last October and unlike some people, isn’t reluctant to disclose her age.
A team of 18 volunteers and hundreds of taxpayers are taking part in an annual tradition for the next few weeks in Aiken County, with the blessing of the Internal Revenue Service, under the name of VITA – Volunteer Income Tax Assistance.
The State of the City address was given by Mayor Rick Osbon at the Amentum Center for Performing Arts on Jan. 23. The address included city accomplishments from 2022 and a look to the near future. A highlight of the evening was the presentation of two Aiken Awards. Those awards were presente…
For Barry Bornstein and the Aiken Training Track, the early 1940s were good years.
Gamma Omega is a small chapter of Epsilon Sigma Alpha serves the Aiken community through service.
• Date and place of birth: April 1943, Chelsea, Massachusetts.
USC Aiken and Aiken Technical College co-hosted the 2023 Martin Luther King Jr. Community Celebration at the USCA Convocation Center on Jan. 22. Aiken Councilwoman Lessie Price was the keynote speaker. Other program highlights included a service fair for local non-profits hosted by United Wa…
Joye in Aiken Executive Director Janice Jennings made the transition from governmental public policy analyst to performing arts festival manager without missing a beat.
• Date and place of birth: Feb. 1953, in Alexandria, Virginia
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