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Retired Army officer plans to open thrift store funding Aiken veterans hub
AIKEN, S.C. (WRDW/WAGT) - Joshua Beeler, a retired Army warrant officer, and Karen Beeler are unpacking a vacant storefront they plan to open as Mission Thrift, a veterans hub, by Veterans Day next month. Two weeks into unpacking, the storefront holds boxes and brass. The store is designed to turn...
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Downtown Augusta construction shifts Broad Street trash pickup, narrows closes
AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) — Downtown Augusta’s Broad Street improvement project is making steady progress, but it’s also bringing new temporary changes. Garbage collection is being affected on Broad Street from James Brown Boulevard to Eighth Street. Residents and businesses in that stretch must now roll their carts to temporary pickup points on Ellis Street or Reynolds Street.
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Groundbreaking ceremony celebrates Oliver Hotel downtown redevelopment project
AIKEN — The hoteliers chosen to transform the former Hotel Aiken building into a downtown centerpiece arrived at the official groundbreaking Oct. 26 on horseback. Their mounts walked down Bee Lane through an audience of more than 100 citizens, elected officials, city employees, Realtors, shop owners, lenders and investors who’d gathered to commemorate the beginning of a redevelopment project that has been years in the making. Nashville-based Oliver Hospitality’s Ethan Orley, managing partner, and Craig Bradford, senior vice president for development, dismounted to speak while standing on the f...
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Aiken considers stricter traffic rules for developers
AIKEN, S.C. (WJBF) — The City of Aiken is considering changes to its traffic ordinance that could require developers to do more to address traffic and pedestrian safety. The proposed changes would lower the threshold for requiring a traffic study from 100 to 50 trips during morning or evening peak hours. “Typically what we were […]
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13th and 15th Streets to undergo paving for Broad Street project starting Wednesday
AUGUSTA, Ga. (WJBF) – Milling and paving operations will begin on Broad Street between 13th and 15th Streets on Wednesday. According to the City of Augusta, the paving work is expected to last approximately three to four days, weather permitting. Traffic will remain open with one lane available in each direction throughout the work. Lanes […]
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Augusta Swim Center Closed Nearly 11 Months as Parks Budget Requests Went Unfunded
The Henry Brigham swim center in Augusta, Ga., has been shut down for almost 11 months. Parks officials had warned for years that its aging pool systems could fail this way, according to WRDW. City Administrator Tameka Allen puts the repair bill at $90,376.77. Crews aim to reopen the pool...
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Augusta waterpark study moves forward as commissioners weigh parks bill, meter tester
AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) - An Augusta Commission committee on Tuesday sent three spending requests to the full commission for a final vote next week: $79,020 for a waterpark study, $379,795.19 to pay a parks consultant and $458,901 for equipment that tests water meters. The committee also took up three items...