Aiken County school board members, district officials and members of the Back-to-School Advisory Committee were divided at the Nov. 17 board meeting on whether school sports should continue am…
With many people spending the holidays at home this year, these five tips can be helpful for staying safe and saving energy this holiday season.
Good news. That’s what we all want when we open our eyes to begin another day.
As the community enters the last month of 2020, a year in which everyone had to adapt their way of thinking and working, artists found an outlet to bring a positive perspective on the world.
With masks ready, the Aiken Symphony Orchestra will present its annual Christmas program featuring traditional holiday favorites this December.
“Rather than love, than money, than fame, give me truth.” — Henry David Thoreau
The Aiken Standard is holding its third annual Aiken's Choice Top Docs contest, and nominations have begun online.
State parks across South Carolina will offer free admission on Nov. 27.
As the season of giving approaches, with even a small donation, you can help children in need this holiday season with a contribution to the Aiken Standard's 2020 Community Christmas Card.
Even though the novel coronavirus pandemic has caused many holiday plans to be changed, Aiken still will have a free dinner for the public on Thanksgiving.
This year has caused a strain in most people’s lives, but as the holiday season rolls around, local pastors said there is still plenty to give thanks for in 2020.
Distance has been strongly encouraged this year, but it didn't stop two local artists from creating a new work of art and a new working relationship.
Giving Tuesday, often stylized as #GivingTuesday for the purposes of hashtag activism, is a global movement that encourages people to get out in their community and do something good.
Recovery Road Ministries, which operates a residential program in Aiken County for women seeking to recover from drug and/or alcohol addiction, has plans to help even more people.
Here is my current station in life: My main bathtub is filled with old high school annuals, photo albums, a box with all my shoes and wrapping paper. There is a parakeet in a cage in my guest …
The year is winding down, and might I be one of many to say … good riddance, 2020! Despite this year being globally difficult, Thanksgiving is just around the corner and reminds us to find the…
Happy Thanksgiving week! While this Thanksgiving will different when it comes to gathering together with family and friends, food will certainly be a part of the holiday. Even though many of o…
Masks are the talk of the town lately, are they not? To wear them or not to wear them. Cotton or synthetic. Single layer or multilayer. Inserts or not. Mainstream or rebellious. Republican or …
Holidays act as a period of remembrance, appreciation and, of course, feasting.
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My grandson, Sam, caught his first snake when he was seven years old by making a mistake. He knew the rule: A knowledgeable adult must identify the snake and confirm that it is harmless before…
FOTAS is all about improving the quality of life for the animals in the Aiken County Animal Shelter, about increasing the adoptability of the shelter residents and of going the extra mile to f…
We Americans are terribly irrational when it comes to the proper use of our credit cards. As an example, say you’re out shopping for essentials – groceries, for example – and you stop by your …
Several 18-wheelers packed with tons of soccer balls, T-shirts, pencils, crayons, soap, COVID-19 masks and other goodies headed out of Aiken County a few days ago, amid the annual show of supp…
New Yorker dance instructor Sarah Jo Fazio was determined to make her yearly instructional trip to Aiken's Burns Dance Studio this fall, pandemic or not.
This has been a year of heartache, pain and suffering, yet as we approach Thanksgiving there is still much to be grateful for.
An Aiken senior citizen club donated around 50 zip-close bags filled with essential items to the Aiken Salvation Army Homeless Shelter on Friday.
“We ought to give thanks for all fortune: if it is good, because it is good, if bad, because it works in us patience, humility and the contempt of this world and the hope of our eternal countr…
A welcome addition to the cultural life of the Central Savannah River Area has been the establishment of the Mary S. Byrd Gallery of Art on the Summerville campus of Augusta University. Shanno…
No festive holiday floats, decorated with tinsel, red bows and green wreaths, will be rolling through downtown Aiken in December.
The Aiken Standard's third annual Mistletoe + Merlot Holiday Shopping Market begins Thursday; tickets are still available and will be sold at the door.
Back in August, a friend called me wanting to add a cat to her family. It had been forever since she had one. She was in a new house, had shed her husband in a divorce and was feeling the COVI…
Nanette Langner, growing up in Chicago, had a clear image of what she wanted to see on the road ahead, and the horizon included plenty of color, en route to her role as one of Aiken's most in-…
The SPCA Albrecht Center for Animal Welfare (199 Willow Run Road, Aiken) is hoping to find homes for over 150 cats and kittens currently in their care with adoption specials. Adult cats (6 mon…
Regular physical activity is essential for achieving and maintaining good health and preventing and treating conditions like diabetes, heart disease and some types of cancer. In addition to be…
The third and final reading of an ordinance that would change how Aiken County deals with animal control issues is on the agenda for County Council’s meeting at 7 p.m. Tuesday.
For the U.S. Department of Energy and its management and operations contractor Savannah River Nuclear Solutions, preserving history at the Savannah River Site is not only an important mission …
There are 26 bones in the foot. Broken bones also known as fractures are not an uncommon foot injury particularly for athletes. A broken toe is the most common fracture involving the foot, but…
The Aiken Standard's third annual Mistletoe + Merlot Holiday Shopping Market will take place Thursday and Friday at Newberry Hall, and tickets are still available.
I arrived at a wooded area last year with a stinking, blood-splattered white-tailed deer and a state-issued salvage permit for collecting biological specimens. The permit is handy to have in c…
How do modern artists cope with the weight of history? This is a challenge particularly applicable to painters and sculptors who hail from countries with well-established and universally recog…
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Foster a dog? Are you kidding? How do I then let the dog go?
There were more than 8,000 of them. More than 8,000 books in nearly 500 cartons. A total of about 11,000 pounds. And over the course of six days or so, I shifted them all.
This year has been a challenging one for many people, even right here in Aiken County. With even a small donation, you can help kids in need this holiday season with a contribution to the Aike…
“To every thing there is a season, and a time for every purpose under heaven.” Ecclesiastes 3:1
After six weeks of hard work and patience, Lucia Schenk with the Healing Species felt confident participants had made a great deal of long-lasting progress.
The Aiken Standard's third annual Mistletoe + Merlot Holiday Shopping Market is back and will showcase 50 local vendors selling a vast variety of holiday gifts at Newberry Hall.
On Wednesday morning, parks employees and volunteers began screwing the bulbs into place ahead of Christmas in Hopelands this year – literally – for the annual light bulb installation day in p…
Many Aiken residents enjoy starting off Thanksgiving Day with breakfast on the lawn of the Aiken County Historical Museum.
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