Elizabeth Hustad

North Augusta Planning Commission is not recommending Council approve Victory Baptist’s zoning request, though a similar request from True North Church easily made it past both bodies this spring.

Star Park, Edgefield County's next big investment in regional recreation, is expected to open sometime next summer, with the County Council having just awarded the $1.83 million construction contract.

Edgefield County Council and Planning Commission met jointly for the first time in two years. From that discussion came the near-term possibility of further zoning this still largely un-zoned county.

Aiken Regional’s second investment in North Augusta, a freestanding ER at Martintown, opened Sept. 24. It saw its first patient 3 minutes after opening and is expected to become as busy as Sweetwater.

The Aiken County Sheriff’s Office will place a Flock camera in North Augusta, one of 26 the agency is placing around the county.

North Augusta got the full approval from South Carolina Department of Transportation to move forward with Phase One of Georgia Avenue traffic calming. Construction contract could be awarded this fall.

Edgefield County could eventually establish hiking and motorbike trails—and potentially equine trails—on 240 acres of county-owned land. County Council just gave the OK to evaluate feasibility.

The request from Victory Baptist Church to rezone its more than 16 acres as commercial property has now been finalized, North Augusta City Council having pushed it through a final reading Oct. 19.

Three seats on North Augusta City Council are part of the Nov. 3 General Election for the first time this year. Here’s a quick run-down of the local elections in North Augusta.

Three North Augusta area schools received top marks in the state's annual assessment this year.