
Bill Bengtson
General Assignments Reporter at The Aiken Standard
Bill Bengtson is a general assignments reporter for The North Augusta Star.
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1 week ago |
postandcourier.com | Bill Bengtson
SALLEY — A former public school, now in private hands, is being promoted as "a welcoming space" for Salley-area residents looking for a meal, fellowship or some low-key recreation. The campus that some remember as Sardis Elementary School is now home to Sardis Activity Center, having been sold by Salley's municipal government to Georgia resident Alexis Latson.
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1 week ago |
aikenstandard.com | Bill Bengtson
SALLEY — A former public school, now in private hands, is being promoted as "a welcoming space" for Salley-area residents looking for a meal, fellowship or some low-key recreation. The campus that some remember as Sardis Elementary School is now home to Sardis Activity Center, having been sold by Salley's municipal government to Georgia resident Alexis Latson.
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1 week ago |
postandcourier.com | Bill Bengtson
Aiken Standard reporterBill Bengtson is an Aiken Standard reporter and hasfocused since 1996 on such subjects as education, churches,retirees, agriculture, veterans, North Augusta, Fort Gordon andnorthern Aiken County. His start in South Carolina reporting was inGreenwood, withtheIndex-Journal. He is anative of Florence, Alabama, and a graduate of Whitman College andthe University of Georgia. To support local journalism, sign up for asubscription. See our current offers »
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1 week ago |
postandcourier.com | Bill Bengtson
AIKEN — Gussie Toney's original assignment at Christ Central's Richland Avenue facility, about seven years ago, was simply to answer the phone. These days, the former Atlanta resident helps with just about every assignment in the house. "I learned how to do everything," she said, in a brief break from meeting and greeting clients and volunteers alike. "She has a big heart, and she always helps everybody," said Christ Central volunteer Eunice Paraiso.
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1 week ago |
aikenstandard.com | Bill Bengtson
AIKEN — Western Maryland is beckoning for Trey Coleman, and wrestling is a huge part of the package, by way of a scholarship to grapple for Garrett College, in the town of McHenry, in the Pittsburgh metropolitan area. Coleman, a son of Serena and Jonathan Coleman, competed most recently for Wagener-Salley High School as a wrestler, but is a 2025 graduate of Ridge Spring-Monetta High, where his mom teaches science.
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