Bill Bengtson is a reporter at Aiken Standard. He covers a range of topics including culture, society, health and wellness, and education, with a particular focus on local events and community issues in Aiken County, SC. His work has been featured in Yahoo News, Tulsa World Media Company, and The Post and Courier.
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Bill Bengtson's focus is on local events and community-related news in South Carolina, particularly Charleston. He seems to be interested in covering a wide range of topics including veterans' affairs, holiday celebrations, parades, charity events, and community gatherings.
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Aiken Camellia Society held its annual show Jan. 18, drawing more than 400 blooms from gardens and greenhouses around South Carolina and several from Georgia and North Carolina.
By: Bill Bengtson
Aiken Camellia Society held its annual show Jan. 18, with more than 400 blooms on display in a celebration of a flowering shrub that is a staple of Southern landscaping and originally came from Asia.
Aiken is to be the host city for the third annual South Carolina Women in Agriculture Conference (Feb. 28 and March 1), and the deadline for regular registration is Feb. 1.
By: Bill Bengtson
Aiken-area ministries that focus largely on feeding and housing the homeless have plenty of clientele this week, with unusually cold weather leading to adjustments to provide free meals and free shelter, whether overnight or merely during daylight hours.
By: Bill Bengtson
Aiken County residents received a couple of inches of snow during the overnight hours of Jan. 21-22, and some accepted the opportunity Wednesday morning to head outdoors and enjoy the fluffy stuff before it turned into slush and puddles.
By: Bill Bengtson
Judy Floyd and the Rev. William Belo, both attending a Jan. 7 gathering, received the President's Volunteer Lifetime Service Award, which "honors individuals whose service positively impacts communities in every corner of the nation and inspires those around them to take action, too," as described in promotional material. Both are associated with Christ Central.
Members of Grace United Methodist Church, in North Augusta, spent Jan. 25-26 in action on behalf of needy neighbors, helping in several communities with such chores as building wheelchair ramps
By: Bill Bengtson
Representatives of Aiken County's government visited Wagener Jan. 14 for the first of several events to field questions and offer insight on topics relating to planning and growth around the county.
"I Love NOLA" (a reference to New Orleans) is the title of this year's presentation by the Aiken Women's Heart Board, in support of the American Heart Association. This year's shows are to be Feb. 19-23 at the Etherredge Center, on the campus of USC Aiken.
By: Bill Bengtson
Pitter Patter and Caroline's Boutiques, on Laurens Street, had a focus on females Jan. 30, holding their second annual "Galentine's Party," with plenty of Valentine's Day decor, free pictures by photographer Rebecca Judy, an assortment of refreshment options, a pop-up charm bar and other offerings.
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