North Augusta Today

Habitat for Humanity of North Augusta had a busy week. The charity organization not only moved in one resident, but started work on its 12th home.

The small upstart A Love Project isn't about grand gestures, but showing love in the little things each day. North Augusta native Zak Todd got the idea for the project when attending a Hillsong concert about six months ago.

Veterans are a growing population in North Augusta. American Legion Post 71 has 442 active members alone, said Ron Price, the membership chairman for the Post.

In broad daylight, there's no sign of Club Fusion, the teen club that inhabits a portion of the Riverfront Antique Mall on Jefferson Davis Highway. On Friday and Saturday nights, however, the area takes on a new life, and law enforcement entities are not happy about it.

The new weekly farmer's market in North Augusta has plans to extend its season and become an educational tool to residents.

Fall... I love this time of year. The leaves decide they've had enough so they dislodge and fall to the ground (this is not a scientific explanation). My favorite visual is to watch two or three leaves swirling in front of my car like they are taking one last dance before winter comes.

For more than 30 years, North Augusta Feed and Seed has provided a spot of greenery and color downtown. Travis Still manages the family-owned garden center on the corner of Georgia and Pine Grove avenues.

North Augusta High School freshman Hampton Williams is in the Athlete Spotlight.

TODAY: 10:30 a.m. ages 2 and younger, 11:15 a.m. ages 3-5; story time at Nancy Carson Library, 135 Edgefield Road; (803) 279-5767

Karate and martial arts classes will be held at Heights Baptist Church on Jefferson Davis Highway in Beech Island.

nina Brophy-Fiedler is the preschool director at Truenorth Church

Gene Cooler, a retired gunnery sergeant from the Marines, chose his branch of service to see the world, but he also thought they had the best uniforms.

The first-year Save the Tatas fundraiser at Fox Creek High School was met with great support.

A man wanted for robbing a North Augusta bank was arrested in Atlanta on Oct. 28. Sherrod Jarvis Miller, 47, was spotted driving a burgundy 1993 Mercury with Michigan tags around 10:30 a.m. by an Atlanta Police Department detective, North Augusta Department of Public Safety Tim Pearson said.

These are the bookings for the North Augusta Department of Public Safety for Oct. 16-23. Suspects are innocent until proved guilty:

Shannon Gough is a relative new comer to First Baptist Church of North Augusta, but showcases that you don't always have to go to your parents' church. Gough became a member last year after trying out several other churches in the area.

The Women's Ministry at Belvedere First Baptist is collecting the following items for Belvedere Elementary School: hard candy, hand sanitizer and Kleenex.