here are very solid people. They're also supportive, and they try to help out in any way that they can.”

Dede Biles is a general assignment reporter for the Aiken Standard and has been with the newspaper since January 2013. A native of Concord, N.C., she graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

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The Rev. John L. Arthur Jr., standing left, celebrated his 50th anniversary at Eureka First Baptisit Church on Sunday.

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The Rev. John L. Arthur Jr., standing left, celebrated his 50th anniversary at Eureka First Baptisit Church on Sunday.

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ALFRED – A Rhode Island man who was driving drunk in Biddeford when he caused a crash that killed his friend pleaded guilty Thursday and was sentenced in York County Superior Court to serve 37 months in prison.

Christopher Bennett, 21, of Johnston, R.I., was sentenced as part of a plea agreement in which he pleaded guilty to charges of manslaughter and aggravated operating under the influence of alcohol in connection with the crash on Sept. 2 that killed his passenger, Anthony Ciccone, 20, of Pepperell, Mass.

Judge John O’Neil gave Bennett a 15-year sentence with all but 37 months suspended to be followed by a three-year probation term. Bennett was also fined $2,100 and had his driver’s license suspended for 10