Alberta Payne, 73, helped organize the first Aiken's Makin' in 1976. She was on hand at the city's latest crafts festival, selling her...

...checking them twice. Growing concerns over increased crime in the neighborhood prompted residents to form a Crime Watch. Alberta Payne, a Crosland Park resident and Crime Watch member, wonders whether more participation could have prevented Jessica's...

...Tommy Paradise, Aiken's zoning enforcement officer. "We don't want anyone not to be able to have a job," said Alberta Payne, a member of the Crosland association. "We're not being unreasonable, but we have a problem." The proposed...

...crowd at the senior center. "Promoting home ownership is the key to reviving the neighborhood," he said. When Alberta Payne moved into the neighborhood 48 years ago, Crosland Park was a new subdivision, full of promise. The neighborhood...

...Aiken Department of Public Safety Sgt. David Turno said. Some veteran craft folk wonder whether bigger is better. Alberta Payne, famous for her Dough-Si-Dough cookie-dough Christmas ornaments, organized the first Aiken's Makin' in 1976...

AIKEN, S.C. - Norma Alberta 'Al' Payne, 78, of 508 Larchmont Place, Aiken, died Thursday, August 26, 2010 at home. She was surrounded by her family and Hospice caregivers. Al was the daughter of Lon and Cora Cody, and was born in St. Charles, Virginia. She graduated from Middlesboro High School in

AIKEN, S.C. - Norma Alberta 'Al' Payne, 78, of 508 Larchmont Place, Aiken, died Thursday at home. She was surrounded by her family and Hospice caregivers. Al was the daughter of Lon and Cora Cody, and was born in St. Charles, Virginia. She graduated from Middlesboro High School in 1949 and attended

'Al' AIKEN, S.C. - Norma Alberta 'Al' Payne, 78, of 508 Larchmont Place, Aiken, died Thursday, August 26, 2010 at home. She was surrounded by her family and Hospice caregivers. Al was the daughter of Lon and Cora Cody, and was born in St. Charles,

...Michael Lacke of Aurora, Ill.; a stepsister, Kimberly and a stepbrother, Andrew. Ross is the maternal grandson of Alberta Payne and the late Roger Payne of Aiken. His paternal grandparents are Robert J. Lacke and the late Mary Lacke of Ottawa...

AIKEN -- Alberta Payne's cookies are just one warm welcome for Officer David Nieves, the new community policeman for Crosland Park, where she and...