Seacoast’s Eighties Prom for Water Missions International

March 4, 2010 • Paige Hadler (with the help of Garrett Sadler; Summerville High School)  
Filed under Arts & Entertainment, Local News

Ever felt like you were born in the wrong decade? Do you crave the B-52’s, Cindy Lauper, and Madonna’s music constantly? Is neon a regular addition to your wardrobe and you never understood why big hair left? Then here’s your chance to do all of this while helping people across the... Read more »

Local Farm Sued by Former NASCAR Driver

December 11, 2009 • David Salkowski  
Filed under Local News, The World at Large

Community supported agriculture (CSA) farms are at the forefront of the local/organic food movement.  CSAs provide a link between consumers, their food, and the farms that grow it, by selling shares of a farm and providing customers weekly with fresh fruits, vegetables, eggs, dairy, and meat.  CSAs... Read more »

James Island Festival of Lights

December 4, 2009 • Alison Kanski  
Filed under Local News, The World at Large

The time of year has come when James Island County Park lights up 3 miles of the road for their Holiday Festival of  Lights. This year is the 20th anniversary for this festival and the festival is celebrating by holding a different event for the first 20 nights of December. These events range from storytelling... Read more »

Patriot Point without the USS Yorktown

November 13, 2009  
Filed under Local News, The World at Large

The USS Yorktown was the tenth aircraft carrier built for the Navy. In an astonishing 16.5 months, the USS Yorktown was completed and sitting on the coast of Newport News, Virginia, Yorktown. This aircraft carrier participated significantly in the Pacific Offensive that started in 1943 and ended in the... Read more »

Fort Dorchester Orchestra Plays at Kitchen Tours

November 4, 2009 • Seth Hendrix  
Filed under Fort Report, Local News

A cellist glides his perfectly rosined bow across a set of Helicore strings. The magnificent mahogany cello amplifies the strings’ sound and projects beautiful harmonies into the air that mesh and mingle with other harmonies. The orchestra plays with an intense melody, the first movement. By the... Read more »

Abuse in the District

October 26, 2009 • David Salkowski  
Filed under Fort Report, Local News

The principal of Knightsville Elementary School, Anita Ruff-Patillion, and assistant principals Rita Wilson and Les Kephart were removed from their positions for failure to report abuse in the school. The abuse was observed by a visitor of a class for autistic students.  A teaching assistant allegedly... Read more »