Downtown Charleston’s famous Battery is losing half its free street parking
More than a half-mile of unrestricted free parking along Charleston’s Battery — the must-see spot of the city — is about to disappear.
Thursday, June 20, 2013
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Year after motorcycle wreck, North Charleston firefighter again fights for life
Enjoying time off as a North Charleston firefighter, Darin Kingery was riding home from the Myrtle Beach Bike Week in May 2012 when his motorcycle crashed.
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- Downtown flooding as seen through social media
- Rain likely, highs in the mid 80s today
- Actor James Gandolfini dies in Italy at age 51
- Rush-hour downpours turn streets into canals again
- Charleston County School board hires two new principals for 2013-14 school year
- Hanahan High School senior Crystal Jean Burbage becomes third in her family to graduate with perfect attendance
- James Island shopping center to be redeveloped by Charleston’s Gramling Brothers
- Charleston planning to create high-tech hub on Morrison Drive
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Rain washes away low scores in first round of Rice Planters Amateur
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Live blog over: Flooding begins to subside
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Local, state residents weigh in on protests in Turkey
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Family of Moncks Corner woman killed in car crash awarded $3.5 million in suit against driver
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Berkeley County looking at reopening Goose Creek office
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State traffic deaths, including tri-county area, down so far
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North Charleston man arrested on heroin charge
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Hanahan police dog Shadow dies during training
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Road-funding consolation
Sports
Bryce Florie: From major league pitcher to head coach at Northwood Academy
Business
Men’s Wearhouse founder, pitchman is fired; he doesn’t like the way it looks
- Drone industry buzzes Paris Air Show as ‘unmanned aircraft’
- Taco Bell to test ‘Power Protein’ menu aimed at young men
- Fed suggests it’s closer to slowing bond purchases
- James Island shopping center to be redeveloped by Charleston’s Gramling Brothers
- Charleston planning to create high-tech hub on Morrison Drive
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The Italian connection: Farro piccolo, an ancient wheat grain from Italy, returns to the Lowcountry
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James Island shopping center to be redeveloped by Charleston’s Gramling Brothers
Plans are in the works to overhaul part of the Bi-Lo-anchored shopping center on Folly Road on James island.
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Wooten
History learned; vocabulary saved
A Wednesday puzzler posed to 12 people in or near Marion Square: What was the historic significance of the date June 19?
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Hicks
College of Charleston needs to school some of its students
One of these days, the College of Charleston is going to end up on one of the best-known national rankings in higher education.
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Kearney
Charleston planning to create high-tech hub on Morrison Drive
First there was the Flagship, the business incubator the city opened in a former video store at the corner of Calhoun and East Bay streets in June ...
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Quick
Weekend warriors head to McClellanville for Primal Games, 14K trail run
McClellanville is one of those Lowcountry coastal villages often described with the adjectives “sleepy” and “little.”
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Nugent
10 options for $10 or under offers something for everyone
Yet again our outdoor events calendar runneth over, so let’s not tarry.
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McDermott
New home sales in Charleston region bouncing back, builders group told
The last recession hit the home-building business hard, but demand for newly constructed residences is recovering as the economy rebounds, experts
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Quick
The four corners of health: Exercise regularly. Eat a Mediterranean diet. Don’t smoke. Maintain a healthy weight
Want to reduce your chances of developing heart disease and cut the risk of dying from it, as well as cancer and all causes, by a whopping 80 percent?
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Wooten
Sen. Graham gets caught in the middle
Long ago, Rush Limbaugh dubbed him “Lindsey Grahamnesty.”
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Richardson
Home buyers voting with their feet in Charleston region, and that's a good thing
Home sales continue to improve, as demonstrated last week by the Charleston Trident Association of Realtors market report for May.
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Greene
Low-income students may apply for six scholarships from local nonprofit.
For the last two weeks, many in the Lowcountry have been consumed by high school graduations.
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Wise
New cosmetics shop coming to King St. in downtown Charleston
Lush, a new cosmetics store, will open in mid-July at 316-B King St., in the former Olive Oil Shop between George and Calhound streets, the company
