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Monday, May 20, 2013
The history of ordinary people: Museum donation preserves our common stories
Archivists at the Charleston Museum were atwitter last week as they combed through 40 years of records from a church in rural Berkeley County. The...
Other beaches already renourishing with relief money Folly Beach seeks
FOLLY BEACH — Who’s getting the sand this island has lost? The quick answer is Florida and North Carolina.
Overcrowded Berkeley County jail has the room, but not the staff, to expand
While inmates at Berkeley County’s Hill-Finklea Detention Center sleep on Stack-A-Bunk temporary beds in overcrowded cells, empty bunks gather...
Ashley River Creative Arts Elementary rallies around Mary Ashley Barbot, special needs student who needs kidney
Mary Ashley Barbot shrieked “Daddy, Daddy!” and bounced over to her father as he walked in the front door.
Charleston Southern’s Swan captures City Amateur golf title
Jarrett Swan was almost speechless Sunday evening after surviving Matt Laydon’s final-round onslaught in the 63rd Charleston City Amateur golf...
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- The history of ordinary people: Museum donation preserves our common stories
- Other beaches already renourishing with relief money Folly Beach seeks
- Overcrowded Berkeley County jail has the room, but not the staff, to expand
- Ashley River Creative Arts Elementary rallies around Mary Ashley Barbot, special needs student who needs kidney
- Charleston Southern’s Swan captures City Amateur golf title
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MELANIE BALOG COLUMN: Readying women for leadership in South Carolina
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GREENE COLUMN: N-word will never be OK
Never say never, the saying goes. But not in this case. There will never be enough change in spelling or meaning for me to accept the use of the...
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DARLINGTON COLUMN: Treat your pet and save
May is National Pet Month, which celebrates the special bond between pets and humans. Pets are loyal and affectionate, and even if they do ruin your...
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Unusual events highlight week that includes Spoleto
With the opening of Piccolo Spoleto and Spoleto Festival USA this week, there are just too many fantastic things to do in the arts to pick any...
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MINIS COLUMN: Summerville man who helped design moon shoes while at Garco always had a project in progress.
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