James Island and Folly Beach

Weaving a legacy

Program helps sweetgrass basketmakers teach art skills to next generation

Over the summer, sweetgrass basket-weaver Henrietta Snype, 57, found out that the next generation can be hard to pin down. Young would-be basketmakers spent weeks away on vacations, participated in organized sports and other activities. Read More

Worker is happy to be helping others at island Goodwill store

With Goodwill Industries' reputation for helping those in need, and with a family atmosphere in the workplace, Cynthia Brown feels at long last she's found a home at the store at 936 Folly Road. Read More

Do you know Tracy Pierce?

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Police Blotter

Report: Tasered suspect flees Read More

Lowcountry senior center

To register for programs at the Lowcountry Senior Center, 865 Riverland Drive, next to James Island County Park, call 762-9555. Read More

Charleston County Parks

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Sewee Center

To register for programs at the Sewee Visitor and Environmental Education Center, 5821 U.S. Highway 17, Awendaw, call 928-3368. Visit www.fws.govseweecenter. Read More

Center for Women

The Center for Women, 129 Cannon St., sponsors the following programs. To register, go to www.c4women.org or call 763-7333. Read More

Blood Drives

The American Red Cross has scheduled local blood drives in addition to ongoing drives at local Red Cross facilities. To arrange a donation, call 416-1660, 852-2910 or 800-GIVE-LIFE. Read More

Regulators can slow growth

A few weeks ago on the radio show, we had a caller ask about a product that could lower his time spent with a pair of pruners in his hand. He had a barrier of Eleagnus that was growing wild, and it was hard for him to keep it contained. Read More

Pet Helpers

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Library Programs

The Charleston County Public Library offers the following free programs for children, teens and adults throughout the month of November. Read More

Nightlife

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Visit to Auldbrass good lesson in the arts

I have a confession to make. I'm afraid I'm one of those people who's so artistically naive that I sometimes have to be told that something is really good before accepting the possibility, considering it further, and later realizing it to be true. Read More

School celebrates 60 years

Sixty years ago, John Hamrick founded First Baptist School on Meeting Street in the heart of Charleston. "Every one of us gives testimony for our Lord by the way we live, by the way we treat people, the language we use, and the attitudes we express," read Hamrick's mission statement. Read More