Robert Behre
Robert Behre graduated from Dartmouth College in 1985 with a degree in English and spent five years writing for the Greenville (S.C.) Piedmont before moving to Charleston in 1990. He has covered city and county government for The Post and Courier and also has served as an assistant city editor. His weekly column on architecture and preservation began in 1996. The column looks at the people and decisions involved in saving old buildings, and designing new ones that people will want to save, all with an eye toward what gives the Lowcountry its unique sense of place.
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Triggerman in constable killing sentenced to life in prison
Walter Fayall III, 27, pleaded guilty today to the 2007 shooting death of Constable Robert Bailey.
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Scott joins race for 1st District
Local Republican wants to end tax-spend policies
Republican Tim Scott announced Monday he will halt his bid for lieutenant governor and run for the 1st Congressional District instead. He not only becomes the seventh Republican in the race but also is vying to become the first black Republican in Congress in six years.
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Richter to run in GOP contest
Tim Scott's decision to run for Congress reverberated through the lieutenant governor's race as Mount Pleasant lawyer Larry Richter indicated Monday he plans to keep it a three-way GOP contest.
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Scott becomes 7th GOP candidate seeking 1st Congressional District seat
Republican Tim Scott announced Monday he will halt his bid for lieutenant governor and run for the First Congressional District instead. He not only becomes the seventh Republican in the race, but he also is attempting to become the first black Republican in Congress in six years.
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Historic manor house used by Girl Scouts is among buildings that might be torn down to make way for future
CORDESVILLE -- The grand manor house here, built more than 80 years ago by a Wall Street tycoon, could be torn down as the Girl Scouts of Eastern South Carolina makes long-term plans for its camp.
Others already are rallying to try to save it.
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Attic artifacts reveal Hall's history
The National Trust for Historic Preservation has owned Drayton Hall for more than 35 years, and it figured it was finally time to get around to cleaning out the attic.
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3 compete for Folly's top post
FOLLY BEACH -- If Mayor Carl Beckmann and City Council got along better, then the mayor likely would face a smoother path to re-election in April.
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League rallies behind judge
The League of Women Voters of South Carolina has weighed in on behalf of Family Court Judge F.P. Segars-Andrews' legal battle before the state Supreme Court.
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Mills' lost magazines
Little evidence remains of military facility
Somewhere in the woods off Romney Street in Charleston's Neck Area is all that remains of one of Charleston's most impressive military sites.
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Neighbors warned about chemical fire
A chemical fire in a utility trailer led officials to urge residents along Trotters Club Way in the Knightsville area to remain inside Saturday afternoon until it was contained. No one was hurt.
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