Charleston Currents – 2015

CALENDAR: Sept. 28+ Festivals, festivals

Week of Sept. 28, 2015: Greek Festival, Latin American Festival, Thanks Joe rally

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9/28, full issue: Tecklenburg, state tax structure, blood supermoon

In the Sept. 28, 2015, issue:
PHOTO: Blood supermoon, courtesy of New Mexico
FOCUS, John Tecklenburg: Will put residents’ quality of life first as mayor
BRACK: State’s tax structure needs work, not praise
IN THE SPOTLIGHT: SCIWAY
MORRIS: Blood supermoon: Astronomical phenomenon or apocalypse?
GOOD NEWS: Cannon Street Y All-Stars to be honored
FEEDBACK: On Stavrinakis candidacy, Haley’s posturing
CALENDAR, Sept. 28+: Festivals all over the place
MYSTERY: Where is this old bridge?
S.C. ENCYCLOPEDIA: Loggerhead turtles

by Charleston Currents · 09/28/2015 · Comments are Disabled · Full issue

LETTERS: Columbia attitudes, Haley’s posturing

Letters on Columbia attitudes and Haley’s posturing.

by Charleston Currents · 09/28/2015 · Comments are Disabled · Feedback

REVIEW: The Poacher’s Son

A mystery by Mike Bowditch: The Poacher’s Son, the first in Edgar Award nominee Paul Doiron’s Mike Bowditch series, is set in the beautiful, vast, and treacherous wilderness of Maine. Doiron crafts a tortured, complex hero in Bowditch. Bowditch, a Maine game warden, struggles to prove his father’s innocence in the murder of a police officer, yet is haunted by his father’s past transgressions and inadequacies as a father. Bowditch’s investigation is inhibited by his colleagues’ disdain for his family, and by his own doubts in his father’s fiber.

by Charleston Currents · 09/28/2015 · Comments are Disabled · Features, Reviews

HISTORY: Loggerhead turtle

S.C. Encyclopedia | The loggerhead turtle (Caretta caretta), a threatened species, was named the state reptile in an act signed by Governor Carroll Campbell on June 1, 1988. Recognizing the loggerhead as “an important part of the marine ecosystem” and that South Carolina’s coastline provides “some of the most pristine nesting areas” for the turtle on the East Coast, the General Assembly declared that the state’s responsibility is “to preserve and protect our wildlife and natural resources.”

by Charleston Currents · 09/28/2015 · Comments are Disabled · Features, S.C. Encyclopedia

FOCUS: Will put residents’ quality of life first as mayor

By John Tecklenburg, candidate for mayor of Charleston

SEPT. 28, 2015 | My comprehensive plan for Charleston, Our Quality of Life First, is not what anyone would call a slickly-packaged public relations document.

In fact, if you head over to our website and take a quick look at it, the first thing you’ll probably notice is that it’s light on pretty pictures and heavy on specifics. But that’s not the only way it differs from some other plans you may have seen.

by Charleston Currents · 09/28/2015 · Comments are Disabled · 2015 Mayor, Focus, Good news

BRACK: State’s tax structure needs work, not praise

By Andy Brack, editor and publisher | The sad thing about a new study of state tax systems is that people are going to believe it when, in fact, it is pretty misleading and relatively pointless.

by Andy Brack · 09/28/2015 · Comments are Disabled · Andy Brack, Views

MYSTERY: Where is this old bridge?

Mount Pleasant reader Deborah Getter sent along this photo, which certainly stumped us. Tell us where it is and its historical significance and you’ll win the endearing love and affection of hundreds of people. (Hint: It’s in Charleston County.) Send your guess — and town you live in — to editor@charlestoncurrents.com.

by Charleston Currents · 09/28/2015 · Comments are Disabled · Mystery Photo, Photos

Earlier this summer, members of the 1955 Cannon Street All-Star team were honored at the Little League World Series in Williamsport, Pa. Pictured, l-r: Team historian Agustus Holt, John Bailey, David Middleton, John Rivers and Allen Jackson. Photo provided.

GOOD NEWS: Honor for All-Stars, Matthews, more

Good news: Cannon Street Y All-Stars to be honored in October. Kit Matthew picked to head federal agency. More

by Charleston Currents · 09/28/2015 · Comments are Disabled · Good news, News briefs

MORRIS: The blood supermoon: Astronomical phenomenon or apocalypse?

By Kyra Morris, contributing editor | As USA Today put it, “It almost sounds like something from a comic strip: A total supermoon lunar eclipse, also known as a blood moon — supermoon.” This is real, and by the time you read this, it happened in its fullness on Sunday, Sept. 27, 2015, lasting until early Monday morning.

by Kyra Morris · 09/28/2015 · Comments are Disabled · Money, Views