Staff reports | The Charleston Symphony Orchestra at 7:30 p.m. Friday will live-stream a special program, “Call and Response: A Concert for Equality,” to promote community unity and understanding.
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Staff reports | Single tickets for the Charleston Symphony Orchestra’s 2019-20 season, which will celebrate the 350th founding of Charleston, are now available for purchase. Also inside: Photo contest; reduced carbon emissions.
Staff reports | The 2018 legislative agenda for the Charleston Metro Chamber includes 15 priorities split between priority issues and competitiveness issues.
Anticipating a session focused on our state’s energy and state pension issues, the Chamber restructured this year’s state agenda into priority issues and competitiveness issues.
The agenda features 11 priority issues that the Chamber’s advocacy team will actively work to pass this year. There are an additional four competitiveness issues which may take longer to accomplish, but are priorities that are vitally important to the business community.
Staff reports | You might be surprised to learn that 81,000 Charleston-area adults don’t have their GED, or General Education Diploma that equates to a high school diploma. In fact, according to the Trident Literacy Association, one in seven adults in Berkeley, Charleston and Dorchester counties can’t read this sentence.
To make a dent in illiteracy, the association is holding its first annual Adult Literacy Fair. It will be held 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Oct. 29 at the organization’s headquarters, 5416 Rivers Ave., North Charleston. Y
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