Rotarian and retired educator Fred Sales of James Island sent along this gate for consideration as a Mystery Photo. Where is it? Hint: Somewhere on peninsular Charleston. Send your guess and the town in which you live to: editor@charlestoncurrents.com. Be specific about the location!
In the Sept. 21, 2015 issue:
PHOTO ESSAY: The buildings of Cuba
FOCUS, Ginny Deerin: Will work to relieve traffic congestion as mayor
BRACK: Mr. Fixit strikes again
IN THE SPOTLIGHT: Magnolia Plantation and Gardens
REAL ESTATE: Understanding the cyclical nature of our market
GOOD NEWS: Not as poor, but poverty still persists; more
FEEDBACK: CCC article brings back memories
CALENDAR, Sept. 21+: Author visit, diversity meeting, Oktoberfest, Ball Fall
MYSTERY: Not a pearly gate
S.C. ENCYCLOPEDIA: The Rev. John Martin Pike
Calendar from Sept. 21, 2015 and forward: Lee Robinson at Blue Bicycle, Workplace diversity, Chase After A Cure, Oktoberfest, That BIG Book sale, more
I believe I am one of the fortunate ones to have received the very first issue of Charleston Currents. While I always learn something new, never has an article resonated as much as the one on the Civilian Conservation Corps.
By Ginny Deerin, candidate for mayor of Charleston | Many days, it feels like we spend more time trying to get places than actually being there.
It should not be this hard to get around Charleston. As mayor, I will work day-and-night to relieve traffic congestion — and make it easier to get where we are going.
We can do better. We have studied our traffic problems to death. Now is the time for action. I have presented a bold and aggressive transportation action plan — a plan that includes clear and identifiable funding streams.
By Andy Brack, editor and publisher | Years back when my father was a boy, he knew his father could fix just about anything. He marveled at his father’s skills, not understanding how he would ever be able to build shelves, craft furniture, fix electrical outlets or repair motors.
By Doug Holmes, contributing editor | I had several people come up to me last week and ask me about a recent article they had read about local real estate activity in the local newspaper. They were concerned that the market here might be losing steam. The article in the local paper had done a great job at misleading them.
Staff reports | The South isn’t as mired in poverty as it once was, according to a new report, and South Carolina is no exception. But in many places in the Palmetto State, things still aren’t that great.
Before President Lyndon Johnson launched his War on Poverty campaign, the South was home to 49 percent of the nation’s poor, according to Pew Research. Today, the region is home to 41 percent of the nation’s poor. But what’s striking is how poverty overall is far different throughout the South.
Editor and publisher Andy Brack offers 14 photos of the buildings of Cuba, particularly the way things look in central Havana to visitors.
It’s clear there’s a lot of renovation going on these days, in part because of preparations for an onslaught of tourists as U.S.-Cuba relations continue to thaw. But there’s a lot of work to get done.
In the Sept. 14, 2015, issue of Charleston Currents:
PHOTO: Bird of paradise
FOCUS, Leon Stavrinakis: Running to move Charleston forward, keep it together
BRACK: More energy options are a good deal for consumers
IN THE SPOTLIGHT: Titan Termite & Pest Control
PALMETTO POEM: Music of doves ascending
GOOD NEWS: Aquarium lectures, no-drilling rally
FEEDBACK: Send us your letters
CALENDAR, Sept. 14+: Green Fair, author visit, more
REVIEW: Inside the O’Briens
MYSTERY: Through the looking glass
S.C. ENCYCLOPEDIA: Civilian Conservation Corps
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