Charleston Currents – 2015

CALENDAR, Oct. 5+: Big Book Sale, Star Wars fun, more

Middle East talk, That Big Book Sale, Star Wars reads, more

by Charleston Currents · 10/05/2015 · Comments are Disabled · calendar

LETTERS: WalletHub says study isn’t flawed

Diana Popa: I want to make sure you don’t think we merely took a survey of taxpayers’ opinions and left it at that. We actually contrasted it with the ITEP’s 2015 Report and its measurement of South Carolina’s tax regressiveness. This nationally renowned report also fails to address your points, but that does not mean it’s “flawed.”

by Charleston Currents · 10/05/2015 · Comments are Disabled · Feedback

Frazier, third from left, is flanked by clients Barb Miller and Joe Miller. Daughter Deborah Miller is at the far left. Photo provided.

GOOD NEWS: Charleston caregiver honored with big award

When Charleston resident Demonica Frazier reported to work September 28 at the Ashley Park retirement community in West Ashley, she got a big surprise. She was awarded BrightStar Care’s Caregiver of the Year for the care she provides to 90-year-old couple, Barb and Joe Miller.

by Charleston Currents · 10/05/2015 · Comments are Disabled · Good news, News briefs

Hollings speaks to media in this 2008 photo.

BRACK: In renaming courthouse, Hollings still teaching us

By Andy Brack, editor and publisher | At age 93, Fritz Hollings is still teaching us.

On Friday as a weekend deluge of rain started, dignitaries from all over gathered at St. Michael’s Church at the Four Corners of Law to rename the federal courthouse annex across the street that was named in 1988 for Hollings.

The senator, who got money put in the federal budget to construct the judicial center, never really wanted it named for him. U.S. Sen. Strom Thurmond, who had all sorts of things named for him by that time, apparently thought Hollings needed something named for him too.

by Andy Brack · 10/05/2015 · Comments are Disabled · Andy Brack, Views

FOCUS, photo essay: Rain, rain go away

Photo essay: Dale Poulnot of Charleston wanted to know what Charleston harbor looked like around high tide during Saturday’s deluge of rain. So she stepped outside, walked to the Battery and snapped this photo. “I thought it was scary spectacular!” she told us. “Wasn’t surprised since it was a strong east wind and high tide. Sure made me glad that Hugo came at low tide!” For getting out in the storm and taking a striking photo of something familiar, she’s top winner of our first (and we hope last) Rain Photo Contest. Her prize: A can of beef stew!

by Charleston Currents · 10/05/2015 · Comments are Disabled · Focus, Photos

PALMETTO POEM: Rice

Kendra Hamilton: You speak of the rivers of your homeplace far to the north,
How you’d leave the city in summer for the long trek
to Minnesota, then gather at the creekside in boats,
singing, to beat the grasses till they yielded their sweet black grains.

by Charleston Currents · 10/05/2015 · Comments are Disabled · Features, Palmetto Poem

HISTORY: Highway 301

S.C. Encyclopedia | Construction of this major U.S. highway in South Carolina began in 1932 during the Great Depression, when the federal government began taking over the maintenance and construction of many state roads. The route began at Baltimore, Maryland, and ended at Sarasota, Florida, crossing through many towns in eastern South Carolina, including Dillon, Latta, Florence, Manning, Olanta, Summerton, Bamberg, and Allendale.

by Special to Charleston Currents · 10/05/2015 · Comments are Disabled · Features, S.C. Encyclopedia

MYSTERY: Where’s this building?

This mystery photo should be pretty easy to folks in Charleston, but who knows — it might be a stumper. Send your guess to editor@charlestoncurrents.com — and make sure to include the town in which you live. If you’ve got a story about the building, send that along too.

by Charleston Currents · 10/05/2015 · Comments are Disabled · Mystery Photo, Photos

Enter our fun rain photo contest now!

Not much to do with all of the rain soaking the Carolinas? You can win a can of beef stew — yes, a can of beef stew — if you send us the winning snapshot in Charleston Currents’ brand new, take-advantage-of-the-storm RAIN PHOTO CONTEST.

All you have to do is snap a photo of something that you believe best illustrates the continuing rain soaking the Carolinas. Qualifying photos will be those taken between Friday, Oct. 2, and 6 p.m., Oct. 4, 2015. The best photos will be published in the Oct. 5 issue of Charleston Currents, your source for good news about the Lowcountry.

by Charleston Currents · 10/03/2015 · 2 comments · Good news, Photos