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TODAY’S FOCUS: Vigorous government action needed to curb spread of virus
COMMENTARY, Brack: Country shifting back toward center
IN THE SPOTLIGHT: SCIWAY
NEWS BRIEFS: New documentary highlights country’s growing divisive mood
FEEDBACK: Send us your thoughts
MYSTERY PHOTO: Golden dome
CALENDAR: Holiday lights are around the corner
Staff reports | Children won’t be able to sit in Santa’s lap this year for pictures at regular visits to the annual Holiday Festival of Lights, but they will offer photos with a popular Old St. Nick uring select daytime visits. Families can sign up for a timeframe visit with Santa during the day at James Island County Park, according to Charleston County Parks. Sessions come complete with a private visit and a photo package from the official Holiday Festival of Lights photographer Gary Coleman. For details or to register, visit HolidayFestivalofLights.com.
Here’s an outdoor artwork of a ship. What and where is it? (Caution: It may or may not be in South Carolina.) Send to editor@charlestoncurrents.com. And don’t forget to include your name and the town in which you live.
Our previous Mystery Photo: Our Oct. 12 photo, “Off the top of your head, where is this?,” was a joke that sent Daniel Prohaska of Moncks Corner into peals of laughter: “I laughed my head off with your Mystery Photo pun this week! Haha! That’s the Gedney Main Howe Jr. bust in Lawrimore Park just outside the historic Charleston County Courthouse.
IN THIS EDITION
TODAY’S FOCUS: F*ck cancer
COMMENTARY, Brack: GOP missed opportunity by neglecting health care policy
IN THE SPOTLIGHT: Magnolia Plantation and Gardens
NEWS BRIEFS: Holiday Festival of Lights set to kick off Nov. 13
PHOTO ESSAY, Byko: Hundreds of women march Saturday in Charleston
FEEDBACK: Send us your thoughts
MYSTERY PHOTO: Shipping memorial
CALENDAR: Jazz, poetry, Blue Dogs and more
NEW BOOK: Meet three people associated with Charleston
Staff reports | With so much voting information available online, the options to vote early can seem overwhelming or complicated. But voting early may save you long waits in line on Nov. 3. So here is a breakdown of everything you need to know:
Here’s a South Carolina scene, but where is it? Send to editor@charlestoncurrents.com. And don’t forget to include your name and the town in which you live.
Our previous Mystery Photo: Our Oct. 5 photo, “Red bridge,” showed the red bridge at Magnolia Plantation and Gardens.
By Skyler Baldwin | Between World Wars I and II, the city of Charleston experienced a boom in the arts as writers, architects, artists, musicians and historical preservationists came together to represent and improve the city. This “Charleston Renaissance” period was part of a greater interwar artistic movement known as the Southern Renaissance that swept through the region. Today, it is credited with helping to kickstart the city’s tourism industry.
Noel Stephen Mermer, the 53-year-old founding publisher of the Charleston City Paper, died late Saturday after a long battle with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, also known as ALS or Lou Gehrig’s disease.
Staff reports | A presidential memorandum that halts offshore drilling and testing off South Carolina waters also puts an end to the burgeoning offshore wind industry, clean energy advocates say.
The memo initially seemed to be good news for conservationists: President Donald Trump recently signed a memo halting new leases for offshore drilling exploration for South Carolina, North Carolina, Georgia and Florida from July 1, 2022, until June 30, 2032.Sure, it could easily be undone with another memo, it doesn’t apply to any current leases already issued and it wouldn’t stop seismic testing completely. But it was something and appeared to be in the direction South Carolina officials have pushed: putting an end to chants of “drill, baby, drill” in Palmetto waters.
This mystery photo should be pretty easy. What and where is it? Send to editor@charlestoncurrents.com. And don’t forget to include your name and the town in which you live.
Our previous Mystery Photo: Our Sept. 25 photo, “Reader sent this week’s tough photo to ID,” shows a building that’s just a few yards from the Yemassee train station where hundreds of thousands of recruits met Marine Corps drill sergeants before heading to basic training at Parris Island.
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