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 | Voters who haven’t already cast absentee ballots to avoid the coronavirus and potentially long lines will head to the polls Tuesday for the state Democratic and Republican primaries.
Polls open at 7 a.m. and close 12 hours later. While it’s not clear how busy polls will be, poll managers have received public health training for the pandemic to protect people’s health, according to the state election commission. Social distancing policies will be in place and managers are expected to clean common surfaces.
Voters are advised to bring photo identification. Several voting locations also have changed in recent days in Charleston County.
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Staff reports | Two state lawmakers said last week that it’s time to move forward promptly with bills to make hate crimes illegal and promote gun safety in South Carolina. S.C. Rep. Wendell Gilliard, D-Charleston, told sister publication Statehouse Report that a hate crimes bill would go a long way toward race relations in the state. Earlier this year, the bill got important bipartisan support from then-House Judiciary Chair Peter McCoy, “but of course, then COVID-19 hit.”
Look at how the setting sun casts a pink glow above trees on this stretch of highway on a recent evening. Beautiful. But where is this general location? Send your best guess to editor@charlestoncurrents.com. And don’t forget to include your name and the town in which you live.
Our most recent mystery, “Pipes and stuff,” showed some of the material being used in construction to make the Low Battery taller. This photo was taken along Murray Boulevard near the U.S. Coast Guard station.
Staff reports | You now can get tickets to a new social-distanced concert series, Safe Sounds at Firefly, that starts June 12. It will feature local musicians during 13 shows over seven weeks on Fridays and Saturdays. The shows will include live music, Firefly cocktails and local food trucks.
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Staff reports | Saturday brought a pretty peaceful protest of up to 1,000 people marching through the streets of downtown Charleston. But as night fell, looters ransacked stores and eateries already suffering from weeks of closure due to the novel coronavirus.
Police fired tear gas to disperse a crowd as rioters, generally thought to be a different set of people from protesters, threw bricks, rocks and furniture through windows along King Street, particularly causing damage north of Calhoun Street. By 10 p.m., a countywide curfew was in effect.
Just before midnight, Charleston Mayor John Tecklenburg released the following statement: “The murder of George Floyd has rightly caused outrage here and across the country. And while we as Charlestonians strongly support all of the good men and women who are peacefully and lawfully protesting that terrible crime, we cannot and will not condone acts of violence and vandalism in our city. …
Staff reports | Starting today and lasting through the end of the year, metered parking enforcement will cease in the city of Charleston after 6 p.m. Why? To support local businesses and help stimulate an economic recovery, according to a press release.
Officials said that in conjunction with the change, regular parking meter enforcement will resume between the hours of 9 a.m. and 6 p.m.
Got any idea where these pipes and building materials are? Send your best guess to editor@charlestoncurrents.com. And don’t forget to include your name and the town in which you live.
Our most recent mystery, “Another old picture of an old building,” shows historic Strawberry Chapel in Berkeley County along the Cooper River.
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