Charleston Currents

MYSTERY PHOTO: “Thou shalt”

Where might one find this door sign? Send your best guess to editor@charlestoncurrents.com. And don’t forget to include your name and the town in which you live.

Our previous Mystery Photo

Last week’s mystery, “Looking up,” is one that should make people in Charleston kick themselves. Sure, it’s an odd viewpoint … but it’s something people have been watching for months — part of the new Sergeant Jasper — now called The Jasper — on the lower end of Broad Street near the Coast Guard station.

by Charleston Currents · 05/03/2021 · Comments are Disabled · Mystery Photo, Photos

HISTORY: 241 years ago: Continental regiments for S.C.

S.C. Encyclopedia | In the aftermath of the battles at Lexington and Concord, the Continental Congress passed resolutions that created the Continental army in June 1775. Accordingly, a committee addressed the need for maintaining a regular army, and Congress began the task of apportioning quotas to the states. On November 4, 1775, Congress resolved to maintain “at the continental expense” three battalions for the defense of South Carolina. Continental regiments were units authorized for use by the Continental Congress and were distinct from state militia forces.

by Special to Charleston Currents · 11/07/2016 · Comments are Disabled · Features, S.C. Encyclopedia

BRACK: Promise Zone is shot in arm for S.C.

By Andy Brack | Talk about a shot in the arm for the southern rural counties of South Carolina. Witness the just-announced federal Promise Zone designation for a six-county area centering on Allendale County that should pump in millions of dollars of aid over the next 10 years.

But let’s be clear: It’s a hand-up, not a handout for people in the zone area of Allendale, Bamberg, Barnwell, Colleton, Hampton and Jasper counties. There’s a lot of hard work ahead for these counties, nonprofits, government agencies and businesses that are part of the effort to generate more jobs, improve education, reduce crime and get more affordable housing in a region where 28.1 percent of 90,000 residents live in poverty.

by Andy Brack · 05/04/2015 · Comments are Disabled · Andy Brack, Views