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Exploring Caw Caw park. Photo provided by CCPRC.

FOCUS: Counting on Nature promotes better understanding

Staff reports | Look around and you might find something new, just as local resident Tess Moody did three years ago.

In June 2018, Moody, a part-time staff member at the Charleston County Parks and Recreation Commission (CCPRC), found a new species of millipede at Caw Caw Interpretive Center, according to the agency. She took a photo of the arthropod and posted it to an online forum for entomologists for identification.

She then was contacted by Jackson Means of Virginia Tech, who believed it could be an unidentified species. They were unable to find the millipede specimen at Caw Caw again until June of 2020. This second discovery allowed the two to confirm that the millipede was indeed previously undescribed in scientific literature.

by Charleston Currents · 06/28/2021 · Comments are Disabled · Focus, Good news

NEW for 1/4: On Botany Bay, Lowcountry beauty, more

IN THIS EDITION
PHOTO ESSAY, Purcell: Botany Bay is a Lowcountry treasure
COMMENTARY, Brack: Protect the magnificence of beautiful, local spots
IN THE SPOTLIGHT: Charleston RiverDogs
NEWS BRIEFS: Wallace abstracts on display in January
FEEDBACK: Send us your thoughts
MYSTERY PHOTO: Big columns
CALENDAR: Charleston Restaurant Week is to run through Jan. 17

by Charleston Currents · 01/04/2021 · Comments are Disabled · Full issue

NEW for 5/11: Parks reopening; More absentee voting; #MuseumWeek

IN THIS EDITION
TODAY’S FOCUS: County parks resume operations, more openings ahead
COMMENTARY, Brack: State needs to promote more absentee voting
IN THE SPOTLIGHT: Titan Termite & Pest Control
NEWS BRIEFS: State’s public health agency overwhelmed, underfunded
FEEDBACK: On getting back to work and school
MYSTERY PHOTO: Maybe our most difficult mystery yet
CALENDAR: Charleston #MuseumWeek: 7 days, 7 themes, 7 hashtags
S.C. ENCYCLOPEDIA: Havilah Babcock

by Charleston Currents · 05/11/2020 · Comments are Disabled · Full issue

NEWS BRIEFS: Corona — the beer, not the virus — on tap for May 5

Staff reports | You remember why you’re planning to celebrate on May 5, right? It’s Cinco de Mayo, surely etched into your memory as the 158th anniversary of the Battle of Puebla in which Mexican forces turned back French troops on May 5, 1862. More than 250 soldiers died on the day in what later morphed into a holiday celebrating Mexican heritage.

by Andy Brack · 05/04/2020 · Comments are Disabled · Good news, News briefs

GOOD NEWS: New aquatic center opens in time to beat summer heat

Staff reports | A new 6,000 square-foot seasonal outdoor pool officially opened Friday in Hollywood to give people in the western part of Charleston County a great place to beat the heat and swim as summer begins. The $3 million complex known as the West County Aquatic Center is located at 5156 Highway 165 in Hollywood near the new Hollywood Town Hall.

by Charleston Currents · 06/24/2019 · Comments are Disabled · Good news, News briefs

FOCUS: Frugal ways to have some summertime fun at county parks

By Charleston County Parks | The Charleston County Park and Recreation Commission is making it easy to find affordable fun for the whole family. The Frugal Fun campaign highlights more a dozen affordable recreational activities at various Charleston County Park locations this summer.

Visitors to the county parks can choose from a wide range of activities that are available for five dollars per person or less (park admission fees sometimes apply). Many activities are also offered free with park admission.

Low-cost Frugal Fun activities at Charleston County Parks include skating, cycling, pedaling, paddling, fishing, swimming and more …

by Special to Charleston Currents · 06/25/2018 · Comments are Disabled · Focus, Good news

CALENDAR, Feb. 26+: Tall ship to arrive Feb. 28, book sale, more

Staff reports | The Oliver Hazard Perry, a tall ship base din Rhode Island, is scheduled to arrive here Feb. 28 for a three-day visit. The ship, which will be anchored in Charleston harbor, is the largest civilian sailing school vessel in the United States.

The ship can accommodate 32 people overnight plus a 17-member professional crew. The three masts of the ship reach 13.5 stories tall. The ship, which has a draft of 13 feet, is 200 feet long. It has seven miles of rigging, 20 sails and 14,000 square feet of sail, according to its website. It also has twin biodiesel engines.

by Charleston Currents · 02/26/2018 · Comments are Disabled · calendar

GOOD NEWS: SEWE has great 35th year

Staff reports | Sales at the Southeastern Wildlife Exhibition held from Feb. 17 to 18 were up 30 percent over 2016, which festival staffers say shows how the event that attracted 43,000 people was a resounding success.

“It was an incredible weekend,” said John Powell, SEWE executive director. “The crowds at outdoor venues were historic, artists and buyers from all over the US were here and enjoyed themselves thoroughly, locals and out of towners came in droves to enjoy our exhibitors, artists and live performances. There was a great energy in the city last weekend and I feel like we successfully fulfilled our mission.”

Also inside: Free admission to county parks on March 5; State online business filings system launches; Panel on food insecurity: Green and Staffords to be honored; summer camp registration.

by Charleston Currents · 02/27/2017 · Comments are Disabled · Good news, News briefs

GOOD NEWS: New book out on S.C.’s Hollings

Staff reports | The University of South Carolina Press has published a new scholarly work about the early career of Isle of Palms resident Fritz Hollings, a former governor (1959-63) and longtime U.S. senator (1966-2005).

The book, “New Politics in the Old South: Ernest F. Hollings in the Civil Rights Era,” focuses on Hollings’ early life and his public service from his return from World War II as an infantry officer to serving in the Senate during the Watergate era in 1974.

by Charleston Currents · 02/06/2017 · 1 comment · Good news, News briefs

GOOD NEWS: Coastal Community Foundation awards $4.9 million over holidays

Staff reports | The Coastal Community Foundation, a grantmaking organization serving coastal South Carolina, today announced it awarded $4.9 million in grants in year-end giving season, November and December 2016, according to a press release. For the calendar year, the organization made $17 million in grants in 2016. More in Good News: Farmers markets to return; Immigration symposium; New parks chair.

by Charleston Currents · 01/30/2017 · Comments are Disabled · Good news, News briefs