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Washington to assume pastoral duties The Mission Outreach Fellowship Church of God in Christ is honored to invite the public to the Installation Se ...  full story

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    Paddlefest set for Sept. 11 at Old Santee Canal Park The fourth annual Paddlefest is scheduled fo ... full story
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    A tribute to a living doll … On the afternoon of July 24, family and friends came together to cel ... full story
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Walmart to host food drive
Walmart in Goose Creek will host a food drive for Helping Hands of Goose Creek. On Saturday, Sept. 18 from 11 a.m. – 2 p.m. The goal is to feed at least 50 community families for two months. The public is invited to donate dry/canned goods and pack ...  full story
Wise Words from Williams: You are driving the bus
The use of metaphors is an effective way of communicating our thoughts and ideas. Usually we can make them as colorful as we want them to be and they can do almost anything we want them to do. They can be a powerful way of getting our message acros ...  full story
Trilogy
Washington to assume pastoral duties The Mission Outreach Fellowship Church of God in Christ is honored to invite the public to the Installation Service for its new pastor, Elder Jeremiah Washington.   Elder Washington is no stranger to the ...  full story
St. Stephen View
Paddlefest set for Sept. 11 at Old Santee Canal Park The fourth annual Paddlefest is scheduled for Saturday, Sept. 11 from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. at the Old Santee Canal Park in Moncks Corner.   The family-friendly festival celebrates the wond ...  full story
Trident Health System offers free prostate cancer screenings
In recognition of Prostate Cancer Awareness Month, Trident Health System will offer free prostate screenings at each of its medical centers.   The screenings are set for: 5-7 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 9 at Summerville Medical Center 2-5 ...  full story
Macedonia Newsline
‘Meet the Teacher’ a success a MMS Macedonia Middle School appreciates all the parents and students who attended Meet the Teacher on Aug. 13. The school would also like to thank everyone for being so patient as it works out the details to the am ...  full story
Jamestown Loop
Games on tap for Timberland Football: The Timberland Wolves travel to Cross on Friday, Sept. 3 to play at 7:30 p.m. Congratulations to the Wolves for their victory over Carvers Bay in the opening game of the season. Track: The Wolves will travel ...  full story
Cross Currents
Author’s Night set for Oct. 25 in Berkeley County Charlotte Jenkins of Gullah Cusine Restaurant in Mt. Pleasant has written a book by the same name, according to Maureen  Simpson. The book is full of Lowcountry recipes, family stories and his ...  full story
Wise Words from Williams: Check yourself
If you put a frog in a bucket of luke warm water and slowly and gently increase the temperature of the water to boiling, the frog will stay in the bucket and boil to death rather than escape. The reason they say is if the temperature change is gradua ...  full story
Trilogy
A tribute to a living doll … On the afternoon of July 24, family and friends came together to celebrate the 85th birthday of Mrs. Dolly B. Theirse of Pineville.   The celebration began with a service of tribute, conducted in the sanctuary of ...  full story
St. Stephen View
Lassor honored by dropout prevention program Communities In Schools of the Charleston Area, Inc. (CIS), a dropout prevention program, recently presented the Murray L. Vincent Outstanding Prevention Professional Award to CIS Student Support Special ...  full story
Savvy Senior: How to Settle a Loved One’s Estate
Dear Savvy Senior, My 77-year-old aunt recently asked me to be the executor of her estate when she dies. I feel flattered that she asked, but I’m not sure what the job entails. What can you tell me, and where can I get some help? Honored but Cluele ...  full story
Ribbon Cutting
The Berkeley Chamber of Commerce celebrated the grand opening of UniHealth PostAcute Care in Moncks Corner.  This 132-bed long term care facility and 22-bed short-term rehabilitation unit was recently renovated and features the latest state of t ...  full story
Berkeley Artists’ Guild 2010 Winners
The Berkeley Artists’ Guild 2010 Members Judged Show took place June 22 – July 18 at the Moncks Corner Library. Winners from the annual show are as follows, listed in order of finish, with first place listed first: • Best of Show Love Never ...  full story
Tender annual related to Poinsettia
Christmas is coming, the geese are getting fat, won't you please put a penny in the old man's sack? If you haven't got a penny, a ha'penny will do. If you haven't got a ha'penny, God bless you.         --traditional Eng ...  full story
The Mixers
Kim and Lowell Walker, owners of Chariot of Dreams in Cross, enjoy the recent Berkeley Chamber Business Mixer held at Del Webb at Cane Bay.  full story
Melvin to compete for Miss Teen Columbia title
Te’Karla Melvin was recently selected to participate in Nationals Inc.’s 2010 Miss Teen Columbia pageant on Aug. 28. Te’Karla will be competing for thousands of dollars in prizes and specialty gifts. The Miss Teen division is one of four that will s ...  full story
Your Manners Matter Minute
Speaking well: part of good manners Is speaking badly about someone, part of manners and etiquette? I once spoke to a woman who told me she knew everything there is to know about etiquette and she could say it in one sentence….she said “I know th ...  full story
Macedonia Newsline
A new school year begins in Macedonia   The "hustle and bustle" began last week when school started on Tuesday, Aug. 17. Parents have so much to do to prepare for school each year … shop for new clothes, school supplies and more. It's a big ...  full story
Jamestown Loop
THS captures award at national conference Students and teachers from Timberland High School attended the 2010 Jostens Renaissance National Conference in Orlando, FL, in July, and captured the Eagles Choice Award, their fourth consecutive national ...  full story
Horticulture Hotline
The cool wet spring made it rough on predators and disease that usually keeps army worms in check, and the results have manifested themselves across the Lowcountry (and Southeast). If you have a bermuda grass lawn or pasture, you may want to take a l ...  full story
Cross Currents
Home energy savings workshop set for Aug. 31 Come to the Cross Community Center on the corner of Old Highway 6 and Spiers Landing Road on Aug. 31 for a Home Energy Savings Workshop sponsored by the Berkeley Electric Cooperative. The workshop wil ...  full story
Notes from Clemson Extension: Be on the lookout for insects in late season gardens
Severe damage from squash bugs (Anasa tristis) on squash planted for a fall crop was recently spotted. Squash bugs have piercing, sucking mouthparts that they use to suck the sap out of leaves and stems. Leaves of plants attacked by the bugs may wil ...  full story
Wise Words from Williams: Persevere until you get there
Many years ago there used to be an old story circulating the round at professional development seminars. As the story goes, a bright entrepreneur decided to go into the soft drink business. He had what he thought was a great formula that would win ...  full story
St. Stephen View
Diabetes health fair set for St. Stephen Redeemed Holiness Church (121 Elm Street in St. Stephen) will host a health fair on diabetes.   The Trident Health System event will be held on Saturday, Aug. 21 from 9 a.m. until 12 noon.  Healt ...  full story
  

 
 

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