Mt. Pleasant Named “All-America City”

Mount Pleasant was one of 10 winners of the 61st annual All-America City Awards last week, which are given by The National Civic League. The award recognizes places, cities and towns for outstanding civic accomplishments. According to The National Civic League officials, “communities have to demonstrate an ability to address serious challenges with innovative, grassroot strategies [...]

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Win a Family Vacation to Charleston!

The Charleston Area Convention & Visitors Bureau is still looking for FIVE lucky families to “Rediscover the Family Vacation.” There are five package up for grabs for five lucky families, plus the grand prize winner will get $2,000 spending cash! Click here to enter! Themed packages include (you can choose your preferred package with your [...]

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Spoleto Festival Featured in New York Times

The New York Times ran an article last Saturday entitled, Colonial Ingénue Meets Modern Ingenuity, about “Flora,” a British ballad opera performed during the annual Spoleto Festival. The article reviews Flora and describes the renovations to the Dock Street Theater (it just reopened after a $19 million renovation) where the festival performances are taking place. Interestingly, Flora was [...]

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Kiawah’s Beachwalker Park Makes Dr. Beach’s Top 10 List

Kiawah Island’s Beachwalker Park has once again made Dr. Beach‘s Top 10 list of the nation’s best beaches. Dr. Beach, or Stephen. P. Leathermen, uses 50 criteria (e.g. water quality/temperature, cleanliness, weather, sand, safety and facilities) to rate 650 recreational beaches across the country. Here’s what he said about Beachwalker Park: South of Charleston, Beachwalker Park is the [...]

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