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Berkeley Co. Accommodations Fee funding available

Berkeley County's application period for Accommodations Fee funding is now available on the county website. The revenue is generated by the local accommodations fees charged throughout the year. The funding is limited to these uses: 1. Tourism-related buildings including, but not limited to, civic...

Match Made in Charleston: Your love doubles Impact for safe, affordable homes

This Valentine’s season, Charleston Habitat for Humanity invites community members, local businesses, and supporters throughout the Lowcountry to take part in a special fundraising initiative: “Match Made in Charleston.” Through Valentine’s Day, every donation to Charleston Habitat for Humanity...

COCO’s 2026 Family Weekend set

The Credit One Charleston Open will kick off its 2026 run with the ever-popular MUSC Health Family Weekend, March 28-29, featuring two full days of world-class tennis and family-friendly fun. Attendees can enjoy kid-focused activities, interactive games, live music, face painting, autograph...

After a year offline, DISCUS returns to middle school students

After nearly a year without access, middle school students in Berkeley County can now log back into DISCUS, South Carolina’s Virtual Library, though elementary students remain offline. The online resource, formally known as Digital Information for South Carolina Users, returned to district...

Cainhoy native Skinner receives first Bill Payer History Hero Award

Cainhoy native MaeRe Chandler Skinner has long been lauded for her community advocacy over the years, but now she is officially a “History Hero,” according to the Daniel Island Historical Society. The nonprofit organization presented Skinner with the inaugural “Bill Payer History Hero Award”...

DI Neighborhood Association secures full board after months of vacancy

The Daniel Island Neighborhood Association now has a full slate of elected board members after two months of concern that no one would step up to the plate to fill the seats of the outgoing officers. Former DINA president Jarrod Brooks had urged Daniel Island residents to run for a two-year...

Daniel Island pastor explores how we handle loss in debut book

After two decades in pastoral ministry, Drew Hensley knows a thing or two about the stories people tell and the ones they don’t. As a pastor at ONE Fellowship on Daniel Island, Hensley has spent years sitting across from people who looked fine on the outside but felt fractured underneath. He...

Torpor season: What happens in Lowcountry lakes during cold snaps

What a winter we are having here in the Lowcountry. It was forecasted to be absolutely frigid (and even snowy) the last weekend in January and beyond. Reading by a warm fireplace, sipping on a mug of coffee or hot chocolate, or snuggling up in a cozy bed all sound like fine ways for us humans to...

250 years later, Cainhoy students get a front-row seat to history for Liberty Day

Fourth-graders from Cainhoy Elementary recently visited the South Carolina State House to take part in Liberty Day, a statewide celebration marking the 250th year of American independence. Ms. Jillian White’s class was selected through the SC-250 program to represent Berkeley County. Liberty...

Caring for injured, orphaned wildlife during Daniel Island’s cold months

Winter on Daniel Island is in full swing, for both people and animals! Squirrels are digging up buried nuts, raccoons sleep for days at a time, and rabbits take advantage of dwindling daylight in order to forage when it’s warmest. But amid dropping temperatures and a higher likelihood of ice and...