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Full moon means higher tides and tailing Redfish

For many, a full moon has mystical powers. For me, a full moon means higher than normal tides and tailing Redfish. In the Lowcountry, our tides typically range between five and six feet. On a full moon, the tides are often a foot or so higher than normal. This floods areas of the marsh that are...

DI News History - September 22, 2016

Ten Years Ago - Chazzfest debuts at Family Circle Tennis Center In the September 21, 2006 edition of the paper the cover and centerfold featured “ChazzFest.” It was the inaugural Charleston Music and Heritage Festival at Fam¬ily Circle Tennis Center. The fest featured a nice variety of music, from...

Creighton Shipman - A life cut too short

Creighton Shipman was known for being a formidable force on the lacrosse field, helping his Wando High School team score its first perfect season and a decisive victory at the state championship during his senior year in 2015. But the former Daniel Island resident’s athletic battle skills were no...

New community rec center plans outlined at DINA meeting

Basketball and volleyball courts, a running track, space for fitness equipment and classes, rooms for community meetings, and a commercial kitchen – all are features included in preliminary designs for Daniel Island’s first indoor community recreation center, slated to be built in Governors Park....

How to raise thrifty and generous teenagers

From piggy banks to that first savings account, many children are taught the value of saving from an early age. But as they grow to adolescence, following parental advice sometimes gives way to peer or media influences, and those once-thrifty children are now teenagers in a consumer-driven world...

It's best to avoid shrimping during weak tides

Fishing and shrimping have a lot in common. More specifically is the fact that catching is never assured. However, extremely positive sampling reports from the Department of Natural Resources had me thinking that catching a cooler full of shrimp would be easy. So my good friend and shrimping buddy...

Clemson and National Park Service unveil digital repository for national and state parks

Clemson University and the National Park Service have released the Open Parks Network, a digital gallery of rare and unique material from the archives of the country’s national parks, historic sites and battlefields. The network’s website is growing perpetually and currently features more than 100,...

Volunteer-led tutoring program, reports strong reading progress

Reading Partners is a national nonprofit organization that collaborates with local high-poverty elementary schools and mobilizes community volunteers to provide K-5 students with the proven, individualized reading support they need to read at grade level by fourth grade. In August of 2016 Reading...

Noshing Nirvana: Locals serve up great sushi

This column is sponsored by Chase Payne Law Firm and Paisley of Daniel Island. Bonnie McBee, who works on Daniel Island, raves about Locals in Mount Pleasant. And, she has good reason. Bonnie’s husband is part owner of the joint. But don’t be skeptical because of the close family relationship of...

Teens and substance abuse: What is happening to our kids?

It is estimated that 129 people are dying each day as a result of a drug overdose. More and more in our own community, in school and church circles, on sports fields and playgrounds, on social media pages and in grocery store aisles - we are hearing about the high cost of addiction. And it seems as...