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Berkeley schools increase academic growth

Berkeley County School District is celebrating a year of strong academic growth, with 2025 test scores showing significant gains across multiple subjects. The district said the most notable achievement is a 6.3% increase in SC Ready English/language arts scores from 2024 to 2025, including a nine-...

Opioid Awareness Day event planned for Sept. 26

In recognition of National Opioid Awareness Day on Sept. 21, Berkeley County will host an Opioid Awareness Day event on Friday, Sept. 26, 1-3 p.m. in the Assembly Room of the Berkeley County Administration Building, 1003 Highway 52 in Moncks Corner. The event is free and open to the public. County...

Speaker’s Series returns with GreenGasUSA founder

The popular Daniel Island Community Speaker’s Series is back Sept. 17, and the featured speaker is Marc Fetten, founder and CEO of GreenGasUSA. The mission of GreenGas is to transform how industries capture and convert greenhouse gases into renewable energy. Farmers work tirelessly to provide a...

First jobs, first paychecks, first lessons

Long before seasoned career LinkedIn profiles, there were newspaper routes, ice cream scoops, and summer jobs. Those early gigs may not have been glamorous, but they were first paychecks, first lessons in responsibility, and, often, first glimpses of independence. We asked...

Local job market booms amid national hiring dip

If you’ve been job hunting in Charleston lately, chances are you’re seeing more “Now Hiring” signs. Despite headlines of a slowing national labor market, workforce experts said the Lowcountry is charging ahead, with jobs pouring in and unemployment among the lowest statewide. “While...

DI church hosts Back to School Cookout and Shoe Drive

For more than five years, the Church of the Holy Spirit on Daniel Island has partnered with the Humanities Foundation to host its annual Back to School Cookout and Shoe Drive. The Charleston-based nonprofit group provides affordable and workforce housing to families in the Lowcountry. This...

Reality shows, Goop, and Caitlin Clark dominate September’s must-reads

The unofficial close of summer is here and the kids are back in school, but book clubs are also gearing up again, so you will want to consider some of the offerings this month for sitting in the carpool line or for discussion with a group. Nonfiction right out of the gate: “A Marriage at...

Lightning’s beauty is striking

The flash was brilliant, with a simultaneous, thunderous “boom!” I wondered where the lightning bolt had struck. As I emerged from my involuntary crouch, our home seemed to be undamaged. That might be attributable to the lightning rods we had installed, to good luck, or to both. I did find...

Road construction review for The Waterfront Daniel Island

Here are the developments before the various City of Charleston boards and committees this week, as well as results, if any, from the prior week’s items specific to Daniel Island and the Cainhoy area. More detailed agendas and results can be found at charleston-sc.gov/agendacenter. UPCOMING...

Running to remember

Twenty-four years after the Sept. 11 morning that changed America forever, Charleston will once again stop, remember, and run. The 14th Annual Charleston 9/11 Heroes Run takes place Saturday, Sept. 13, on Daniel Island, uniting neighbors, first responders, veterans, and families in a living...