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Trash day moves to Wednesdays for select Clements Ferry residents

Select residents along Clements Ferry Road will see a change in their garbage and yard waste collection schedule beginning in April. Trident Waste will take over collection services from Capital Waste, shifting the pickup day from Tuesday to Wednesday for 1,070 residents. The change...

A grand slam for the senses

Picture this. The Lowcountry sun soaking into your pores, the crisp pop of a perfect serve echoing across the court, and the irresistible aroma of barbecue and fresh lemonade drifting through the air. Welcome to the Credit One Charleston Open, where world-class tennis meets an equally top-...

New Clements Ferry furniture store features functionality and sustainability

Tired of driving over the bridge in search of high quality furniture? Avoid traffic and visit Luonto Furniture along Clements Ferry Road for high-quality, designer furniture. Pentti Viitala founded Luonto Furniture in 1964, starting by reupholstering and selling sofas door to door in a...

Daniel Island couple opens up home to traveling tennis players

The doubles team of Great Britain’s Olivia Nicholls and Slovakia’s Tereza Mihalikova, along with one of their coaches, had just finished an eight-hour drive into South Carolina from Florida to compete at the Credit One Charleston Open. They were at dinner recounting to a member of their...

Physio on the fly: DI mom helps Navarro stay healthy

As last Sunday morning’s charity pro-am was winding down on the back courts of Credit One Stadium, rising tennis star Emma Navarro stepped off the green clay and made a beeline to Kelly Shannon, who was sitting on a bench a few yards away from the action. Shannon is a Daniel Island mom of...

Madison Keys’ Charleston story

There is tennis love. And there is true love. Madison Keys has experienced the bliss of both in Charleston. Keys was a participant in the Credit One Charleston Open’s media day on March 31, where she talked about her success on the clay courts of Daniel Island and her recent victory...

Meeting Street Schools benefits from COCO partnership

The Credit One Charleston Open has selected Meeting Street Schools, a network of South Carolina schools that offers underserved students life-changing educational opportunities, as its official nonprofit partner. Meeting Street Schools began in 2008 with just 33 young learners in a downtown...

Point Hope project to add 151 single-family homes

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. ...

Berkeley County issues warning following brush fires

Battling brush fires around the area, Berkeley County issued a reminder that the statewide burn ban is still in place. All South Carolina counties remain under a burn ban, issued by the SC Forestry Commission on March 22. (Read the recent story online.) The ban will continue in effect until further...

Berkeley County Greenbelt Program applications remain open

Berkeley County is now accepting applications for its Greenbelt Program on a continuous basis and has lifted the previous deadline of April 30. The Greenbelt Program initially opened its application period on Jan. 2 seeking to fund Greenbelt Preservation projects around the county. Eligible...