Here is a very interesting article about why the graduation rates are down!
Although South Carolina has one of the worst on-time graduation rates in the country, some local educators say those figures don’t capture the true number of students who are successful in school.
A new report compiled by the Charleston County School District analyzes its [...]
Charleston Garden Festival at Middleton Place
October 17 - 19, 2008
Now in its fourth year, CGF is being recognized as one of the South’s best garden festivals. The theme of CGF is “Metamorphosis” - celebrating the preservation of the natural world through the lifecycle of change. We consider garden design from the user to the impact [...]
Plan aims to bring S.C. jobs
By Yvonne Wenger (Contact)
The Post and Courier
Tuesday, July 29, 2008
Berkowitz
COLUMBIA — A big announcement coming today is intended to turn around South Carolina’s economy and get more people working.
Train derails in St. Stephens
By Noah Haglund (Contact), Schuyler Kropf (Contact)
The Post and Courier
Originally published 09:49 a.m., July 29, 2008
Updated 10:26 a.m., July 29, 2008
Free Museum Day Admission - dealnews.com During Smithsonian Magazine’s Museum Day, September 27, get free general admission for two people to select museums via this printable coupon. Go here to find a participating museum near you. Hundreds of museums across the U.S. are participating … New York State alone has almost 100. If you noticed that [...]
Blind Taste Test Shows XP Users Love Vista By Adam DuVander July 25, 2008Vista in your coffeeMicrosoft took a play from beverage marketing this month with a blind taste taste of Windows Vista. Company researchers rounded up XP-loving Vista skeptics in San Francisco to try out what they claimed was a new operating system, which [...]
Going to greener pastures
Doc’s Valentine to retire to quiet life on Ravenel farm after 14 years patrolling city
By David Slade (Contact)
The Post and Courier
Friday, July 25, 2008
Wade Spees
The Post and Courier
Charleston City Police officer Susan Strobel visits Doc’s Valentine, the horse she was assigned to as part of the department’s mounted patrol, at the stable [...]
Horses always have been an important part of the Carolina lifestyle and economy. Starting with the wealthy family dynasties such as the Whitneys, Vanderbilts and DuPonts of the late 19th and early 20th Centuries, areas like Southern Pines and Asheville, N.C., and Camden and Aiken, S.C., became annual winter destinations.
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Horse Farms For Sale
July 25, 2008For larger metro areas, Charleston seeing fewer foreclosuresBy Daily Journal Staff Second quarter foreclosures rose in the Charleston market but not at the rate of the other two major metro areas of the state or most markets throughout the country, according to data released Friday morning by a national tracking firm. Forty-eight out [...]
