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12:52 pm on Tuesday May 29, 2012
Charlestowne Hotels Announces Summer Specials for US Military
Charlestowne Hotels
28 Bridgeside Blvd
Mount Pleasant, SC 29464
873.972.1400
CharlestowneHotels.com
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
May 29, 2012
CHARLESTOWNE HOTELS OFFERS SUMMER SPECIALS TO U.S. MILITARY
CHARLESTON, SC – In appreciation for their...
9:45 am on Tuesday May 29, 2012
Carolina Youth Development Center Receives $175,000 Grant
(North Charleston, South Carolina) -- Carolina Youth Development Center (CYDC) has been awarded a PropelNext grant of $175,000 over 18 months from the Edna McConnell ClarkFoundation, and will also receive expert strategic consulting assistance to...
2:01 am on Sunday June 5, 2011
Charles "Lind" Brown pool officially opens June 4 (update: open!)
Flickr user Powerhouse Museum
Update June 5: Just a reminder to all of "swimming" in the Lowcountry humidity that you can go swimming for real now.
First reporting: The Beaufort County Parks and Leisure Services will open on June 4 what used to be...
2:19 am on Thursday December 2, 2010
Feeling neglected, Johns Island residents protest at City of Charleston
Image by City of Charleston The City of Charleston covers a good bit of the northeast tip of Johns Island. Tim Mallard's district 11 is shown in orange, other parts of Charleston are shown in grey.A group of Johns Island residents recently made the...
7:03 am on Tuesday May 18, 2010
Half of Charleston's pool is closed?
Image by Flickr user Ruth Flickr
If you've been curious as to why half of Charleston's Martin Luther King Jr. Pool is closed, you can thank an emphasis of swimming safety and under-optimized public regulation.
David Quick has the bureaucratic low...
6:46 am on Thursday August 20, 2009
Local 9-Ball team competing in National Poolplayers Championship
Image by Flickr user vipaImage by 20090820-pool.jpg
'Doing the Charleston,' the local 9-Ball team, is headed to Vegas for the American Poolplayers Association National Team Championships.
To learn more about the pool scene in Charleston and the team...
5:10 am on Thursday March 26, 2009
The story of a 7-year-old who saved his kid brother
Last month, a 7-year-old jumped in the family pool to save his 17-month-old brother who was floating face down.
Today, The Post and Courier has interviewed the Moncks Corner family and retells the story of how the even played out.
Go take a read.
7:27 am on Sunday December 7, 2008
Investigator: Drowning death was likely an accident
A police investigator saide he considers the drowning death of 10-year-old Jon Jon Jackson to be an accident, but that 22-year-old Saquan Meekins might still have some responsibilty for adequatley preparing the autistic child to swim.
Jon Jon...
4:53 pm on Saturday October 18, 2008
Robbery outside downtown pool unnerves community
Image by Flickr user jiashiangImage by 20081018pool.jpg The water's nice, but the parking lot might not be.
A 16-year-old James Island girl was robbed around 6 a.m. when she arrived early for swim practice at the Charleston public pool downtown.
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8:17 pm on Wednesday June 4, 2008
Boy dies after first swim
Image by flickr user somma1977Image by 20080604pool.jpg Not the pool in question, but every day (on average) there are 10 drowning deaths.
It's called dry downing and it's what killed 10-year-old Johnny Jackson.
On Sunday, he and his sister had...
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