The Lowcountry Senior Center, next to James Island County Park, has scheduled programs. Call 762-9555 to register. The center is a place for active, independent people 50 and older. The center, 865 Riverland Drive, is open 8 a.m.-8 p.m. Monday-Thursday and 8 a.m.-4 p.m. Friday. The center is managed by Roper St. Francis Healthcare. Read More0 comment(s) / read/add comments
The annual Confederate Memorial Day observance will be held at 10 a.m. May 10 at the Confederate Cemetery on Carr Street between Pitt and Royall streets, in Mount Pleasant's Old Village. Read More0 comment(s) / read/add comments
Two barrier island communities have been exploring how well they pay their employees because of turnover in various departments. Read More0 comment(s) / read/add comments
For some Charleston County Park and Recreation Commission activities, a chaperon is required for participants 15 and younger. Registration is required for all programs and some events. Call 795-4386 or visit www.ccprc.com to register. Read More0 comment(s) / read/add comments
The Children's Museum of the Lowcountry has announced the hiring of Denis Chirles as its new deputy director. Chirles brings more than five years of nonprofit and fundraising experience in Charleston and will play a major role in the museum's upcoming expansion project. Read More0 comment(s) / read/add comments
The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society recently held its third annual Leukemia Ball at the Embassy Suites Convention Center. More than 425 guests attended a Mardi Gras-themed evening that included food, live and silent auctions, and music by the East Coast Party Band as funds and awareness of the progress being made to end blood cancer were raised. The event netted more than $135,000 to support the research and patient service programs of the society. Read More0 comment(s) / read/add comments
Eighth-graders like Christian Brummé spent just a year at Moultrie Middle School on Coleman Boulevard before it closed in 2006 for demolition. It will be yet another year before the new Moultrie Middle School opens in fall 2009. Read More0 comment(s) / read/add comments
The Isle of Palms Recreation Department is offering the following activities. Registration is required for most events. Call 886-8294 or visit www.iop.net. Read More0 comment(s) / read/add comments
Working artists Dianne Tennyson and her husband, Eric Vincent, love teaching art. They work with more than 50 students in their Mount Pleasant-based art school, and Thursday officially begins its annual month-long exhibition of students' work that is designed to help the Medical University of South Carolina's Storm Eye Institute in Charleston. Read More0 comment(s) / read/add comments
The Mount Pleasant Recreation Department announces open basketball registration for its 16th annual Old Village Roundball Classic Summer League. Read More0 comment(s) / read/add comments