The Summerville Farmers Market will conduct the second annual statewide Certified S.C. Grown Bake Sale 8:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturday at 218 North Main St. to showcase locally grown produce and to show support for ending childhood hunger. 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 special events. Call 795-4386 or visit www.ccprc.com to register. 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
Last year's festival was so good, they decided to do it again. The second annual Walterboro Antiques, History & Arts Festival is set May 16-18. Singers, songwriters, performers, an antiques fair, homes tours, artists, an antique tractor show, parade, among other attractions, will bring excitement to this year's festival, said Gale Doggette, executive director of the Colleton County Historical & Preservation Society. Read More0 comment(s) / read/add comments
The American Red Cross has scheduled local blood drives, in addition to ongoing blood drives at local Red Cross facilities. Read More0 comment(s) / read/add comments
CARTA has purchased the buses, has most of the needed funding and has arranged to lease a park-and-ride site in the Oakbrook section of Summerville. But don't start waiting — yet — for that express bus to downtown Charleston. The S.C. General Assembly has cut from its proposed budget what would have been the local match needed to get the express service started. Read More0 comment(s) / read/add comments
Kathryn N. Salkowski of Summerville, who attends Fort Dorchester High School, has been named a 2008 Presidential Scholar. Read More0 comment(s) / read/add comments
Tickets are on sale for Rockin' by the Cooper River, an event held to benefit Girl Scouts of Eastern South Carolina. Live music by local bands is a hallmark of this annual event, which will include games and activities, food and a silent auction. Read More0 comment(s) / read/add comments
Piccolo Spoleto and Halsey Institute exhibition, "Richard McMahan's Minimuseum," will be on display in the Marlene and Nathan Addlestone Library at the College of Charleston from May 16 through June 30. An opening reception will be held 5-7 p.m. May 16, and an artist's lecture will be held 2 p.m. May 17. Both events are free and will take place in the Addlestone Library. 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 Summerville YMCA will have a full slate of activities available for the summer, including youth flag football, adult co-ed sports and several special interest camps. Read More0 comment(s) / read/add comments
The Frances R. Willis SPCA in Summerville will host a Meet & Greet noon-4 p.m. May 10 at All Is Well, 440-A Old Trolley Road. Read More0 comment(s) / read/add comments