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5 days ago | 
postandcourier.com | Anna Sharpe
Many home gardeners are pivoting towards planting native trees, shrubs and flowers in their yards. These plants are low-maintenance by nature; thrive in South Carolina’s warm, humid climate; attract pollinators like butterflies and bees; and conserve water. These gardens also help create bird-friendly spaces, attracting migratory birds and year-round species — a plus for the growing number of folks who have in recent years.
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6 days ago | 
postandcourier.com | Anna Sharpe
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1 week ago | 
postandcourier.com | Anna Sharpe
ST. STEPHEN — A flat stone marker lays at the base of a pear sapling, where green leaves spring out of the young branches. The memorial tree is the first rooted in Sacred Grove Preserve, a green cemetery within the bounds of the Francis Marion National Forest. The sprawling 21-acre property in St. Stephen looks starkly different today from its meticulously manicured past as a golf course. A strip of the land between the cemetery and event venue is tilled and primed for sunflowers.
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1 week ago | 
postandcourier.com | Anna Sharpe
MOUNT PLEASANT — An eight-home subdivision is in the works for a roughly 3-acre parcel in the Hamlin Beach community, despite a temporary moratorium on development in the county's historic district. Developers for the land on Hamlin Beach Road have requested to leave the county by annexing it into Mount Pleasant, a move that would relieve the land from the building moratorium.
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2 weeks ago | 
postandcourier.com | Anna Sharpe
ISLE OF PALMS —City officials are rethinking some recent changes to parking rules as it heads into the first beach season with higher prices, namely the elimination of a seasonal parking pass that was popular with beachgoers of neighboring communities. But the decision to ditch the seasonal permit has been largely unpopular with off-island residents, prompting the city's public safety committee to reconsider the change on April 9, so the pass may not be gone for good.
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2 weeks ago | 
postandcourier.com | Anna Sharpe
State lawmakers want to strengthen penalties for those who abandon their boats and make it easier for environmental agencies to remove junked vessels from South Carolina's waters. A bill that could overhaul how the state deals with abandoned boats in rivers, lakes and along the coast was introduced in the Statehouse on April 3. It’s one of three pieces of legislation introduced in this session that would crack down on litterbug boaters who intentionally ground or ditch in South Carolina’s waters.
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3 weeks ago | 
postandcourier.com | Anna Sharpe
ISLE OF PALMS — The city completed a nationwide search for a top administrator. Four months and tens of thousands of dollars later, leaders instead moved to promote the existing deputy administrator, and give him a hefty pay raise at the same time. Isle of Palms' search began in November when the city agreed to contract with Find Great People, an executive search firm based in South Carolina that also conducts hiring searches for the public sector.
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4 weeks ago | 
postandcourier.com | Anna Sharpe
MOUNT PLEASANT - Mike Tinkey will serve as the newest member of Mount Pleasant's town council, filling a seat left open by now-Charleston County Sheriff Carl Ritchie in January. Tinkey defeated nine other candidates in the crowded race. Specials elections have historically low turnout, and preliminary early voting numbers showed this election was no different. Early voting totaled just 116 ballots, and Tinkey earned 62 of those votes.
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1 month ago | 
postandcourier.com | Anna Sharpe |Schuyler Kropf
Polls open at 7 a.m. March 25 for two special elections in Charleston County. Mount Pleasant will elect one new face to Town Council, choosing from nine candidates to fill a vacancy on the nine-member body. Voters in House District 113, which encompasses most of North Charleston, will choose a new Statehouse representative. Only one candidate is on the ballot for that seat.
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1 month ago | 
postandcourier.com | Anna Sharpe
DANIEL ISLAND — The state's Department of Natural Resources receives hundreds of calls about problem alligators each year. Nuisance alligators are almost always killed, per state law, and typically without much fanfare. But the recent death of one alligator in a Daniel Island community was met with outrage from residents who claim the animal, nicknamed Walter, wasn't a nuisance at all. The incident made both local and national headlines when community members held a vigil to mourn the gator.
