
Tony Bartelme
Senior Projects Reporter at Post and Courier
Journo for @postandcourier in Charleston, happily deleted Twitter account last year and again this year, grudgingly rejoined because of work.
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1 month ago |
postandcourier.com | Tony Bartelme
SUMTER - The latest project at the Welcome Center at Shaw-Sumter Farm is a nearly $4.3 million plan to restore an old barn for large events, work that city officials said is part of their high-stakes campaign to support nearby Shaw Air Force Base. But residents like Brenda Williams, a retired physician, wonder whether the barn project is another example of city and state officials creating exclusive spaces for themselves and their cronies.
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2 months ago |
postandcourier.com | Tony Bartelme |Tony Bartelme
Editor's note: In previous chapters, Marine Col. Charles "Tre" Del Pizzo, a highly decorated combat pilot, ejects from a badly malfunctioning F-35 over North Charleston. 5. THE FALLAfter you pull the ejection handle on a fighter jet, straps on the seat instantly pin your arms and legs so they don’t flail when you hit the slipstream. Air bags inflate around your neck and head. A line of explosives above your head shatters the canopy.
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Mar 30, 2025 |
postandcourier.com | Tony Bartelme
Inside a Marine's decision to eject from a failing F-35B fighter jet and the betrayal in its wake By Tony [email protected]. DECISIONA dark mass of clouds hung low over North Charleston as Marine Col. Charles "Tre" Del Pizzo began his descent. It was a Sunday afternoon, late September 2023. Del Pizzo's hands were on the control stick and throttle of an F-35B Lightning II, the U.S. military’s most advanced stealth fighter, a $136 million supercomputer with wings.
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Feb 23, 2025 |
postandcourier.com | Tony Bartelme |Glenn Smith
UNCOVEREDAn SC town has an unusual history as a magnet for rich horse lovers. What secrets does it hold? The Post and Courier's partners in this project include John Dell’Osso from the Platform to Protect Whistleblowers in Africa, The Aiken Standard, Houston Chronicle and Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project. 1. Whispers and horsesTwenty-three years ago, a middle-aged man from Nigeria traveled to Aiken to buy a horse farm. He’d arrived unannounced to close the deal.
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Feb 23, 2025 |
postandcourier.com | Tony Bartelme
SHEIKH MOHAMMEDSheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al Maktoum, the ruler of Dubai, acquired three tracts near the Aiken Training Track for about $3.5 million in 2008 from Robert and Janice McNair of Stonerside Farm and Stonerside Stable. Under the Darley America banner, the Aiken-based stable produced talented thoroughbreds including Midshipman, who won an Eclipse Award as champion 2-year-old male, and Alpha, Wedding Toast and It’s Tricky.
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