By Jackie Brooks for The Island Connection Join the Seabrook Island Birders from 8:30 a.m. until 10:30 a.m. Jan. 18 as we take advantage of the Ocean Winds Golf Course being closed to golfers. It will be just us and the birds – no balls or “birdies.” This is an excellent opportunity for birding if …

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By Kimberly M. Borts for The Island Connection Bishop Gadsden Episcopal Retirement Community has welcomed two vaccine clinics from CVS Pharmacy to administer its first doses of Moderna COVID-19 vaccines. The first clinic was held on Dec. 29, where nearly 200 vaccines were distributed to Bishop Gadsden’s skilled care and assisted living communities and those …

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by Meghan Daniel for The Island Connection Berkeley Electric Cooperative experienced an outage at its Seabrook substation on Johns Island Dec. 26 that left residents of Kiawah, Freshfield Farms and part of Johns Island in the dark, some for well over 12 hours. The electricity went off at 7:55 a.m. and wasn’t completely restored until …

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By Arielle Alpino for The Island Connection The Southeastern Wildlife Exposition has announced it will not move forward with hosting its 2021 event in February. The 39th annual SEWE was originally scheduled for Feb. 11 through Feb. 14. The SEWE staff met with its board of directors the week of Jan. 4 to assess the …

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By Meghan Daniel for The Island Connection Newly-installed Kiawah Island Mayor John Labriola began the Town Council’s Jan. 5 meeting by thanking former Mayor and Mayor Pro Tem Craig Weaver and Chris Widuch for their service to the island and reiterated his respect for a former town official who recently passed away. He commended the …

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Staff Report for The Island Connection Former Kiawah Island Mayor James Vincent Piet, 93, passed away Dec. 22, 2020, at Bishop Gadsden. Piet was elected to the Kiawah Town Council in December 1996 and as mayor two years later. He served two terms, from December 1998 until November 2002. The town flag flew at half-staff …

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By SCDHEC for Island Connection Governor Henry McMaster and the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) announced that beginning Wednesday, Jan. 13, any South Carolina resident aged 70 or older, regardless of health status or preexisting conditions, can begin scheduling their appointment to receive COVID-19 vaccine. Based on COVID-19 vaccine data — doses …

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By Macey Davis for The Island Connection The Gibbes Museum of Art in Charleston is now presenting a new exhibition of works by past visiting artists in the Ruth and Bill Baker Art Sales Gallery. “Mementos Entwined: The Sentimental Art of Hairwork,” by Gina Iacovelli and “How it Was…Charleston in 1963,” by Andrea Hazel are on display and available to …

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2020 has been …  something. A worldwide pandemic, a hurricane season like no other, political unrest and a reeling national economy with job losses and instability have all combined to make this a year we are ready to put in our memories. And yet – Sea Island Habitat for Humanity was able to push through …

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Pythium is a water mold that has damaged some areas on one of the golf courses on Seabrook Island, but what our family discovered was that this mold can also cause devastating health problems for dogs. Our daughter’s family was staying at our house on Seabrook this past summer while their house was being renovated. …

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