Jun 19 2020
By Carol Antman for The Island Connection If you go: https://casamarinahotel.com/ It was a balmy night, and the rum Old Fashioneds in Casa Marina’s Penthouse Lounge made it even sultrier. From this perch, lively with the hubbub of a suntanned crowd, I marveled at the sunset on Jacksonville Beach and eavesdropped on the last few …
Jun 18 2020
By Gregg Bragg, The Island Connection Senior Staff Writer The Kiawah Island Town Council held its first in-person meeting in months June 2, a move that seemed indicative of a step in returning to whatever “normal” is. No masks were visible, but social distancing was being observed, mostly. Mayor Craig Weaver got the party started …
Jun 18 2020
By John Bloomfield for The Island Connection There is a crisis facing horseshoe crabs and the fish and bird life that depend on the crab’s eggs to survive. To raise public awareness, seek legislative and regulatory reforms and encourage the adoption of an already available synthetic alternative to the use of horseshoe crab blood in …
Jun 17 2020
By Gregg Bragg, The Island Connection Senior Staff Writer “Justice will not be served until those who are unaffected are as outraged as those who are.” The quote has been attributed, correctly or not, to Benjamin Franklin of late, more so in the wake of George Floyd’s death under the knee of a Minneapolis policeman. …
Jun 17 2020
By Gregg Bragg, The Island Connection Senior Staff Writer The results of the South Carolina primary held June 9 are in, but, after an extremely snug race, the Democratic finalist for South Carolina House District 115 is still undetermined. SCVotes.org has Carol Tempel in the lead with 1,770 votes or about 38%. Spencer Wetmore placed …
Jun 09 2020
By Erin Weeks for the Island Connection SCDNR biologists Kristin Hamilton and Mike Kendrick measure and count white shrimp aboard a regular trawl survey in 2018. In a year that’s been anything but average for humans, biologists are forecasting a typical season for South Carolina’s favorite crustacean. Commercial shrimp trawling opened in all legal South …
Jun 05 2020
By Kristen Gregory for the Island Connection The Seabrook Island Garden Club will be presenting an award for the most patriotic mailbox on what is probably the most patriotic day of the year. Residents who would like to win the “Most Patriotic Mailbox Blue Ribbon Award” should email their address only to seabrookislandgardenclub@gmail.com by June …
Jun 05 2020
By Abigail Darlington for the Island Connection Coastal Community Foundation and its regional partners in the COVID-19 Relief & Recovery Fund have announced that more than $2.1 million has been raised since the fund’s inception, and $641,745 has been awarded to nonprofits across coastal South Carolina to support communities impacted by the pandemic. The …
Jun 04 2020
By Kay Hyman for Island Connection The 2020 NOAA forecast calls for a busier than normal hurricane season with as many as 19 named storms in the Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico. Six to 10 of those storms could become hurricanes and three to six of those may be major hurricanes! (An average season produces 12 named …
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