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4:31 am on Friday February 8, 2013
P&C re-publishes I-526 funding report, backs off Harrell connection
A longer version of the article has reappeared, offering much the same point about the possibly mis-identified "election expense", and the report backs off a connection between the money and S.C. Speaker of the House Bobby Harrell.
5:39 am on Thursday September 13, 2012
Gunshot narrowly misses newspaper delivery driver
Image by Flickr user Sandersleii
A Post and Courier newspaper delivery driver had a close brush with a bullet while working a delivery route on North Charleston's Hyde Avenue.
A bullet entered through the driver's side window and struck the car's...
2:43 am on Thursday September 6, 2012
Citing poor advertising dollars, Beaufort Tribune goes on an extended 'vacation'
Staff illustration, base image by Flickr user tobyleah
Publisher George Trask has all but called it quits for the time being at The Beaufort Tribune and MugFaces.
On Wednesday, September 5, in an online posting Trask cited poor online ad sales to...
10:19 pm on Sunday June 3, 2012
Notes on Quotes-Edgar Allan Poe on Sweating It Out!
By Gordon Mercer and Marcia Gaines Mercer
“The best things in life make you sweaty.” Edgar Allan Poe, 1809-1849
Author and poet, Edgar Allan Poe, was stationed in the U. S. Army at Fort Moultrie on Sullivan’s Island under the name of...
7:12 pm on Monday April 23, 2012
Signs of Spring: The Terracotta Jungle
By Gordon Mercer and Marcia Gaines Mercer
Sign in window of plant nursery: “It’s spring, I’m so excited I wet my plants!”
“It’s time,” Marcia said, peering out the kitchen window excitedly, “for the wild azalea walk.”
The half circle path...
8:15 am on Monday May 30, 2011
Attorney defends past actions regarding release of information
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Editor-in-Chief of the Island Packet, Fitz McAden, has a well written and fascinating article in the Saturday, May 28, edition of the newspaper that catalogues the continued tug-of-war between local news agencies and Lad Howell,...
5:34 am on Tuesday November 9, 2010
Car of Post and Courier newspaper delivery man gets peppered with bullets
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In a situation with as-yet unclear motives, a vehicle belonging to a Post and Courier delivery man was hit with five bullets while delivering papers early this morning in the Fillmore Street area of North Charleston...
9:32 am on Sunday December 13, 2009
You've got questions about Charleston. Will you buy answers?
The program has a code name of Cash for Craniums.Would you pay a small fee for timely, quality answers to your Charleston questions?
This post builds off of a tweet by Jay Rosen about a vision for a Web site that has a question box that says "What...
3:25 am on Tuesday October 20, 2009
Senator Joel Lourie disturbed by anti-semitic stereotype
Jewish state senator Joel Lourie called on both U.S. Sen. Jim DeMint and S.C. GOP chairwoman Karen Floyd to denounce two S.C. GOP county chairmen who included an anti-semitic stereotype in a recently published newspaper opinion piece.
8:15 am on Tuesday January 6, 2009
New publisher at the Post and Courier
The Post and Courier is changing. Larry Tarleton, the publisher, retires March 31. He will be replaced by Bill Hawkins, a longtime newspaperman with extensive experience.
You can sense the Post and Courier is looking for new direction. They have...
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