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Water Mission Responds to Devastating Flash Floods in Nepal

Water Mission, a Christian engineering nonprofit based in North Charleston, is sending a Disaster Assistance Response Team to Nepal in response to catastrophic flash flooding and mudslides in the Nepal-China border region. Latest reports indicate that more than 900 people have died, with over 4,000...

Daniel Island among SC’s most stressful school runs

See all the city rankings here. As families across the U.S. return for the new school year, parents braced themselves for more than packed lunches, early alarms and last-minute searches for missing shoes. The return to the classroom also means the return of the school run – and, for many parents,...

Free small business workshop offered

As part of its free Small Business Workshop Series, Berkeley County Economic Development is hosting a “Business and Financial Management” workshop on Thursday, Sept. 10, from 12 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. at the Berkeley County Administration Building, located at 1003 Highway 52 in Moncks Corner. Led by the...

Stretch & Pray blends yoga, prayer on Daniel Island

In the midst of overloaded schedules and back-to-school distractions, the Church of the Holy Spirit is carving out dedicated time to slow down and recenter. Starting Saturday, Sept. 5, Women’s Ministry will be hosting Stretch & Pray, a monthly gathering of yoga postures and movements set to a...

20 years and counting

“Boy, this is some school!” Fourth grader Jack Conroy had been inside the brand-new Daniel Island School for only a few hours when he gave The Daniel Island News his assessment on Aug. 14, 2006. He wasn’t wrong. It’s been 20 years, and a lot has changed since that first day. That morning...

Ramen, Pilates, and more shops on the way to Point Hope

Keeping up with Point Hope’s growing list of businesses is becoming a neighborhood sport. Just when one set of doors opens, another “coming soon” sign appears. And with ramen, Pilates, pet pampering, ice cream, coffee, and more on the way, the community’s commercial core still has plenty of...

Study warns of parking problems when waterfront lot goes away

Where will you park when the gravel parking lot at the popular Daniel Island waterfront disappears, and will there be enough spots left? The Daniel Island Neighborhood Association set out to answer these questions by conducting a summer observation of the waterfront parking situation over the...

What have you read lately?

There’s the book you finish and put back on the shelf. Then there’s the one you immediately need to tell someone about. We asked local readers about the books they’ve picked up lately – the page-turners, unexpected favorites, and stories worth passing along. From novels that offered an escape...

15 races, 25 years of remembering 9/11

Travis Dodd’s three children have no memories of Sept. 11, 2001. They weren’t born yet. But they know why, every September, their family joins hundreds of others on Daniel Island to run, volunteer, and remember. “While they only know of the stories of that tragic day, they have come to...

Avoiding the summer slide

The summer reading program at the Daniel Island Library recently wrapped up, with readers of all ages completing their reading logs and collecting prizes to celebrate a well-read summer. Daniel Island branch manager Timothy Boyle said the library is at its busiest during the summer, and...