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What businesses are SC nostalgic for?

There’s something uniquely powerful about the brands we grew up with — the places that weren’t just stores, but small rituals woven into everyday life. From Friday night trips to rent a movie to wandering the aisles of a favorite bookstore or toy shop, these experiences stuck. MarketBeat, a...

A peninsula under pressure

On a map, the Cainhoy Peninsula still looks like open space – a vast stretch of marsh, forest, creeks, and winding roads tucked between the Wando River and the Francis Marion National Forest. But for residents watching new homes rise and traffic intensify along the Clements Ferry corridor, the...

Residents call for faster improvements to Reflectance Drive intersection

Blue lights flash so often at the intersection of Clements Ferry Road and Reflectance Drive that many nearby residents say they no longer slow down to look – they already know what happened. Another crash. Another ambulance. Another close call. After a fatal wreck there in April involving an...

SC overdose deaths decline, but counterfeit pills keep teens at risk

Editor’s note: This article will be Part 1 of a series on the overdose epidemic. South Carolina is seeing its first meaningful drop in overdose deaths in years and a steeper decline than the nation overall. Provisional data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates 1,...

Backyard oasis: How the Daniel Island Garden Club makes the most of summer

Step into the backyard of a Daniel Island gardener, and you’ll quickly learn two things: nothing grows by accident, and the deer are always watching. Beyond the fences and patio gates are herb gardens built for the perfect morning sunlight, raised vegetable beds designed to survive hurricane...

DI Historical Society sleuths spotlight Revolutionary War history at Point Hope

It started with a simple question. Historian and author Suzannah Smith Miles was researching the history of the Cainhoy Peninsula for the Daniel Island Historical Society when she noted a name – Addison’s Ferry – that kept popping up in historic records related to the Revolutionary War. It was...

The backyard dating game of the green anole

I was getting very close to getting that “perfect photo.” The male green anole (Anolis carolinensis) was in his fiercest green coloration, pumping his head and displaying his pink, under-chin dewlap. This brightly colored fold of skin is a flag of sorts, used to communicate both territorial...

Stacks of stories provided to DIS to promote a love of literature

Stacks of brand-new books recently made their way into the hands of Daniel Island students thanks to a donation from the Daniel Island Library Society, a group focused on encouraging literacy and a love of reading throughout the community. The organization made its first-ever contribution to...

ATI Physical Therapy opens in Point Hope

Roper St. Francis Physical Therapy powered by ATI opened their newest location at 650 Hopewell Drive in Point Hope on May 14. Cate Williams, the clinic director, previously worked at locations in both Mount Pleasant and Daniel Island before moving to this location.

Books for the beach bag: Heartbreakers, thrillers, and page-turning escapes

We read differently in the summer – more fiction, maybe less intellectual fare. Here are some books to get you started by the pool, the beach, or in the air. “A Far Flung Life” by M.L.Steadman. Multigenerational story of the McBride family in Western Australia. Heartbreaking at times, but so...