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The Department of Health and Environment Control (DHEC) approved the Certificate of Need (CON) ruling in favor of building two new hospitals in Berkeley County Friday.
Roper St. Francis plans to build a 50-bed facility in the Carnes Crossroads community of Goose Creek and Trident Health Systems had planned to build a similar 50-bed hospital in Moncks Corner.
Roper St. Francis plans to build a 50-bed facility in the Carnes Crossroads community of Goose Creek and Trident Health Systems had planned to build a similar 50-bed hospital in Moncks Corner.
A host of community organizations are planning the Goose Creek Unity Day for Aug. 8.
The Goose Creek NAACP has joined several schools, churches, businesses and community organizations to organize the event, which will feature entertainment, fun activities, and, most importantly, clothing, food, school supplies and health screenings for those in need.
The Goose Creek NAACP has joined several schools, churches, businesses and community organizations to organize the event, which will feature entertainment, fun activities, and, most importantly, clothing, food, school supplies and health screenings for those in need.
The City of Goose Creek will host the annual Fabulous Fourth in the Creek event on Saturday, July 4 from 7-9:15 p.m. at the Marguerite H. Brown Municipal Center.
The event will feature musical group “The Fabulous Kays,” food vendors and a jump castle.
The event will feature musical group “The Fabulous Kays,” food vendors and a jump castle.
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The new school year will bring a new principal at Stratford High School.
SHS Principal Jim Spencer has requested and was granted a transfer. The veteran administrator has been named principal at Marrington Middle School, according to school district officials.
SHS Principal Jim Spencer has requested and was granted a transfer. The veteran administrator has been named principal at Marrington Middle School, according to school district officials.
Attention, Hanahan citizens: Get ready for a community celebration.
The Hanahan Parks and Recreation Department will host an Independence Day celebration from 5:30 – 8 p.m. Thursday evening at the Hanahan Recreation Senior Center.
The Hanahan Parks and Recreation Department will host an Independence Day celebration from 5:30 – 8 p.m. Thursday evening at the Hanahan Recreation Senior Center.
Officer Giovanni Brown stands with family members and city officials during the June 9 city council meeting. Brown, who graduated from the S.C. Criminal Justice Academy May 29, was officially sworn in as a Hanahan Police Officer during that meeting.
The City of Goose Creek Police Department is participating in the National Child Safety Council’s Safetypup Program.
The NCSC program promotes the importance of staying safe and drug free and will reach children throughout Goose Creek ages five through 12.
The NCSC program promotes the importance of staying safe and drug free and will reach children throughout Goose Creek ages five through 12.
Goose Creek is reminding residents that an ordinance passed in 2008 makes it illegal to fire or launch a projectile over someone’s property without their permission.
This means that residents are not allowed to shoot projectile fireworks in the city unless they can be certain they have permission from the owner of any property that fireworks may cross.
This means that residents are not allowed to shoot projectile fireworks in the city unless they can be certain they have permission from the owner of any property that fireworks may cross.
J.K. Harris and Company, LLC, is moving to Goose Creek.
The multi-million dollar tax representation company is moving its corporate headquarters – and more than 300 jobs -- from North Charleston to St. James Avenue this weekend, according to Executive Vice President Josh Baker.
The multi-million dollar tax representation company is moving its corporate headquarters – and more than 300 jobs -- from North Charleston to St. James Avenue this weekend, according to Executive Vice President Josh Baker.
Golfers are invited to play in the Hanahan Exchange Club Golf Tournament at the Miler Golf Course in Summerville on July 18 and 19.
The format is two-man best ball (full handicap).
The format is two-man best ball (full handicap).
The Berkeley Republican Breakfast Club will not meet at the American Legion Post on Saturday, July 4. Instead the club is encouraging everyone to attend the July 4 Tea Party at Cannon Park in downtown Charleston.
The event will take place on the corner of Rutledge Avenue and Calhoun Street from 10:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
The event will take place on the corner of Rutledge Avenue and Calhoun Street from 10:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Daylilies come back year after year, getting stronger and adding more and more color to yards and gardens when other blooms parch in the heat.
Berkeley County Supervisor Dan Davis responded to more than 100 concerned residents of northern Berkeley County expressing outrage about a $2.25 million waterline project.
The citizens attended last week’s county council meeting in Moncks Corner.
The citizens attended last week’s county council meeting in Moncks Corner.
Goose Creek Police Chief Harvey Becker recently announced that the Goose Creek Police Department has been allotted $10,102 by the Federal Bureau of Justice Assistance under the 2009 Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) Formula Program.
Becker said the department proposes to allocate this funding for the purchase of two new ruggedized laptop computers to be placed in patrol vehicles currently not equipped.
Becker said the department proposes to allocate this funding for the purchase of two new ruggedized laptop computers to be placed in patrol vehicles currently not equipped.
The Department of Health and Environment Control (DHEC) approved the Certificate of Need (CON) ruling in favor of building two new hospitals in Berkeley County Friday.
Roper St. Francis plans to build a 50-bed facility in the Carnes Crossroads community of Goose Creek and Trident Health Systems looks to build a similar 50-bed hospital in Moncks Corner.
Roper St. Francis plans to build a 50-bed facility in the Carnes Crossroads community of Goose Creek and Trident Health Systems looks to build a similar 50-bed hospital in Moncks Corner.
Proposed hospitals similar in design
This week, South Carolina’s Department of Health and Environmental Control will issue a decision on which, if any, hospitals have permission to be built in Berkeley County.
This week, South Carolina’s Department of Health and Environmental Control will issue a decision on which, if any, hospitals have permission to be built in Berkeley County.
June 24, 2009 - Governor Mark Sanford today issued the following statement:
"First and foremost, I apologize to my wife and my four boys. I have made decisions that have hurt and will continue to hurt them, and for that I'm sincerely sorry. Jenny has stood by me through campaign after campaign, through hard time after hard time, and neither she nor the boys deserve this. Please offer them your prayers.
"First and foremost, I apologize to my wife and my four boys. I have made decisions that have hurt and will continue to hurt them, and for that I'm sincerely sorry. Jenny has stood by me through campaign after campaign, through hard time after hard time, and neither she nor the boys deserve this. Please offer them your prayers.
The Gazette and other Evening Post Publishing Company newspapers have launched a new interactive business directory called LowcountryMarketplace.com.
The directory will connect consumers with more than 20,000 businesses listed on the site and will offer unique video content that will help people learn about the charm and local flavor of the Lowcountry.
The directory will connect consumers with more than 20,000 businesses listed on the site and will offer unique video content that will help people learn about the charm and local flavor of the Lowcountry.
More than 100 residents from northern Berkeley County packed county council chambers during council’s regularly scheduled meeting on Monday night expressing outrage, indignation and outright defiance of a $2.25 million waterline project that nobody seems to want and some believe is politically motivated.
“I do not need this waterline, I don’t want this water line and I will not tap into it,” said Cross resident Floyd Clark.
“I do not need this waterline, I don’t want this water line and I will not tap into it,” said Cross resident Floyd Clark.
By the time most students reach middle school they have probably heard at least some tall tales about catching fish.
Yet one tale turned out to be true – and the proof is staring them in the face every day.
Yet one tale turned out to be true – and the proof is staring them in the face every day.
Despite the sticky heat, representatives of Mead Westvaco, the Rockefeller Group, and state and county officials were all smiles as they shoveled dirt to celebrate breaking ground on the first building in the Rockefeller Group Foreign Trade Zone/Charleston.
The project, a joint venture between Rockefeller Group Development, an international commercial development firm, Mead Westvaco’s Community Development and Land Management Group, calls for construction of four buildings containing about 2.7 million square feet on 400 acres near the I-26/Jedburg Road interchange.
The project, a joint venture between Rockefeller Group Development, an international commercial development firm, Mead Westvaco’s Community Development and Land Management Group, calls for construction of four buildings containing about 2.7 million square feet on 400 acres near the I-26/Jedburg Road interchange.
One-year-old Kyah, the granddaughter of Nancy Schlimgen of Goose Creek, picks up what will hopefully become a lifelong habit: enjoying the Gazette.
Velocity Powersports recently celebrated the grand opening of its state of the art facility, featuring over 500 motorcycles, ATVs, jet skis, utility vehicles and scooters on the showroom floor. Velocity Powersports is located at 151 Gateway Drive in Ladson. Pictured are (front row, l-r) Goose Creek Mayor Michael Heitzler; Jerry Cristo, Velocity Power Sports; Stacey Cristo, Velocity Power Sports; Berkeley County Supervisor Dan Davis; Sen. Paul Campbell; Ron Coward, Coward Hund; (back row) Jimmy Jackson, First Federal; Lefty Gregorie, First Federal; and Bob Call, Berkeley County Council.
Divine Redeemer Catholic Church in Hanahan will be celebrating the Feast of Our Mother of Perpetual Help on Saturday, June 27.
The Novena will begin at 10 a.m., and Mass will be celebrated at 11 a.m. A reception will follow in Cadell Hall.
The Novena will begin at 10 a.m., and Mass will be celebrated at 11 a.m. A reception will follow in Cadell Hall.
Marcia O’Brien, a teacher and guidance counselor at Summerville Elementary School for two decades, died Sunday in a two-vehicle collision just outside Saluda, authorities said. She had formerly worked in the Berkeley County School District.
O’Brien, 53, was traveling in a 1999 Volkswagen when, for unknown reasons, a 1996 Chevrolet rollback-style wrecker in the opposite lane went left of center lane and collided head-on with O’Brien, according to Lance Cpl. Scott Edgeworth of the S.C. Highway Patrol. She was wearing a seatbelt.
O’Brien, 53, was traveling in a 1999 Volkswagen when, for unknown reasons, a 1996 Chevrolet rollback-style wrecker in the opposite lane went left of center lane and collided head-on with O’Brien, according to Lance Cpl. Scott Edgeworth of the S.C. Highway Patrol. She was wearing a seatbelt.
Early American slave life in Berkeley County, dating back 250 years, is about to play a major part in its future.
The extensive slave community, once a part of the original Dean Hall plantation dating back to the 1780s and recently discovered during DuPont’s construction of its new Kevlar plant, has produced more than 100,000 slave artifacts and is quickly becoming one of the most significant finds of slave artifacts in the South.
The extensive slave community, once a part of the original Dean Hall plantation dating back to the 1780s and recently discovered during DuPont’s construction of its new Kevlar plant, has produced more than 100,000 slave artifacts and is quickly becoming one of the most significant finds of slave artifacts in the South.
The City of Goose Creek is currently accepting orders for engraved bricks to be placed in the sidewalk at the Marguerite H. Brown Municipal Center.
This is an opportunity to become a part of Goose Creek history.
This is an opportunity to become a part of Goose Creek history.
It’s another repeat performance for Goose Creek’s Nandita Karambelkar.
Nandita, who recently won the state Beta Club competition for public speaking, followed that performance up with a second place showing, her second in two years, in the National Beta Club Convention’s public speaking category in Orlando earlier in June.
Nandita, who recently won the state Beta Club competition for public speaking, followed that performance up with a second place showing, her second in two years, in the National Beta Club Convention’s public speaking category in Orlando earlier in June.
For most students and teachers, summer means a vacation.
For Berkeley County School District office and some school staff, the summer of ’09 will mean a ‘flexible’ five-day summer work week.
For Berkeley County School District office and some school staff, the summer of ’09 will mean a ‘flexible’ five-day summer work week.
The state Supreme Court on June 5 made a ruling ordering Gov. Mark Sanford to accept the $700 million in federal stabilization funds for South Carolina.
On June 8 Sanford kept his pledge not to appeal the Supreme Court decision forcing him to request the money.
On June 8 Sanford kept his pledge not to appeal the Supreme Court decision forcing him to request the money.
Heitzler: Two county hospitals the right answer -
There is potential good news for Berkeley County residents: a new hospital is on the way. Perhaps two.
There is potential good news for Berkeley County residents: a new hospital is on the way. Perhaps two.
Hurricane season started last week and with the start of summer residents need to be prepared.
Berkeley County Emergency Preparedness Department Director Tom Smith said the general public needs to stay informed when it comes to rapidly changing weather conditions this summer.
Berkeley County Emergency Preparedness Department Director Tom Smith said the general public needs to stay informed when it comes to rapidly changing weather conditions this summer.
Berkeley County launched its newly re-designed website this week.
The site, designed by Berkeley County’s Information Technology Department, features an updated look, user friendly layout and expanded department and resource information.
The site, designed by Berkeley County’s Information Technology Department, features an updated look, user friendly layout and expanded department and resource information.
It’s been a tough ride as of late for many of the non-profit agencies that rely on government and public funding.
Budgets are being cut everywhere and the first to feel the pinch are those who depend upon the generosity of others via grants and donations.
Budgets are being cut everywhere and the first to feel the pinch are those who depend upon the generosity of others via grants and donations.
