Mount Pleasant Magazine | Mount Pleasant, SC
Mount Pleasant Magazine informs Mount Pleasant homeowners and residents as about people, places and things around our area.
I’m having a hard time concentrating on what Jennifer and Tripp Adams are saying. I can hear the dolphins break the surface at the bow and stern as the rocking motion of their home lulls me into a trance-like state. I’m imagining myself being soothed to sleep as the waves lap the sides, salt air wafts through the cabin and I am rocked … [Read more...]
On an unseasonably warm day in January, I dined at Red’s Ice House on Shem Creek, a familiar place to nearly all residents and visitors East of the Cooper, and daydreamed about what Shem Creek was like during the golden age of local shrimping. The restaurants and bars we currently love would be gone, of course, replaced by … [Read more...]
The army wives were stationed in Landings Run, a Mount Pleasant neighborhood, this past January. Now in its sixth season, “Army Wives” is filmed in the Charleston area, and, while many scenes are shot on a soundstage downtown, they often go on location to lend authenticity to the drama. Over the last five seasons, Charleston and its environs … [Read more...]
The following traffic alert is part of the Johnnie Dodds Boulevard Improvements Project in Mount Pleasant: • A section of East Frontage Road will close at 6 a.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 17 and will remain closed for approximately three days. • The closure will occur on East Frontage Road in front of The Plaza at East Cooper. • Traffic to The … [Read more...]
For the second time in three years, Hay Tire Pros has been named a Top Shop Finalist by Tire Review magazine, an industry trade publication. In 1981 Henry Hay founded his company on three core values: integrity, truth and hard work. David Hay, Henry’s son and current company president, describes the company’s customer service philosophy by … [Read more...]
Mapped references to the area now known as Mount Pleasant first appeared in the late 1600s. A 1672 map created for the Lords Proprietors refers to the land surrounded by Charleston Harbor, Shem Creek and Cove Inlet as North Point, while a later undated map indicates it is Oldwanus Point. The earliest known inhabitants of the land were members of … [Read more...]
The U.S. highway 17 widening project in Mount Pleasant goes right through the middle of the Gullah/ Geechee Cultural Heritage Corridor, which extends from Wilmington, North Carolina, to St. Augustine, Florida, and was designated as a National Heritage Area by Congress in 2006. Still under development – the first draft of the management plan is … [Read more...]
In the movies, when aliens invade Earth, they generally say they come as friends and intend to do no harm; most of the time, they are lying. The invasion underway along Johnnie Dodds Boulevard is an exception to the rule. When the hundreds of orange cones and barrels have completed their mission and returned home, wherever that is, Mount Pleasant … [Read more...]
Trident Academy has set itself apart from other schools in the Charleston area. Located in Mount Pleasant, Trident enrolls students with learning issues that cover a broad range of diagnoses, including attention deficit hyperactive disorder, attention deficit disorder, dyslexia, dyscalculia, dysgraphia and processing difficulties. It is one of … [Read more...]
