Many Mount Pleasant residents found some degree of solace and escape from the coronavirus pandemic — at least for a few hours — on area golf courses. As Josh Sens wrote on Golf Magazine’s website: “Golf is a boon for the common good (and for both mental and physical wellbeing), provided that those courses are abiding by public health guidelines, and the golfers themselves … [Read more...]

The question of the day for sports fans might have been: “What if they held a NASCAR Cup Series race, and nobody came?” That would have been a reasonable inquiry during the COVID-19 pandemic that has seen businesses closed, a population in lockdown, the NBA schedule canceled, no Major League Baseball spring training nor any immediate plans for NFL to return in the … [Read more...]

Established by the CARES – Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security – Act, the Paycheck Protection Program offered Small Business Administration loans with the potential to become grants for businesses struggling to pay their employees and remain viable, even as they were being ordered to shut down by government mandates aimed at controlling the inevitable spread of the … [Read more...]

.. “You might be a redneck if your toilet paper has page numbers on it.” — Jeff Foxworthy Have you gloved-up, slipped on your respirator mask and braved a world swirling with virus to hunt for household essentials lately? Odds are, you quick-stepped past the bakery treats, fresh produce and even the meat section to head straight for the paper goods aisle. Does your … [Read more...]

On March 11, 2020 the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 to be a worldwide pandemic. Since that declaration, life as we know it has been turned upside down. From California to New York to Texas and Illinois, we’ve adopted a life of confinement to flatten the curve, collectively closing our doors and hunkering down. However, even with the common thread of quarantine … [Read more...]