It’s autumn, the season when our thoughts stray to mountain road trips, festive holidays and, of course, college football. And there’s arguably no more heated intrastate rivalry than that of South Carolina’s Gamecocks and Clemson’s Tigers. As the season unfolds, Mount Pleasant Magazine turned to the words of each team’s coaches for an insider’s look at what to expect in … [Read more...]

How a Lowcountry friendship is boosting agribusiness and tourism in Mount Pleasant This fall, Boone Hall Plantation will be holding its 25th annual pumpkin patch and 16th annual corn maze during the weekends in October. With a shorter kid-friendly maze inside of a larger, more complicated maze, Boone Hall’s festival features one of the largest corn mazes in the country. And … [Read more...]

Despite relying on his work product daily, most Mount Pleasant residents don’t know much about Clay Duffie. Now, he’s leaving the role he has held for more than 30 years: overseeing all of the town’s water needs for both drinking and sewage outflow. Duffie stepped into the job as General Manager of Mount Pleasant Waterworks in March of 1989, just six months before Hurricane … [Read more...]

It’s a ritual that you were likely subjected to as a child and now want to try out with your own offspring. No matter how it turned out, it ended up being one of the best memories you could ever make. For my son and me, our road trip was much more than a rite of passage. It was a journey of grieving and healing that started as a quest to fulfill part of a life cut way too … [Read more...]

The Man Behind the Title: Incoming Police Chief Mark Arnold Mount Pleasant Magazine: You’ve served the town of Mount Pleasant for 25 years, how has Mount Pleasant changed from the perspective of a police officer during that time? Deputy Chief Arnold (DCA): The geography, the population, those of course have changed. Our tactics and the things that we do have changed over … [Read more...]

Chief Carl Ritchie Passes the Torch to Long-Time Colleague From booming real estate to a mask ordinance and from new bike paths to extended parking on Isle of Palms, East Cooper has had a year filled with change. Mount Pleasant Police Department hasn’t been immune to this, as they prepare for the retirement of Chief Carl Ritchie and usher Deputy Chief Mark Arnold into the … [Read more...]

By Jennifer Beebe They say for an artist to become successful, he or she must get to know their subject intimately. Lowcountry artist William R. Beebe has found success by narrowing his focus, photographing and painting shorebirds and colorful, historic Charleston architecture. Living in Mount Pleasant, Beebe finds himself within close proximity to both of his muses. He … [Read more...]

It’s been described in medical texts dating back thousands of years. Doctors have been experimenting with surgical incisions to destroy it since the first century, yet even today, with all of the advances of modern medicine, four little words, “you have breast cancer,” are still a dreaded reality for many around the world. Luckily, medical advances, widespread awareness, early … [Read more...]

Unique people live among us. These people become great at what they do, but most of the world never gets to know. This is because they often lead very simple and private lives. They do not seek fame and fortune or glory, praise and accolades. They stay in the background, putting the needs of everyone they meet before themselves and becoming a servant to all who cross their … [Read more...]

There is perhaps nothing that defines a person more than their ability to accept who they are, where they came from and where they are going. And there’s no better time than right now to embrace acceptance — a year that has tested all our boundaries and shaken us to the core. We spoke with Charlton Singleton, co-founder of the Charleston Jazz Orchestra and member of the … [Read more...]