Back in 1989, Mount Pleasant was a different place in terms of population, businesses and real estate β but one thing was just about the same: the community of people who like to have a good time. And a good time was had by all during the great snow of 1989, which, right on the heels of Hurricane Hugo in September, finished that year off with a bang and a White Christmas for … [Read more...]
Search Results for: hurricane hugo
Her Story – Mount Pleasant Author Pens New Book
Some writers are fortunate in the fact that they recognize a great story while it is still taking place. Thus they are able to procure all the moments, conversations and other portions of life that will help formulate their masterpiece. It's also no surprise that when it comes to family stories, the origins often take place in a kitchen, where food and fellowship are vehicles … [Read more...]
Key Players in the Town Keep Things Pleasant
Mount Pleasant is no longer a sleepy little place βover the bridgeβ and minutes from Charleston. The Town of Mount Pleasant has been awarded βAll- American Cityβ among other national honors. Both the Mount Pleasant Police Department and the Mount Pleasant Fire Department are nationally accredited agencies, the prize after a rigorous battery of tests, reports and … [Read more...]
Helping Hands – East Cooper Nonprofits
Mount Pleasant is known for high-performing schools, stylish neighborhoods and manicured thoroughfares. Work on Highway 17, now a testament to the vision of residents and town officials past and present, is almost completed. The transformation of Coleman Boulevard into main street Mount Pleasant is well underway. You donβt have to dig all that deep to reveal the fallacy of … [Read more...]
The Heart of Mount Pleasant Beats Again
Once upon a time in Coastal Carolina, long before Mount Pleasant was anything more than a sleepy suburb of Charleston, the townβs main street stretched lazily along part of what is now known as Coleman Boulevard. As Mount Pleasantβs population exploded, rocketing to its current status as the fourth largest municipality in South Carolina, Coleman Boulevardβs importance … [Read more...]
Winter Reading List
Winter Reading New York Times best-selling author Mary Alice Monroe released Beach House Memories in 2012. The long awaited novel continues the saga from Monroeβs bestselling novel, The Beach House. Set on the Isle of Palms and downtown Charleston in 1974, it weaves together themes of class, infidelity and domestic abuse. Lovie Rutledge returns in this prequel, … [Read more...]
Mount Pleasant, SC – Charleston, SC – Meteorologists
On warm, sunny beach days, you love it. On bitter, rainedout game days, you hate it. Hot, cold, wet, dry, sticky, chilly or windy β the weather unites us all. Regardless of any complaints you might hear about weather in the Lowcountry, its mild climate is a major drawing card. According to the South Carolina State Climatology Office, the region experiences measurable snowfall, … [Read more...]
A Stormβs Unwelcome Visit to Sullivanβs Island: Sergeant David J. Priceβs Tale of Survival
If Sullivanβs Island Police Sgt. David J. Price could erase a period of his life, he would certainly eliminate the last two weeks of September and the first two weeks of October 1989. During those four weeks, Price lost 99 percent of his worldly possessions, protected a devastated jurisdiction, shared the grief and sorrow of his fellow islandersβ losses and worried about … [Read more...]
Step Through the Garden Gate
A Peek into Old Village Homes Have you ever glimpsed beauty through a wrought iron gate or a white picket fence? Did you feel like an intruder as you stopped and admired the brilliant color in a private garden beyond? To my great delight, we have been invited inside β to take a delicious long look at the beautiful homes and gardens of Old Mount Pleasant. The fifth … [Read more...]
Charleston’s Women’s Show
Media Services, which has vast experience producing quality home shows and retirement living shows in the Carolinas, is bringing back Charlestonβs Womenβs Show β after a 16-year hiatus. The event, set for March 3 and March 4, 2012, at the Omar Shrine Auditorium and Convention Center in Mount Pleasant, will be sponsored by Mount Pleasant Magazine. βOur first womenβs show … [Read more...]