The Covid-19 pandemic that started in March 2020 had an impact on many industries, including entertainment. Shows and performances at theaters, stadiums and concert venues screeched to a halt in an effort to protect guests from the coronavirus. Now, as mask mandates begin to lift and vaccinations continue, music lovers and live entertainment enthusiasts have started looking for … [Read more...]
Author/Historian Tressy Magwood Mellichamp
Podcast Episode 22: On this episode of the Mount Pleasant Magazine Podcast Author/Historian Tressy Magwood Mellichamp talks with MPM Publisher Bill Macchio about Mount Pleasant, Shem Creek, working with the Town of Mount Pleasant to raise funds the Wayne Magwood Fishermen's Memorial and her book East Cooper: A Maritime Heritage ... and more. Tune in for more! Help Tressy and … [Read more...]
Brian Beatty, Owner/President Brian Beatty Team/eXp Realty
On this episode of the VOICE for Real Estate podcast Brian Beatty with eXp Realty and the Owner/President of the Brian Beatty Team in Daniel Island, SC talks to our own Bill Macchio about his radio show, being in real estate during the market crash in 2008, how treating people well is important as a realtor, and more. … [Read more...]
Median Existing-home Price Sails to Record High
After four months of dips, existing-home sales are once again on the increase, rising 1.4 percent to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 5.86 million homes in June while tallying the highest median home price on record, according to the latest data released Thursday by the National Association of Realtors. The median existing-home sales price rose 23.4 percent year over … [Read more...]
Saying Farewell: Longtime Mount Pleasant Waterworks GM Clay Duffie Retires
Posted July 19, 2021 Despite relying on his work product daily, most Mount Pleasant residents donβt know much about Clay Duffie. Now, heβs leaving the role he has held for more than 30 years: overseeing all of the townβs 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 … [Read more...]
βSeeingβ is Believing: A Dream Come Trueβ¦ My Eye Wear
To say that Dr. Helen Newton has had an eventful year would be a drastic understatement. The new ophthalmologist in Mount Pleasant of My Eye Wear moved here in May of 2020. Unfortunately, shortly thereafter, her husband fell ill and passed away. After experiencing such a tremendous loss, Dr. Newton, who had been practicing ophthalmology since the 1990s in New York City, … [Read more...]
AirMax Technician Brent Dawson is Saving the World, One HVAC Unit at a Time
Brent Dawson may not wear a cape to work, but when heβs able to fix a clientβs HVAC woes on a hot summer day, he feels like a superhero. Thatβs one reason he loves working for Mount Pleasant heating and cooling company AirMax β they allow him to make a difference in peopleβs everyday lives. After graduating college, a friend recommended that Dawson take a summer job at an … [Read more...]
Bobby Breault, Mt Pleasant HVAC, Helps AirMax Clients Feel More Comfortable in Their Homes
Bobby Breault became an HVAC technician because he enjoys solving peopleβs problems and helping them feel more comfortable in their homes. He became a member of the AirMax heating and cooling team because they empower him to take his time at each and every home so that he can do just that. Breault fled the cold Ohio winters for the more temperate South Carolina climate after … [Read more...]
Jimmy Carroll Owner of Carroll Realty and Mayor of the Isle of Palms
Podcast Episode 21: On this episode of the Mount Pleasant Magazine Podcast Jimmy Carroll Owner of Carroll Realty, Inc. and the Mayor of the Isle of Palms talks with MPM Publisher Bill Macchio about family, how Mount Pleasant and the Isle of Palms and Sullivan's Island are interconnected, his real estate business and more. … [Read more...]
Nightmare in McClellanville: Hurricane Hugo 1989
βWe made it Evangeline. The worst is over.β These were the words that Thomas Williams spoke to his wife as he looked out the back door of his McClellanville home during the calm of Hugoβs eye. The view before him was pretty bad but it wasnβt devastating. For the most part, his house and the houses of his friends and relatives on DuPre street were in good shape. There was no … [Read more...]