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The Post & Courier report of a Stop Work Order at 88 Smith Street is sparking renewed conversations about the need for the City to advance policy to protect abandoned burial sites. While this recommendation is now included in the draft City Plan, the site work combined with development pressures threatening abandoned African American cemeteries […]

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Read the original Post and Courier article here The map of the Phillips Community shows the community’s boundaries. PROVIDED/CHARLESTON COUNTY One of the oldest planned settlement communities in Charleston County looks to add its name to a new list. The Phillips Community, located off U.S. Highway 41 near Horlbeck Creek in Mount Pleasant, is in […]

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Read the original CHS Today article here Father’s Day is this Sunday, Charleston. If you haven’t gotten your dad anything yet, this is the perfect opportunity to shop local. We picked out 11 cool present ideas for all kinds of Lowcountry fathers in this last-minute gift guide.  The Lowcountry Lover Is your dad the ultimate local? Pick up the Dad’s Savory Lowcountry Gift Basket downtown at Tiger Lily. […]

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Read the original Count on 2 article here.  MOUNT PLEASANT, S.C. (WCBD) – On Tuesday, the Charleston County Council heard their first request for the designations of a historic district. The area in question, known as the Phillips Community. The Historic Charleston Foundation, familiar with the ordinance that would declare the Phillips Community a historic district announced at the […]

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