Awendaw News

You won't have to pull any strings to get into this weekend's bluegrass benefit.

Utility workers rescue eggs and Center for Birds of Prey helps raise 3 young screech owls, finally releasing them into wild Tuesday, July 7, 2009 They grow up so fast.

FREE LECTURE: 7:30 p.m. Karpeles Manuscript Museum, 68 Spring St. Robert P. Stockton, a history professor at the College of Charleston, will present "Palladio in Charleston," which will look at the various Charleston buildings designed by Italian architect Andrea Palladio.

For those of you out there who have yet to check out Awendaw Green, you're missing out on what used to be one of the Lowcountry's best-kept secrets.

Back in the heyday of punk rock music, The Clash were often looked upon as odd ducks, even by some of its musical peers, thanks to the band's refusal to stick to just punk-rock music.

CHARLESTON COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD: 5:15 p.m. 75 Calhoun St. The school board is set to give its proposed 2009-10 school year budget approval.

The town of Awendaw is on the verge of change. A developer is presenting its plans for what should be built on more than 300 acres of land.

'I grew up in this house. I was born in this house,' said Lyn Inman as she watered plants on her porch while taking a break from mowing her yard in Awendaw on Friday.

Charleston City Council: 4:30 p.m., City Hall, 80 Broad St. The Ways and Means Committee agenda includes the awarding of a $5.5 million construction contract for the Arthur W. Christopher Community Center.

Charleston County Council moved ahead Tuesday with a plan that would allow Awendaw to spend $5.26 million of greenbelt funds on a 292-acre parcel of land once slated for a 200-home development.

's eight Convenience Centers for recycling. It is important to recycle electronics rather than throwing them away because they often contain valuable resources such as precious metals , more common metals and engineered plastics.

William Baker, of St. Paul's Methodist Church in Awendaw, wants something done about a ditch left behind by contractors when they installed a waterline in November 2007.

Doug Walters and the Regenerators will play at The Pour House tonight. The show is a CD release party for 'Into the Light.' Tonight at the Pour House, it's going to be more than just another show for Doug Walters and the Regenerators.

Calling it a "positive message concept album" that might be "helpful to some people out there trying to fight the good fight," local musician Doug Walters ' new solo album Into the Light - an entirely independent production and release - is a major accomplishment for the longtime Charleston songwriter.

With the decision to close the incinerator made, officials now must determine how to dispose of garbage Wednesday, June 3, 2009 In the subdivisions next door to Charleston County's massive Bees Ferry Landfill, some esidents say you wouldn't know a landfill is nearby because you can't see, hear or smell it.

Local indie-pop band Bodies Full of Magic , fronted by strummer/singer/songwriter Corey Webb, plans to release its debut album next week and promote it with a quick eEast Coast tour.

Reader, There's nothing like the summer time. Even though you might be working this summer, it's still a time of the year when the beach is heating up, the youth crowd the streets, there's dancing, laughter and music.

Shortly after 7 a.m. Thursday a Dodge Stratus traveling eastbound on Interstate 26 near mile marker 188 veered off the road and hit a tree in the median, killing the driver.

AWENDAW a ' An accident with injuries has shut down some lanes of traffic on U.S. Highway 17 near Guerins Bridge Road.

The new round of greenbelt projects proposed in Charleston County would protect land from Awendaw to Edisto, with easements to keep large properties from being developed and purchases aimed at creating public parks and green spaces.