Summerville News

Dorchester Habitat for Humanity has announced a new and exciting annual event, the Habitat Family Festival, taking place Saturday, May 10 in Azalea Park in downtown Summerville from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. The festival will be a celebration of families as well as a fundraiser for DHFH's 50th home building project.

Lindsay Street/Journal Scene Summerville Rep. Jenny Horne and Goose Creek Rep. Sam Rivers read Pete the Cat to 4-year-olds April 11. The 4-year-olds at Foster Academy in North Charleston didn't really know who state Rep. Jenny Horne and Rep. Sam Rivers were - but they certainly knew who Pete the Cat was.

He has won over 100 'Best in Shows' with his dogs, and over 100 with other people's dogs as well.

Students must be high school aged and participating in a foreign exchange program designated by the U.S. State Department.

Hot Properties highlights recently sold or leased commercial properties in the Charleston region.

When Record Store Day emerged in record shops across the country in 2008, popular opinion had all but wrung the death knell for traditional music retailers.

Attorney Evan Guthrie of the Evan Guthrie Law Firm in Charleston, South Carolina spoke to several Personal Finance and Entrepreneurship classes at Summerville High School in Summerville, SC on Tuesday October 29th 2013 Charleston, SC April 13, 2014 - Attorney Evan Guthrie of the Evan Guthrie Law Firm in Charleston, South Carolina spoke to several ... (more)

The coffee giant has applied to demolish the pizzeria building at 1117 Savannah Highway and build a new cafe with a drive-thru lane in its place, according to site plans recently submitted to the Charleston Technical Review Committee.

An S.C. House bill aimed at solving an impasse between centers that offer women natural births and the agency that regulates them appears to be foundering.

Another Flowertown Festival has come and gone. The weather and blooming fauna could not have been much better.

Heather Pringle of Summerville holds a picture of her two sons, including 22-year-old Don'ta Pringle, left, who was slain July 14 during a shooting in downtown Charleston.

The C at Coastal Coffee Roasters has expanded the coffeehouse footprint and now also features local visual artists.

Dorchester Habitat for Humanity has announced a new annual event, the Habitat Family Festival, 11 a.m.-7 p.m. May 10 in Azalea Park in downtown Summerville.

More than 200 volunteers are expected to participate in the third annual town-wide community service on Saturday, April 12. Mayor Bill Collins proclaimed the day Summerville Cares Day of Service on March 17. The program provides volunteers and resources, both monetary and man-powered, to aid organizations, charities and facilities throughout the ... (more)

Elizabeth Bennett, Jane Eyre and Scarlett O'Hara all carried reticules. These small, pouch-like bags were often made of net, beaded, closed and carried by drawstrings.

The man who sexually assaulted a jogger on a Summerville trail in January was sentenced Wednesday afternoon to 45 years in prison.

Summerville's 'small town charm' will soon extend to crosswalks, as the Town Finance Committee approved decorative updates Monday morning.

In his book No Little People , Francis Schaeffer wrote that "in God's sight there are no little people and no little places.

Summerville Police Department responded to a theft at Lowe's on March 10. According to the victim, a 25-year-old female of Summerville, she was shopping in the Lowe's garden center when she bent down to pick up a palm tree.

The Summerville Orchestra Friends, a support organization of the Summerville Orchestra, will be hosting an iced tea party fundraiser for the orchestra on Sunday afternoon, April 27, at the Summerville Country Club pavilion from 2-4 p.m. In addition to serving iced tea donated from Charleston Tea Plantation and elegant finger foods, the event will ... (more)