Saturday: Humid with a heavy t-storm, with a high of 80 and low of 74 degrees.
Sunday: A t-storm around in the p.m., temps: high: 86, low: 74. 🌶 Hot!
Monday: Humid; a stray p.m. t-storm, with a high of 88 and low of 74 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• SC Ports and Army Corps sign feasibility study for upper harbor deepening project (abcnews4.com) — Charleston Harbor could soon see even deeper waters as SC Ports and the U.S. Army Corps launch a feasibility study to deepen the stretch between Leatherman and North Charleston Terminals. The project aims to let all local container terminals handle the largest ships at any tide, strengthening port competitiveness and supporting jobs and cargo growth across the region.
• North Charleston woman, stabbed in the eye as a child, inspired new SC seizure first aid law (live5news.com) — A North Charleston woman's childhood injury and lifelong epilepsy journey helped inspire South Carolina's new Seizure First Aid and Epilepsy law, now in effect statewide. The law requires state agencies to post clear seizure-response instructions, and local advocates hope Charleston-area private employers will voluntarily follow suit to better protect workers and visitors.
• Robert Lee Trivette (elizabethton.com) — Charleston readers are remembering Navy veteran and longtime local resident Robert Lee Trivett, who was stationed here in 1969 and raised his family in the city. The beloved teacher and mentor later split time with Tennessee, and his family requests memorial donations to St. Jude's or a charity of your choice, with burial arrangements in Johnson City pending.
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
A Note to James Island Parents About Kids, E-Bikes & the Harbor View Road Area I have debated writing this for quite some time. The conversation around kids on bikes and e-bikes has become pretty polarized — on one side, "they… (Nextdoor Harbor View)
CHARLESTON — If you see a giant hot dog on wheels, feel free to stop by, take a picture and relish the moment. The Wienermobile is celebrating its 90th birthday with a coast-to-coast tour. The Oscar Mayer Wienermobile has so far been to places including… (Nextdoor Bayview Farms)
Robert Half posted a job opening for Accounting Clerk in Charleston. Apply here.
PSG Global Solutions posted a job opening for Sanitation Worker in Charleston. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Charleston here.
🗞 Nearby News
James Island
'Residents have been waiting years': City starting process on Central Park Drainage Basin improvements (live5news.com)
Restaurateurs Behind The Harlow Opening Char House Social This Fall (whatnow.com)
Mount Pleasant
Mount Pleasant looks to extend multi-use path toward Isle of Palms (live5news.com)
Mount Pleasant to discuss adding restrictions on data centers (counton2.com)
This South Carolina Seafood Shack Has a Dock Where You Can Watch Your Dinner Come In (myfamilytravels.com)
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