🌱 Lime E-Bikes Coming To Charleston + Twitter Account Restored

Morning, Charleston! Here's everything you need to know to get this Saturday started off right.

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First, today's weather:

Partly sunny; breezy, humid. High: 79 Low: 61.

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Here are the top three stories in Charleston today:

1. A North Charleston nonprofit is bringing clean water to aid Ukrainian refugees. Water Mission is focused on providing clean water to areas hit by natural and man-made disasters. The nonprofit has sent nine water filtration systems to be operated in Poland, Romania, and Ukraine to assist the millions of refugees. (ABC NEWS 4)
2. The City of Charleston has announced that Lime will be the area's bikeshare provider. The company will be bringing over 200 electric bikes to the peninsula. The company will reportedly hire around 30 local employees to help with the electric bike operations. (WCBD News 2)
3. The City of North Charleston's Twitter account is back in the hands of city officials following a recent hack. The city announced its return with a comical joke referring to the strength of its old password "Goo$$eCr3eek". The hacker changed the account's bio and sent spam messages from the city's account. (WTMA)

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Today in Charleston:

• Challenge Course Adventures At The James Island County Park (1:00 PM)
• Yarn Junkies At Hanahan Library (1:00 PM)

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From my notebook:

• The Charleston Animal Society will be at Camping World today from 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. The shelter will be bringing some dogs awaiting adoption. (Facebook)
• Camp Hope returns Jun. 13 through Jul. 28. To sign up please email:
  Laquilla Smalls- simmonsl@charleston-sc.gov (Twitter)
• The Charleston Farmers Market opens today at 8:00 a.m. Participants will be able to purchase local produce and local crafts. (Twitter)

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Thanks for following along and staying informed! I'll see you soon.

— Nicole Fallon-Peek

About me: Nicole Fallon-Peek is a journalist and copywriter with a degree in Media, Culture and Communication from New York University. She has served as a freelance reporter, managing editor, copy editor, and editorial director for a variety of B2B news outlets. She currently co-owns and operates content creation agency Lightning Media Partners.