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🌱 Clemson’s former Bi-Lo site gets a new grocery store today

Clemson, South Carolina Patch AM: a 4 min read

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In today's newsletter:

  • Clemson’s former Bi-Lo site gets a new grocery store today
  • Meet the Clemson researcher working toward longer-lasting electronics materials
  • Clemson climbs national rankings for supporting military students

Also on today's calendar: Life Science Symposium and 5 more events.

Today's riddle: What are the two sides of a circle? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

  • Wednesday: Partly sunny and pleasant, with a high of 72 and low of 53 degrees.
  • Thursday: Times of clouds and sun, temps: high: 67, low: 41.
  • Friday: Cooler; breezy in the p.m., with a high of 56 and low of 36 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

1. Harris Teeter to open in Clemson with Starbucks, fuel center (greenvilleonline.com) — Clemson’s first Harris Teeter is scheduled to open today, Nov. 11, at 501 Old Greenville Highway, bringing a grocery store back to the former Bi-Lo site. The roughly 53,000-square-foot store includes a fuel center, drive-thru pharmacy and Starbucks kiosk, and the company expects it to create 100 to 200 jobs.
   

2. Hitachi supports Clemson Ph.D. student's optoelectronics research (clemson.edu) — Clemson doctoral student Kanak Kanti Bhowmik has received a $25,000 Hitachi fellowship to investigate why promising materials for LEDs, sensors and other electronics lose performance over time. Using the university’s advanced electron microscopes, he will study tiny structural and chemical changes to help identify ways to make those materials more reliable.
   

3. Clemson earns multiple national recognitions for its support of military students and employees (clemson.edu) — Clemson University ranks seventh nationally among colleges in Military Times’ latest Best for Vets rankings, rising six places from last year. The university serves 3,228 military-connected students this fall, about 11 percent of enrollment, and also earned recognition for supporting veterans and military families as an employer.
   

4. Clemson University class of 1979 ring found after missing for 6 years (wyff4.com) — Two Clemson utility workers fixing a broken pipe off Riggs Drive found something Jody Hunter had spent six years missing: his 1979 Clemson class ring. Hidden beneath a pipe in mud and sediment, the ring was returned Tuesday after its engravings and help from the Clemson Alumni Association led workers to Hunter.
   

5. Courier Legal Notice 11-11-26 (yourpickenscounty.com) — Clemson has filed a court action against Stephen D. Campbell, doing business as Shorecrest Apartments, according to a published summons. The notice says the complaint was filed Sept. 8 and requires an answer within 30 days after service, but it does not describe the dispute or the relief sought.
   

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🗓 Events Nearby

    Thursday November 12
  • Cheer: Class AAA Cheerleading State Qualifier (Varsity)
    Spring Valley
    5:00 pm
  • Girls Basketball: Gaffney vs Daniel (Varsity)
    Daniel High School
    6:00 pm
  • Boys Basketball: Gaffney vs Daniel (Varsity)
    Daniel High School
    7:00 pm
    • Friday November 13
  • Yoga for You →
    Fire Station Community Room, 740 Issaqueena Trail, Central
    10:00 am

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What are the two sides of a circle?" — The inside and the outside ! (Thank you James M. for sending it in!)
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