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Riley blames store owner
Charleston Mayor Joe Riley blames Sofa Super Store owner Herb Goldstein for the deaths of nine firefighters and insists that the city and its Fire Department did everything possible to prevent the tragedy on June 18. Riley said in an interview Friday that illegally built additions compromised the massive building's fire protection and allowed a small outdoor trash fire to quickly race inside a showroom stuffed with flammable furniture.
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Charleston Mayor Joe Riley blames Sofa Super Store owner Herb Goldstein for the deaths of nine firefighters and insists that the city and its Fire Department did everything possible to prevent the tragedy on June 18. Riley said in an interview Friday that illegally built additions compromised the massive building's fire protection and allowed a small outdoor trash fire to quickly race inside a showroom stuffed with flammable furniture.
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City Council members say they've been left out of loop on fire developments
Most Charleston City Council members feel they have been kept on the sidelines and poorly informed during the city's Sofa Super Store fire review and efforts to improve the Fire Department. Many of those concerns came to a head during the past two weeks when some council members first learned of key events from constituents or news sources rather than City Hall.
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Most Charleston City Council members feel they have been kept on the sidelines and poorly informed during the city's Sofa Super Store fire review and efforts to improve the Fire Department. Many of those concerns came to a head during the past two weeks when some council members first learned of key events from constituents or news sources rather than City Hall.
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AP Academy has trouble drawing applicants
Low-achieving Burke High School is struggling to attract the county's brightest students for its new, rigorous program. The downtown school will open an Advanced Placement Academy this fall, and fewer students have applied for the program than officials hoped. The AP Academy could enroll 1...
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Low-achieving Burke High School is struggling to attract the county's brightest students for its new, rigorous program. The downtown school will open an Advanced Placement Academy this fall, and fewer students have applied for the program than officials hoped. The AP Academy could enroll 1...
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Winding road for grad
Many students take a the expressway through higher education, finishing degrees in the shortest amount of time possible. But others, such as Timi Davie, 38, who graduated from the Medical University South Carolina on Friday with a doctorate in pharmacy, take the scenic route and find a ric...
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Many students take a the expressway through higher education, finishing degrees in the shortest amount of time possible. But others, such as Timi Davie, 38, who graduated from the Medical University South Carolina on Friday with a doctorate in pharmacy, take the scenic route and find a ric...
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Bike Week busy for MUSC trauma
Bikers know Myrtle Beach Bike Week by the crowds and roaring street machines. Trauma surgeons at Medical University of South Carolina know Bike Week by the wounds. As the only Level 1 trauma center in the Lowcountry, and one of only four in the state, MUSC handles some of the most severe m...
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Bikers know Myrtle Beach Bike Week by the crowds and roaring street machines. Trauma surgeons at Medical University of South Carolina know Bike Week by the wounds. As the only Level 1 trauma center in the Lowcountry, and one of only four in the state, MUSC handles some of the most severe m...
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Arrest made in Mom's Day slaying
Charleston police arrested Samuel Phillip Smiley, 17, of East Bay Street on Friday on charges of murder and armed robbery in the recent slaying of Jesse Meyers. Officers arrested Smiley at Murray Hill Academy, police public information officer Charles Francis said. Smiley is scheduled to h...
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Charleston police arrested Samuel Phillip Smiley, 17, of East Bay Street on Friday on charges of murder and armed robbery in the recent slaying of Jesse Meyers. Officers arrested Smiley at Murray Hill Academy, police public information officer Charles Francis said. Smiley is scheduled to h...
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Public soon will own natural treasures
The northern tip of Morris Island would become public land at less cost to taxpayers under an agreement reached with Ginn Resorts that also could help preserve Long Island, a 2.5-mile network of marsh islands near Folly Beach. The pending deals also would give the city of Charleston the power to decide what, if any, docks, trails or facilities should be built there.
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The northern tip of Morris Island would become public land at less cost to taxpayers under an agreement reached with Ginn Resorts that also could help preserve Long Island, a 2.5-mile network of marsh islands near Folly Beach. The pending deals also would give the city of Charleston the power to decide what, if any, docks, trails or facilities should be built there.
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The tally
Twenty-seven students have been accepted into Burke High School's new Advanced Placement Academy. The goal was for 60 percent of its students to come from the peninsula and 40 percent from elsewhere in the county. The schools and number of students who have been accepted into the program: B...
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Twenty-seven students have been accepted into Burke High School's new Advanced Placement Academy. The goal was for 60 percent of its students to come from the peninsula and 40 percent from elsewhere in the county. The schools and number of students who have been accepted into the program: B...
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To apply
The Advanced Placement Academy is open to any student in Charleston County and is continuing to accept applications. Interested students can go to burke.ccsdschools.com and click on the "AP Academy at Burke High School" link or call 579-4317 for more information. ...
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The Advanced Placement Academy is open to any student in Charleston County and is continuing to accept applications. Interested students can go to burke.ccsdschools.com and click on the "AP Academy at Burke High School" link or call 579-4317 for more information. ...
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Charleston schools hire 3 administrators
The Charleston County School Board has hired three new administrators.
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The Charleston County School Board has hired three new administrators.
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