Recently added articles from The Post and Courier (Charleston, SC):
Mount Pleasant, S.C., may suspend building permit cap due to low demand.
Oct 02, 2007 ... Byline: Prentiss Findlay Oct. 2--MOUNT PLEASANT, S.C. -- Demand for permits to build single-family homes has fallen so sharply this year that the town might suspend a controversial program it began in 2001 to curb residential growth. Town Council's Planning and ...
Berkeley County, S.C., planners to vote on Parks of Berkeley growth.
Oct 02, 2007 ... Byline: Andy Paras Oct. 2--MONCKS CORNER, S.C. -- The Berkeley County Planning Commission is expected to decide tonight whether it will recommend changing the county's comprehensive plan to allow the massive Parks of Berkeley subdivision to grow by 2,000 acres. An ...
College of Charleston Foundation sues to halt plantation photo sales.
Oct 02, 2007 ... Byline: John P. McDermott Oct. 2--The College of Charleston Foundation is suing a photographer who is selling expensive images of a plantation it owns near Hollywood, a dispute that involves the wishes of the property's late owner and copyright law. The foundation, a ...
Groups to pay $10 million a year to find ways to cut power use, go renewable.
Oct 02, 2007 ... Byline: Kyle Stock Oct. 2--South Carolina residents can cut their electricity use by about a third and state utilities can get at least 3 percent of their power from renewable sources, according to two studies released Monday by the state's 20 electric cooperatives. ...
South Carolina school board to decide on charter school rent issue.
Oct 02, 2007 ... Byline: Diette Courrege Oct. 2--The Charleston Charter School for Math & Science has asked the state Board of Education to decide whether the county school board violated state law and exceeded its authority in setting its requirements for the school. The charter ...