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Food and Wine Festival (Script) This year’s wine and food festival more than doubled as economic impact to Charleston. It’s new at 6:00. The College of Charleston Office of Tourism found despite the economic downturn the total impact grew to more than 5 million this year for more than 2 million in 2009.

Showing signs of recovery Still, the recovery is fragile and College of Charleston economist Frank Hefner said the picture isn’t all positive. “We still have excess housing, wages are still pretty stagnant, the state budget is in a mess, stimulus money is running out — a lot of things have propped us up,” Hefner said. […]

Hearings to focus on exploration The elephant in the room is uncertainty over just how much oil or gas might be out there. It’s generally accepted that not a whole lot of oil lies off South Carolina. There are two types of natural gas fields, the commercially extracted “drier” fields and frozen methane fields that […]

Making it count Charleston Mayor Joe Riley  and College of Charleston President George Benson go door to door on Coming Street to encourage college students to fill out their 2010 Census forms. The neighborhood was chosen because of its low rate of forms returned. http://www.postandcourier.com/news/2010/apr/20/making-it-count/

Research programs in South Carolina will receive a $6.4 million boost from federal grants, U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham announced Monday. The University of South Carolina Research Foundation, the Medical University of South Carolina, the College of Charleston, Coastal Carolina University and Clemson University will receive a combined $6.4 million from the National Science Foundation, the […]

Census (Script) Charleston Mayor Joe Riley was walking door to door to get folks to return their censuses. The mayor placed door fliers on residences in an area where returns for the census forms have been low. The mayor was joined by College of Charleston President George Benson…he wants to get College of Charleston students […]

Many college students aren’t filling out Census forms Mayor Joe Riley and College of Charleston President George Benson kicked off a campaign to alert students of their responsibility to fill out and return a Census form. The mayor and president went door-to-door and talked to students who answered, and hung reminders on doors of those […]

South Carolina universities awarded over $6.4 million in grants WASHINGTON, D.C. (WIS) – Sen. Lindsey Graham announced more than $6.4 million in grants for Clemson University, Coastal Carolina University, College of Charleston, Medical University of South Carolina, and University of South Carolina Research Foundation. The grants were awarded by the National Science Foundation, the Department […]

Blue Angels (script) You’re looking at the navy blue angels performing aerial acrobatics for thousands of spectators in South Carolina. I always see this at Jones Beach on long island on Memorial Day. Capped off Charleston’s navy week. The event attracted big name politicians like Republican Senator Lindsay Graham and Senator John McCain both veterans. […]

Mayor Riley goes door-to-door, asking students to fill out the Census Mayor Joe Riley and College of Charleston President George Benson kicked off a campaign to alert students of their responsibility to fill out and return a Census form. The mayor and president went door-to-door and talked to students who answered, and hung reminders on […]