Adventure sails to Charleston from Maine in 13 days
The sailing ship Adventure arrived in Charleston under gray skies after a 13 day voyage from Rockport Maine where it was built. The vessel was to reach Charleston City Marina then proceed to Charles Towne Landing to mark the historic site of the first English settlement in the Carolinas. The ship replaces an earlier design of the same name which sank four years ago.
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Charleston
Rockport
Maine
Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism
Charleston City Marina
Ashley River
Charles Towne Landing
South Carolina
Carolinas
Charleston City
Charleston Harbor
Cypress Gardens Halloween Haunts Return To Moncks Corner
Cypress Gardens near Charleston and Moncks Corner hosts haunted trails and a haunted boat ride through black water lagoons with a storyteller, marshmallow roast, and a lighted pumpkin trail. The event faced a rain cancellation on Friday night and warns that the experience is not for the faint of heart.
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Moncks Corner
Charleston
Woman awarded 3M judgment in Target defamation case
Rita Cantrell of Greer, South Carolina, won a federal defamation suit against Target Corp. for more than 3 million dollars. A Target employee distributed an email warning stores after Cantrell attempted to pay with a counterfeit-looking $100 bill. The Secret Service found the bill authentic and Target plans to appeal the verdict.
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Greenville
South Carolina
Target Corp
Greenville News
Rita Cantrell
Greer
Cantrell
Target
U.S. Secret Service
Bethany Zucco
Water Missions to aid Honduran flood victims
Charleston based Water Missions International will supply 10 water treatment systems to Honduras. Each unit uses 275 gallon steel cage tanks with generators to purify water from ponds or streams, capable of 100000 gallons daily. The request follows two weeks of heavy rain causing flooding, 29 deaths and 14 missing. Water Missions, founded seven years ago, has deployed units in hard to reach areas and disaster zones.
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Charleston
Water Missions International
Honduras
Water Missions
Survivor couple wins $80K wedding in Charleston promotion
Jaime Dugan and Erik Huffman, who met on Survivor China, won an $80,000 wedding funded by the Charleston Convention and Visitors Bureau. They will wed next April at Wild Dunes after earning the prize from online votes by more than 35,000 viewers. Huffman is in a rock band and Dugan works with a women's ministry.
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Charleston
China
Convention Bureau
Huffman
Dugan
Man charged after animals found in filthy home
Anderson County man William Skovian, 47, charged with animal cruelty and child neglect after Honea Path police removed 34 living animals and four dead cats from his home. a 3-year-old boy was in custody of Anderson County Social Services.
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Honea Path
Anderson County
Shawn Boseman
William Skovian
Anderson Independent Mail
Skovian
Boseman
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