Новости за 18.08.2016

My wife and I love a good science project but got more than expected. We decided to view the much hyped Perseid meteor shower early Friday morning. There were supposed to be up to 200 meteors per hour. If we could see that many meteors firing up the sky it would have been well worth the 1 a.m. excursion.

Thanks to the Town of Mount Pleasant, Department of Transportation, Groves Association and whoever else was instrumental in getting stop signs installed at Palm Street and Lakeview Drive.

I read almost daily negative letters about Donald Trump. I have been a supporter since day one. No, I do not like everything he says, but I trust this man.

As an American I have been embarrassed watching the presidential race unfold. I have asked myself how we ended up with Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump as contenders for the presidency of the greatest country on earth.

We drove into Charleston Aug. 13 to attend a program at the Circular Congregational Church on Meeting Street. We dodged numerous pedicabs in all directions, nearly hitting two on the way out of town about 8:30 p.m. when it was nearly dark. They didn’t stop at crosswalks for pedestrians, they traveled in the left lane long before indicating...

Once upon a time, a scantily clad lass padding down a beach might cause a riot — at least of eyeballs eager to extend the sidelong glance. Today, it’s the fully clothed woman who overheats the passions in France, where three towns have banned the burkini. Leave it to the French to criminalize modesty.

Aetna is pulling out of 11 of the 15 states it serves on the Obamacare exchanges.

LOS ANGELES — Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper are starring in a remake of "A Star is Born."

The youngest and least experienced team in the newly formed Region 7-AAAAA will be the James Island Trojans. However, third-year head coach Ike Allred feels the program is setting up to be a very competitive team in the very near future.

Colleton County head coach Chris Collins has to replace 22 graduated seniors, including nine defensive starters, from a team that went 5-6 overall and 1-3 in Region 8-AAAA last season.

As he begins his ninth season as the head coach at West Ashley, Bobby Marion feels his program is inching ever so close to being a consistent winner.

In his first seven seasons as head football coach at Baptist Hill, Marion Brown experienced only two losing records. Unfortunately, both of those seasons have come in succession over the last two years.

Five significant injuries derailed Dorchester Academy’s bid for a winning season in 2015, but third-year head coach Chris Myers sees better days ahead this fall.

Woodland has a new head football coach this fall, but he’s no stranger to the program.

Sixth-year coach Russell Zehr believes the Cane Bay Cobras have an opportunity to be one of the better football teams in their region and classification this fall, but not by just showing up and being the bigger school.

In terms of returning starters, Goose Creek’s don’t impress. The Gators have just seven coming back.

The Stratford Knights were on the wrong side of the fence for the playoffs last fall, and are aiming to avoid a repeat of that fate in 2016. They had a losing record for only the fifth time in school history, which dates back to 1983.

The loss to Academic Magnet a season ago still keeps Garrett Tech football coach Nick Hopp awake at night nine months later.

Antonio Godfrey was 5 years old when the idea of playing football for Burke first crept into his mind.

They’ve been the heart and soul of Porter-Gaud’s football team since they were sophomores two years ago, and now the wait is over.

Last year was a historic season for the Georgetown High School football team.

When Charleston Collegiate coach Archie Horne went to a spread offense in 2012, most coaches thought it couldn’t work in 8-man football.

With a roster full of freshmen, Military Magnet head coach Gene Ross knew the Eagles would take their share of lumps last season.

BLAKENEY, Ulysses David, 59, of Charleston, a construction worker, died Monday. Arrangements by Smith-McNeal’s Downtown Chapel.

ALSTON, Dianna, Kingstree