Новости за 25.09.2016

WASHINGTON — It’s here, at last. The showdown we’ve all been waiting for: Hillary Clinton vs. Donald Trump.

BY STEVE BAILEY

The Sept. 18 Post and Courier announced the bad news that Roxbury Park in Meggett will be closed for the peak months of wildflowers, butterflies and migrating birds. Meggett Mayor Buster Herrington said that the park needs "trimming and pruning."

I read Frank Wooten’s column about the excesses of MUSC’s board of trustees. I found it interesting that he thought $160 for a bottle of Barolo was extravagant. There’s a better story that didn’t make the faintest ripple.

In a Sept. 21 letter to the editor titled "Health care slide," the writer advances the notion that more government intervention will result in deterioration of our health care.

Almost every day we read about road issues. Everyone agrees that we have a structural problem.

The Sept. 18 Petula Dvorak column "Time has come to dismantle fraternities and end their excesses" glosses over the primary reason to dismantle fraternities.

NEW YORK — Prince’s first wife and onetime muse, the actress, singer and dancer Mayte Garcia, is working on an "intimate memoir."

When I first used email in 1991, I thought it was the greatest invention since the VCR. Wow, what a convenient way to communicate: No need to wait for my contact recipient to be available when I am.

LOS ANGELES — Jared Leto is set to star as eccentric pop art icon Andy Warhol in an upcoming biopic.

Who hasn’t feigned illness to take a day off from work?

"Walk Charleston," a compact travel guide by E.B. Heston, now is available from online and traditional bookstores. The 72-page guidebook helps users explore this historic city on foot, at their own pace.

ONLY THE HUNTED RUN. By Neely Tucker. Viking. 288 pages. $27.

RAZOR GIRL. By Carl Hiaasen. Knopf. 333 pages. $27.95.

MADAM CHIEF JUSTICE: Jean Hoefer Toal of South Carolina. Edited by W. Lewis Burke Jr. and Joan P. Assey. The University of South Carolina Press. 205 pages. $24.99.

Jonathon Heyward, just 24, already is on a path to success in the classical music world. Heyward grew up in West Ashley and attended Charleston County public schools. He studied cello with Timothy O’Malley, whose patience and generosity enabled Heyward to advance as an artist.

Soaring arches blend with custom stone masonry in the Brynwood, creating a visually intriguing front facade.

It’s nearly that time of year when gardeners think of spring: of planting bulbs that are going to bloom then. Bulbs are "pre-packaged" flowers, so a green thumb isn’t necessary to get those first season’s blossoms. Still, a few tips for buying and planting bulbs can make for a better show next spring and beyond.

For new parents, the urge to keep little ones entertained and enriched can often lead to a home so full of baby gear and toys that grown-up style all but disappears.

Nut trees make great additions to yards and gardens. They provide multi-purpose crops, have attractive blooms and can protect as wind buffers.

NEW YORK — The Shakers, an industrious and pious New England sect that rose to prominence in the 19th century but whose membership has now dwindled from thousands to three, have long had an outsize influence on design and designers.

The transactions listed below include properties sold for $200,000 or more and recorded between Aug. 18-19.

Vince McMahon may be a septuagenarian, but don't try telling that to the WWE chairman.

BECKER, John, Hollywood

DOOSE, John C., 90, of Charleston, a retired engineering inspection officer with the Navy and widower of Iris Doose, died Friday. Arrangements by Stuhr’s West Ashley Chapel.