Новости за 13.08.2016

Cedar Hill exemplifies the image of a Lowcountry plantation: Greek revival home built in 1832, 177 acres of land, a Civil War story to peak interest. (Gen. Sherman once stayed there). But to say this property is out in the country from Charleston would be an understatement; it’s 99 miles to the west, near Barnwell.

Dolphins dive and surface along Green Creek just off shore. Panoramic views capture the western tip of Folly Beach, signified by a row of palmettos; a lone house in the woods on Kiawah Island’s eastern reaches; the wide quiet southern stretch of the Stono River.

Newly built residences at Cokers Commons in Goose Creek seek to remedy a failing in the otherwise upbeat Charleston area housing market; a shortage of affordable properties.

BY JIM PARKER

Midyear, two South Carolina cities place in the top 10 in terms of investment returns on single-family rental properties, according to a California-based online firm.

In a bid to reach out to customers, a real estate agency’s Mount Pleasant office recently installed equipment to allow people to surf through electronic filings of houses on the market.

Resort towns along the South Carolina coast and in the North Carolina mountains are the most popular places for greater Charleston residents to research online when looking to buy second homes, national home information website Trulia.com says.

SUMMERVILLE — There have been plenty of headlines dedicated to Fort Dorchester junior quarterback Dakereon Joyner.

Goose Creek and West Ashley will play later this season as part of the Region 7-AAAAA schedule, so it was unclear whether either team was willing to show very much in their two-quarter scrimmage at the 46th annual Sertoma Classic on Friday night.

The situation in Libya has reached a point where U.S. special forces have been deployed to help local militias fight the Islamic State and direct U.S. warplanes to the right targets. As in Iraq and Syria, the rise of the brutal Islamist movement has drawn this nation back into conflicts that were supposed to be a thing of the past.

Even as the controversy about whether to complete I-526 raged on in recent months, a different proposal to ease traffic on Johns Island has enjoyed wide popularity.

Your Aug. 1 Commentary page showcased two opinion pieces addressing beef and the environmental impacts of animal agriculture. I wish to respond to one of these. In her piece, Laura Wellesley advocates for a change in our consumption of meat, pointing to beef and other livestock as accounting for 14.5 percent of greenhouse gas emissions.

This is a perfect moment for the crisis in Ukraine to heat up, and worrying developments are afoot, prompting fears that Russian President Vladimir Putin might be planning an invasion or some other kind of hostile action against Kiev after all.

Irrefutable archival evidence proves that, during the 1970s, the communist East German government systematically administered anabolic steroids to its Olympic women’s swim team, which won 11 out of 13 possible gold medals in Montreal in 1976.

What is Charleston’s greatest challenge today?

Americans should vote for the person we think would make the best president.

The residents of Wadmalaw Island are dependent upon the infrastructure on Johns Island.

It’s been a while since I’ve seen a letter on this page from a writer claiming climate change is a lie promulgated by a vast liberal conspiracy (Donald Trump notwithstanding). I wonder why. Could it be the record-setting temperatures, not only here at home, but also globally? The year 2014 was the hottest on record — until...

An Aug. 9 letter writer hit the nail on the head in his letter titled "Too near refuge." What makes the situation more egregious is the fact that the Town of Awendaw purchased the land in question with Greenbelt monies for a passive park. Think about that as you vote on a half-cent sales tax hike referendum this November.

Like clockwork, the cheap labor lobbies have once again joined forces to advocate for increased immigration into the United States. ("S.C. execs join push for immigration reform," Aug. 5)

If Donald were to release his tax returns, and Hillary her Wall Street speeches, I believe all of us would run for the borders.

An Aug. 9 letter writer declared that Maureen Dowd has found her "principled leader in Donald Trump." Nothing could be further from the truth. The reader’s supporting statement was her line in a recent op-ed: "Who we choose is not really about our souls. It’s just politics, man."

Is there a place on the internet where I can look up what a repair should cost? I need an alternative to calling you.