BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C.–Three Berkeley County homeowners are being called heroes after rushing to save a baby’s life during a large house fire that occurred about two months ago. On May 31, 2016, Berkeley County 9-1-1 received a call in reference to a house fire with the possibility of a child entrapped inside a house in the Overton community of Berkeley County. […]
GOOSE CREEK, S.C.–Goose Creek City Administrator Dennis Harmon was honored this week for his nearly four decades of service with the City. Above, Mayor Michael Heitzler (right) presents a 38-year Service Pin to Harmon at the beginning of the July 12 City Council meeting as several dozen attendees look on. Harmon, who became city administrator in 1978, is retiring on […]
BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C.–On Monday night, Berkeley County Council passed an amended FY16-17 budget by a 5-0 vote. This was the budget’s third and final reading. The $74 million budget includes $900,000 set aside for ten new county positions including: five new Community Action Team Officers for the Berkeley County Sheriff’s Office, two administrative positions for the solicitor and public defender’s office as well as one […]
GOOSE CREEK, S.C.–Goose Creek Mayor Michael Heitzler addresses the Berkeley Chamber of Commerce’s Mayor Briefing on Friday, June 24 as moderator Warren Peper looks on. The event was held at Charleston Southern University’s Whitfield Center for Christian Leadership. Mayor Heitzler joined other leaders including Summerville Mayor Wiley Johnson, St. Stephen Mayor John Rivers and Moncks Corner Mayor Michael Lockliear to […]
BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C.–Berkeley County Supervisor Bill Peagler addressed over 300 business and community leaders at Googlefest 2016 at Trident Technical College Wednesday morning. During the opening remarks at the fourth annual Googlefest event, Supervisor Peagler highlighted the recent economic development success had by Berkeley County over the past 18 months that total over $1.1 billion in new investment announcements and over […]
GOOSE CREEK, S.C.–The City of Goose Creek will soon have a new City Administrator: Goose Creek City Council voted unanimously at its June 14 meeting to appoint Jake Broom to the position effective Aug. 2. Broom, 31, will take the place of veteran City Administrator Dennis Harmon, who is retiring on Aug. 1 after 38 years on the job. Council […]
GOOSE CREEK, S.C.–Goose Creek City Administrator Dennis Harmon has been awarded The Order of the Silver Crescent by South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley. Harmon, who is retiring on Aug. 1 after 38 years as Goose Creek City Administrator, was presented the award by Rep. Joe Daning and Rep. Bill Crosby at the June 14 Goose Creek City Council meeting. The […]
BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C.–While there are more than 113,000 registered voters in Berkeley County, only 5.16% cast their ballots in Tuesday’s primary. That equates to just 5,836 voters who showed up at the polls. Despite a SLED investigation concerning allegations of ethics violations, Berkeley County Councilman Ken Gunn and State Rep. Samuel Rivers Jr. still came out on top. Gunn received 69.42% of the votes in […]
GOOSE CREEK, S.C.–Mayor Michael Heitzler has proclaimed June 20-26 “Amateur Radio Week” in the City of Goose Creek. The Mayor signed the proclamation at City Hall on June 13th. The proclamation calls Amateur Radio a valuable tool for Goose Creek’s emergency organizations, as well as one that the nation uses in times of crises such as hurricanes or tsunami catastrophes […]
BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C.–At Monday night’s council meeting, county leaders were set to take up an item on the agenda aimed at providing legal representation for employees and elected officials “under investigation for actions taken in the course of their employment with Berkeley County.” The measure comes five days after Berkeley County Sheriff Duane Lewis asked SLED to investigate allegations of ethics violations involving Representative […]
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