Local News from Post & Courier

• 2 town hall meetings planned September 8, 2010
  Charleston City Council member Gary White Jr. will hold a town hall meeting on Daniel Island from 6 to 7 tonight at the Berkeley County Library at 2301 Daniel Island Drive. White plans to give residents an update regarding parks, parking improvements and economic development projects on Daniel Island. […]
• Sheheen calls for harbor deepening September 8, 2010
  Democratic gubernatorial candidate Vincent Sheheen dropped by Waterfront Park on Tuesday to criticize his Republican opponent for not doing more to ensure that South Carolina gets $400,000 to deepen Charleston Harbor. […]
• Cooper, Ard would seek out industry September 8, 2010
  Republican Ken Ard and Democrat Ashley Cooper face off Nov. 2 in the race for lieutenant governor, a position that includes presiding over the Senate and overseeing the state's Office on Aging. […]
• Hermine causes little damage in Texas September 8, 2010
  RAYMONDVILLE, Texas -- Tropical Storm Hermine gave a wet and windy punch to Texas on Tuesday before weakening into a tropical depression, leaving only minor scrapes in the storm-weary Rio Grande Valley, which is proving resilient this hurricane season after taking a third tropical system on the chin. […]
• Memorial opening planned for 2011 September 8, 2010
  NEW YORK -- Officials hoisted a 70-foot piece of World Trade Center steel at ground zero Tuesday and vowed to open the Sept. 11 memorial by next year, although they acknowledged that the ongoing construction at the site would limit where and how the public could visit. […]