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Watch Sparks Fly, Celebration for Mr. Simmons

Mary Edna’s band, Lime and the Coconuts, played for a gathering honoring Philip Simmons, Charleston’s renowned ironworker. Simmons fashioned more than 500 decorative pieces of ornamental wrought iron — gates, fences, balconies and window grills. Mr. Simmons is 97 years old and a unifying force in the community. He taught perseverance and diligence about his […]
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50 Houses on Kiawah Sand

The eleven-minute documentary features interviews with Dr. Orrin Pilkey, Professor of Earth Sciences at Duke University, and Nancy Vinson, CCL’s Program Director for Air and Water Quality.  Diagrams and maps are provided by geologist Miles O. Hayes, quoted in a recent Post & Courier article as saying, “I’m appalled that they want to develop that […]
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Delete Apathy, Promoting Environmental Action

Thanks to all our wonderful volunteers, donors, and folks who attended this successful event. We had over 200 come out to support the Coastal Conservation League. Dana Downs, songwriter from Athens, and Mary Edna sung a protest to stop the coal plant on the Great Pee Dee River and performed Dana’s Delete Apathy song. Folks […]
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