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Charleston pushes forward on proposed MUSC overlay zone
By Skyler Baldwin
Charleston City Council on Tuesday unanimously approved a fast-moving proposal to create a special development district that would allow the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) to be exempt from some of the city’s zoning restrictions.
The project, which has reportedly been in the works for nearly a year but has not been widely discussed by the public, would allow for rapid growth and expansion in a zone around MUSC.
“A lot of tweaking and changes have been going on as a result of community input and advocacy input,” Charleston Mayor William Cogswell said at the Sept. 23 meeting.
The district overlay zone would allow MUSC to demolish 17 properties near the hospital without approval from the city’s Board of Architectural Review — though approval would still be needed for other buildings and for new construction. It would increase height limitations on new construction to up to 250 feet in some areas and remove restrictions for off-site parkand-ride facilities or garages. It also would remove restrictions on hours of operation for businesses, among other changes.
Despite the seeming victory for the university and project leaders, Cogswell called the proposal a “compromise.”
“Did MUSC get everything they want? No,” he said at Tuesday’s meeting. “It’s an example of how things should work, and I appreciate everyone being willing to lean in.
“I do trust MUSC,” Cogswell added. “They have been around for 200 years, since before there were even mayors. … And they have an incredible track record of providing incredible amenities for not just the city but for the region. For this next chapter, for which I applaud their vision and ambition ... I think it is our job to work with them to make that vision into a reality.”
Advocates, citizens concerned
The city received more than a dozen public comments on the proposal at the start of the Sept. 23 meeting. While many shared support for MUSC’s efforts to expand and provide higher quality care for Lowcountry patients, they also shared concerns for historic preservation, flooding, increasingly bad traffic and a growing lack of available parking in the area.
“Flooding on the peninsula worsens every year,” said Susan Lyons, a member of the Harleston Village community adjacent to the MUSC campus. “While the city and MUSC are promising that flooding will be addressed, I would have wanted to see specific plans for this as a condition for approval of the overlay district.
“Flood waters and traffic backup know no boundaries,” she added. “This project should have prioritized specific forward-looking planning for its impact on the surrounding areas. The public’s response reflects that.”
Preservation Society of Charleston President and CEO Brian Turner said the
The Rundown
New initiative seeks to reclaim 1,000 units for affordable housing
Several banks and other private and public organizations this week launched the new Charleston Workforce Housing Fund to reclaim 1,000 multifamily apartments at risk of market-driven rent increases.
The fund, spearheaded by the Charleston Regional Development Alliance (CRDA), will preserve one-, two- and three-bedroom rental units in Charleston, Berkeley and Dorchester counties through 20-year deed restrictions for workers who earn 30% and 100% of the area’s median income. As of Sept. 23, $35 million of the initiative’s $50 million goal is committed.
recent revisions to the proposal are steps in the right direction, but there’s more work to be done.
“Our focus has been on ensuring this zoning change results in better investments in civic infrastructure,” he told the Charleston City Paper Wednesday. “That means stormwater, drainage, transit and building rehabilitation. The revised ordinance is an important starting point, but it will be incumbent on the city and Medical University to work together with community partners to ensure these aspirations are delivered.”
City leaders hopeful for MUSC’s future
Despite the concerns from community advocates and residents, council members lauded MUSC’s commitment to remain on the peninsula for the foreseeable future.
“MUSC is facing a lot of the same challenges we all are facing on the peninsula and around the city,” council member Ross Appel said at the Sept. 23 meeting. “For MUSC specifically: major stormwater flooding issues; very difficult and I would argue antiquated, unpredictable, cumbersome zoning regulations that we have.
“And against all of those challenges, MUSC didn’t do the easy thing, which would be to bail and go to Summerville or North Charleston or somewhere else. They’ve decided to stick it out with the city
“This is about preserving communities by giving our neighbors reliable access to quality housing,” said CRDA Board Chair William Russell. “We’re investing in the Charleston region’s future by making sure our workforce has access to stable, affordable homes — now and for decades to come.”
Initiative funders include Truist Bank, the Medical University of South Carolina, College of Charleston, REV Federal Credit Union, South State Bank, Boeing, the InterTech Group and more. City Paper staff
“I’m sorry, Dylan Ruth? … Can you give me more information?”
—FBI Director Kash Patel on Sept. 17 when asked about convicted murderer and White supremacist Dylann Roof, who killed nine Black parishioners in Charleston in 2015. At the time, Patel was a prosecutor with the U.S. Department of Justice, which secured a 33-count indictment against Roof. Source: The State
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Numbers are based on weekly average costs nationwide.
Milk (half-gallon): $1.50 ( $0.02)
Cheese (8-ounce block): $2.63 ( $0.31)
Eggs (dozen, large white): $2.63 ( $0.29)
Bananas (per pound): $0.59 ( $0.01)
Avocados (each): $1.10 ( $0.17)
Sources: Most recent data at ams.usda.gov, gasprices.aaa.com
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City council members approved the first reading of a new development overlay zone at MUSC
CofC flexible on proposed dorm if remains found, Hsu says
By Herb Fraizer
College of Charleston president Andrew Hsu said this week that the college intends to build a new dormitory at 106 Coming St., home of the former YWCA building, but if “extraordinary circumstances” arise the college could reevaluate the plan.
After facing stiff opposition to the dorm, Hsu said the college will “reset” the timeline for the Coming Street Commons project on property that could hold the remains of people buried two centuries ago.
“I take full responsibility and admit to the missteps in our earlier actions,” he told more than 100 Charleston residents and students gathered Monday evening in a cramped second-floor meeting room at St. Julian Divine Community Center. “For that, I express my sincere regret. Our intent is to respect the past, the place and the people.”
ters of the YWCA of Greater Charleston.
“Without that data, we would not know to what extent there are human remains, and we would not know how to treat the ground most respectfully,” Hsu told the Charleston City Paper after the meeting.
Considering options
Removing remains to another cemetery and reinterring them at the site are options that are under consideration, depending on the second radar test, he said. The college has tentative plans this fall to demolish the building and remove an asphalt parking lot, a college spokesman said. But state and city approvals are needed.
On Tuesday, Hsu added that as soon as the site is ready for construction, “we are committed to doing that in the most respectful and responsible way possible, and for that we will welcome and rely on community input.
cult, especially a project of this size,” Patrick told the City Paper recently. “We always knew the site had its challenges that we had to work through.”
Nevertheless, the college proceeded with confidence, believing it “would be the best stewards of this site,” said Mark Berry, the college’s assistant chief of staff. “If the site was going to be developed, we wanted to be the ones to do it the right way.”
Community response
Part of the reset is more community engagement and a second round of groundpenetrating radar tests at the site, which is surrounded by a late 18th– to early 19th–century city-owned burial ground for poor and enslaved people. Historians estimate thousands of graves are in the old cemetery bounded by Coming, Calhoun and Vanderhorst streets.
An earlier study, commissioned by the college, didn’t conclusively find human remains in the soil at the former headquar-
“We are not, however, doing this project blindly. If extraordinary circumstances present themselves that make construction on this site overly untenable, we could at that point reevaluate our plans.”
Hsu did not take questions from the audience. Instead of engaging with college officials in a town hall setting, residents and students were told to visit information tables in the room. They were encouraged to join a community engagement council to advise the college on cultural preservation and commemoration plans for the Potter’s Field. At one of the tables, YWCA’s staff members displayed the organization’s history and legacy.
Last week, the City Paper reported that the
college paid $28.7 million for slightly more than an acre for the YWCA land near the college’s downtown campus with plans to build a multi-level residency hall for several hundred students to meet the college’s growing need for affordable on-campus housing.
The property’s previous owner, McAlister Development Group, bought the land from the YWCA with plans to build student housing on it and lease the building to the college, said Paul Patrick, the college’s chief of staff. But the college decided it would be best to own the property and build housing for students who are struggling to find affordable off-campus options.
Before the college acquired the property earlier this year, it knew the centuries-old burial ground surrounds the site, he said.
Given those factors, the community’s negative response was not surprising.
“We always knew it was going to be diffi-
Ben’s Friends heads towards a decade of sobering help for food, beverage workers
By Becky Lacey
More than serendipity on a recent Monday afternoon brought together the powerhouse culinary figures of chefs Mike Lata, Jason Stanhope, Jacques Larson, Daniel Heinze, Kevin Johnson and others at a lunch at Brasserie La Banque. They joined to celebrate and support 10 years of Ben’s Friends, now a multi-city coalition of food and beverage people committed to their sobriety.
Co-founded in 2016 by the then-general manager of Charleston Grill Mickey Bakst and Indigo Road Hospitality Group founder Steve Palmer, Ben’s Friends still has a simple mission: to help those in the food and beverage community who are struggling with addiction. It is named in honor of Indigo Road employee Ben Murray who took his life because of his addiction that same year. With more than 70 years of combined sobriety between them, here’s how Bakst and Palmer found a shared purpose in Ben’s Friends and, in turn, have given purpose to so many others.
“Ben’s Friends is a community, not a program, of people who don’t just share an addiction but share their passion for
the food and beverage industry,” Bakst said.
A decade ago, Alcoholics Anonymous meetings had groups that focused on a single industry. For example, there are AA meetings for professionals like police officers, veterans and emergency responders. But there were no exclusive meetings for food and beverage professionals.
That irony is stark given the constant exposure to alcohol and the high levels of drug use in the industry.
“Ben’s Friends has given me the most meaningful sense of purpose and fulfillment,” Palmer said. “From watching people in the industry who I love go from the darkest place in their life to hopeful and joyful, I just feel so grateful to have the privilege of being of service to the industry.”
What started as a weekly meeting at Charleston’s Mercantile & Mash has ballooned into a global cause.
Ben’s Friends currently has chapters in 29 cities in the United States and there are 17 Zoom meetings weekly.
One force behind the growth? Ben’s Friends partnered with OpenTable, the online restaurant reservation system giant. By financially supporting lunches like the recent one here in
The community’s response against the project has led to the formation of Protect and Respect the Bodies, a coalition of individuals, organization and faith groups that opposes a dorm on the 18th century “Strangers and Negroes Burying Ground.” The coalition is planning to meet at 5 p.m. Sept. 29 at the Charleston County Public Library on Calhoun Street.
The coalition has spawned a growing opposition on campus and a new T-shirt printed with the Protect and Respect the Bodies slogan, said Zoe Barber of Columbia, a junior majoring in historic preservation and community planning.
“This is the slogan, and this is what we are fighting for,” said Barber, who said she designed the T-shirt so other students could be made aware of the issue. It is easier to advocate for a cause if it has a catchy slogan, she said.
Moncks Corner resident Walter Brown said he attended the meeting because he wants the college to respect the people who are buried at the site. “The people who are buried there represent us,” he said.
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More than 100 people turned out Monday night for a community meeting on the proposed dorm
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Ben’s Friends co-founders Mickey Bakst (left) and Steve Palmer at a recent lunch at Brasserie La Banque
Free speech becomes S.C. rhetorical cauldron
By Jack O’Toole
A wave of firings broke across South Carolina and the nation this month as scores of everyday Americans lost their jobs for comments made in the hours after conservative activist Charlie Kirk’s shocking Sept. 10 murder.
About a dozen firings have involved college and local government employees in the Palmetto State, including professors at Clemson, the University of South Carolina and Coastal Carolina University, as well as four Greenville County educators and public safety workers.
The S.C. dismissals are taking place amid what critics call a larger Trump administration crackdown on free speech — and follow threats by Republican leaders to defund state institutions that refuse to act against workers whose social media posts celebrated or made light of Kirk’s killing.
On Sept. 15, S.C. Attorney General and GOP gubernatorial candidate Alan Wilson wrote a letter to Clemson President James Clements arguing the controversial comments were not speech that was protected by the First Amendment in the context of state employment.
“The First Amendment protects freedom of speech, but it does not shield threats, glorification of violence or behavior that undermines the mission of our state institutions,” Wilson said.
But S.C. free speech advocates argued that such dismissals were a clear violation of the U.S. Constitution.
“The First Amendment protects people from being punished by the government for speech,” ACLU of S.C. spokesman Paul Bowers told Statehouse Report on Sept. 18. “And for the past week, the most powerful politicians in South Carolina have been using the power of the state to punish their perceived political enemies.”
In the days since Kirk’s murder, that age-old American debate — personal accountability versus the right of Americans to speak their minds — has raged among lawmakers, business leaders and citizens across the Palmetto State.
Greenville Republican Rep. Stephen Frank, a member of the hard-right S.C. Freedom Caucus, said he was unexpectedly moved by the murder of a man he’d never met — and supports the move to punish educators who “celebrated” Kirk’s death.
“I think what you’re seeing is the appropriate human response when educators are defending or even celebrating murder, which is to push back and hold these folks accountable,” Frank said on Sept. 18.
That said, Frank notes that he hasn’t called for firings at private companies, which he said can be addressed through consumer action.
But on the other side of the issue, Zach Greenberg of the nonprofit Foundation for
Individual Rights and Expression called Clemson’s decision to fire the employees “a shame,” noting that “the First Amendment protects their right to talk about public issues in their private capacities” on social media.
“These institutions are supposed to protect faculty members’ rights and instead they’re throwing them under the bus for expressing their beliefs.” Greenberg said. “It’s incredibly chilling to free speech.”
Despite the seemingly universal GOP calls for punishment, at least one S.C. House Republican said he worries too many politicians are turning up the heat when they should be turning it down.
“There’s a lot of angry people on both sides,” Rep. Neal Collins, R-Pickens, told Statehouse Report. “And I think it’s incumbent on the rest of us to calm the waters.”
And that’s not a partisan issue, he stressed.
“Violence can’t be tolerated on either side, and we’ve seen examples of it occurring on both sides,” he said, noting that a Minnesota Democratic lawmaker was assassinated just weeks before Kirk. “Our words matter.”
Specifically with regard to the calls for firings, Collins said he’d rather leave those decisions to university officials “who are in those positions for a reason.”
But with statewide elections right around the corner in 2026, Collins thinks the rhetoric in S.C. will likely get worse.
“My naive optimism is that leaders would know their roles and act accordingly,” Collins said. “But that’s just not the political climate we’re in these days.”
Blotter of the Week
A North Charleston man on Sept. 21 got upset at neighbors for playing music from their 2-month-old baby’s bouncer. According to a police report, he reportedly retaliated by blasting his own music from a portable speaker against the door to the couple’s residence. We get it — most babies don’t have the best taste in music. How long can you tolerate “Baby Shark”?
Rogue mechanic
Charleston, OpenTable allowed Ben’s Friends to reach a wider audience.
In addition to Charleston, cities like Nashville and New Orleans have hosted lunches with local chefs and restaurant owners. The lunches are to educate restaurateurs on how to help their employees. There are plans to do future lunches in Ann Arbor, Birmingham, Cleveland, Houston and New York City, where chapters already exist.
“The work Ben’s Friends is doing to combat addiction and substance abuse is so important,” said Amy Wei, chief operating officer at OpenTable. “We’re proud to play a role in expanding awareness and resources for staff who need it most — and who work tirelessly to bring joy to our tables.”
Expanding Ben’s Friends
Bakst spoke earlier this year at Noma’s MAD Symposium in Denmark. MAD is a global nonprofit based in Copenhagen, founded by René Redzepi of Noma, the three-Michelin-star restaurant that has been named the best restaurant in the world five times by Restaurant magazine.
According to MAD’s website, its mission is “to prepare the next generation of food industry professionals with the knowledge, tools and inspiration they need to make their businesses thrive, their industry fair, and the world’s food systems truly sustainable.”
Bakst presented to more than 700 restaurateurs from around the world at the Symposium, garnering a standing ovation and bringing Ben’s Friends to new audiences. This global reach was already in action as Zoom meetings attendees come from the United Kingdom, Kuala Lumpur, Norway, Canada, Spain and Germany.
And where does the organization go from here? According to Bakst, the goal for Ben’s Friends is long-term stability and to continue to be an industry-focused self-help group for those struggling with addiction.
“The next chapter is bigger growth,” said Bakst. “The next chapter is more cities. The next chapter is more people saved. The next chapter is Ben’s Friends becoming known throughout the industry. And we’re moving on that.”
The weekly Charleston meeting of Ben’s Friends
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of Charleston and remain on the peninsula into the next century.”
Council member Mike Seekings, who chairs the Charleston Area Regional Transit Authority (CARTA), said he is not as worried about traffic worsening in the area as some members of the community.
“Today, MUSC is the biggest customer of CARTA,” he said. “We move on and off campus every month 40,000 riders. That’s 40,000 cars that don’t come onto the peninsula.”
In fact, he added, it’s probably going to get better with time.
“If you think about this holistically, as a large campus that is going to plan across the board, it’s going to be a long time before you see anything come out of the ground, including a brand-new cancer center,” Seekings said. “Ten years from now, right through the middle of this campus, Lowcountry Rapid Transit will be up and operating — the largest and only large-scale public transit project we’ve ever seen in the state.
“We feel really comfortable that we can work with [MUSC] to take care of this.”
A downtown school security guard on Sept. 15 spotted a man working underneath several vehicles in the parking lot just after midnight, according to a police report. When confronted, the man left the area holding a bundle of drill bits wrapped in blue painter’s tape in one hand and a battery in the other. Suspicious? Nah — the ol’ drill-bits-andbatteries technique. We’re due for one of those, too.
Double whammy
Mount Pleasant police on Sept. 15 pulled over a man for suspected driving under the influence after officers saw him drifting out of his lane and changing speeds erratically. When the man pulled over, however, officers determined he wasn’t actually drunk — he was just that bad of a driver. The kicker: His license was already suspended for failure to pay for previous tickets.
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Illustration by Steve Stegelin
The Blotter is taken from reports filed with area police departments between Sept. 15 and Sept. 21.
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Truth, justice and the American way
his is what America looks like without free speech:
TTruth and justice are the American way. To accept or settle for anything less is to spit on the graves of patriots who wrestled tyrants and died for our constitutionally protected freedoms. Resist ignorance. Resist fascist bullies. Resist losing what you have.
CHARLESTON CHECKLIST
of community objectives
We encourage community leaders to act on these audacious priorities:
1. Deal with the water. Build a strong resiliency plan to harden infrastructure and make smart climate change decisions about development, roads and quality of life.
2. Fix roads, traffic. Repair and improve roads and reduce traffic. Speed up alternatives, including more public transportation.
3. Be smarter about education. Inject new energy into the broken Charleston County school board by focusing on kids, not national mantras.
4. Conduct public business in public. Be transparent in public business. Stop the secrecy.
5. Invest in quality of life. Build more parks. Have more festivals. Invest in infrastructure that promotes a broad sense of community.
6. Engage in real racial conciliation. If we embark on more conversations and actions on racial reconciliation, our community will strengthen and grow.
7. Develop fewer hotels, more affordable housing. Make Charleston a more affordable place to live for everyone.
8. Develop Union Pier at scale. Let’s not put ship-sized buildings on the coveted Union Pier property downtown. Instead, make what comes appropriate.
9. Build and follow a 50-year plan. Plan for the county’s long-term future and follow the plan.
10. Pay people more. Pay a living wage. Push South Carolina lawmakers to set a real minimum wage.
Vanquish cultural attention deficit disorder by reading more
By Andy Brack
With all of the turmoil roiling the country, a new way to show your love for these 50 states is to get off the damned phone and mind-numbing social media channels. Instead, embrace reading.
Most of what you see on Facebook or Instagram or TikTok is material picked by someone else to try to get you to stay on a device as long as possible so you can see their ads for some crap that you don’t need.
Don’t think all of this screen time is having an effect? It doesn’t take a crack Internet researcher to learn that phone screen usage is increasing dramatically. A 2025 study showed the average amount of time Americans spend on phone screens is a whopping 5 hours and 16 minutes — every day. That’s a 14% increase over the previous year and represents almost as much time spent pondering nothingness on the phone as spent in a 40-hour per week job!
All of this being glued to a device also is shortening our attention spans. Two decades ago, according to one psychologist, the attention span of someone working on a computer document was about 2.5 minutes. In other words, they focused on the document for that long until they checked email or did something else. In the ensuing years with the rise of people on phones all of the time, that number has dropped to (wait for it) 47 seconds. Geez. Talk about cultural attention deficit disorder.
Visit a bookstore or the public library. Ask for a suggestion. And read for enjoyment.
Furthermore, all of this bouncing around from one thing to another isn’t bringing us closer together. It’s forcing us into individualized cocoons that keep us apart — except for those people who transmogrify into some kind of digital Karen or Ken and have to comment on everything and irritate kith and kin alike.
So with so much info-trash assaulting our brains daily as we feed a national addition to tiny idiot boxes, what do we do?
Perhaps something radically conservative: Step back some. Turn off the screen and what some algorithm thinks you need. Visit a bookstore or the public library. Ask for a suggestion. And read for enjoyment. You might find it to be a vacation from a world spinning out of control.
Just last week, I devoured a soon-to-be-released, 363-page novel by Alabama storyteller Sean Dietrich. Over Yonder is a true delight, filled with laugh-out-loud moments and as well as some misty-eyed passages in the story of a defrocked Episcopalian priest just out of prison who finds himself interspersed in the life of a 17-year-old girl and her emotional support goldfish named Gary. They’re chased by domestic terrorists. The FBI steps in at one point. There’s speeding, gunshots, wrecks and the lure of Confederate gold. It’s a rollicking tale. Dietrich even worked in a tribute to Mark Twain by cribbing this observation: “Grasping an angry cat by the tail teaches a man something he can learn in no other way.”
Or maybe you ought to read anything by the late Kurt Vonnegut, comedian Jon Stewart’s favorite author. “Line your desk with Kurt Vonnegut and you cannot go wrong,” Stewart said in 2024. “I felt like he educated me in the genre of optimistic, cynical humanism.”
Consider Breakfast of Champions, which I read as a teenager and marvelled at the creative use of an asterisk (IYKYK). Or you might want to pick his breakout Slaughterhouse Five, a darker tale that tries to make sense of war. (Vonnegut was a World War II soldier who was taken prisoner and survived the British firebombing of Dresden.) Vonnegut blends science fiction, pithy observations about humans, creativity and Midwestern common sense — just the kinds of things we need in these days of too many blue screens. Read more. It will do you — and the country — a world of good.
Andy Brack is editor and publisher of Charleston City Paper. Have a comment? Send to: feedback@ charleston citypaper.com.
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What To Do
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Boone Hall Pumpkin Patch
Since 1997, the Boone Hall Pumpkin Patch has grown to be one of the largest fall festivals in the state. This season is the 29th year for the event, an autumn tradition that brings people of all ages together for a day of good old-fashioned fun on the farm. Admission includes access to the corn maze, a tractor tour, a new circus show, petting zoo, rubber duck races and much more.
Weekends Sept. 26 through Oct. 26. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. $15/ticket. Boone Hall Plantation. 2434 N. Highway 17. Mount Pleasant. boonehallplantation.com
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SUNDAYS
Sunday Brunch Farmers Market
Head to the Pour House on James Island for a 100% local market brimming with more than 40 local farmers and artisans, a deck bar, live music, good eats and all kinds of amazing areamade goods. Cap off your weekend by kicking back, enjoying the local tunes and stocking up on unique goodies. This farmers market is open year-round.
Sundays. 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Free to attend. The Pour House. 1977 Maybank Highway. James Island. sundaybrunchfarmersmarket.com
MONDAY
Battle of the Bartenders
Head to Folly on Monday for the ultimate showdown behind the bar. Pinky’s on the Beach is bringing together the area’s best bartenders to go head-to-head, shaking, stirring and pouring their way to the top. Expect bold flavors, creative cocktails and plenty of friendly competition. Rally your crew, sip on something new and help cheer on your favorites.
Sept. 29. Event starts at 1 p.m. Prices vary. Pinky’s on the Beach. 1 Center st. Folly Beach. pinkysfollybeach.com
TUESDAY
The Power of AI
Join Lancie Affons, a College of Charleston senior instructor and Honors College fellow, for a discussion on the intentional use of artificial intelligence, particularly as it is applicable in academic and institutional settings. As the reach of technology becomes more advanced and integrated in people’s lives, Affonso says, many people remain less informed about its responsible uses and applications.
Sept. 30. 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. $15/person. Charleston Library Society. 164 King St. Downtown. charlestonlibrarysociety.org
NEXT FRIDAY
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Hispanic Heritage Month Celebration
The City of North Charleston Cultural Arts Department next Friday will present the return of Hispanic Heritage Month in the Lowcountry. Come together for a fun evening celebrating Hispanic culture with local food vendors, an art market, live music by Gino Castillo and the Cuban Cowboys and Latin dance demonstrations by Holy City Salsa Dance Studio. Admission and parking for the event are free.
Oct. 3. 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Free. Park Circle Community Building. 4800 Park Circle. North Charleston. northcharleston.org
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THE BUSINESS OF BEEF
Restaurants offer burgers that don’t break the bank
By Becky Lacey
lthough the price of ground beef is at an all-time high in the United States, some of the best burgers in Charleston are $10 or less. And not only are these burgers affordable, they’re also delicious.
According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, the price of ground beef has gone up 51% since February 2020. Why? According to a recent NPR article, the number of cattle in the U.S. is the smallest in 75 years. Tariffs have also affected some beef imports, and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has halted all beef from Mexico due to recent fears about a parasite.
Additionally, climate change makes it more expensive to raise cattle because of drought and other environmental factors. Furthermore, the USDA forecasts beef production will decline 4% in 2025 and another 2% in 2026.
So yeah, beef ain’t cheap. But it isn’t all doom and gloom. Charleston City Paper spoke with four burger joints in town to better understand how restaurants can offer tasty burgers that don’t break the bank.
Smash City keeps costs low
Smash City Burgers, located in downtown Charleston’s Eastside neighborhood and winner of the top prize of “Best Place to Get a Burger” in the 2025 City Paper Burger Throwdown competition, offers four burgers for less than $10.
The classic single ($6.70) is an Angus Chuck blend burger smashed paper thin, served with dill pickles, steamed onions, American cheese and smash sauce. The classic double ($9.27), the Carolina Caviar single with pimento cheese ($9.27) and the Oklahoma Onion burger loaded with grilled onions ($9.27) also come in under that double digit mark.
Smash City owner Jeremy Reynolds said keeping costs low comes down to volume. On a random Wednesday in August, Smash City served 430 burgers and the
It all goes back to volume and putting out a great product.”
Reynolds said that the last bill he paid priced ground beef at $4.92 a pound and, at its highest, it was $5.50 a pound. When Smash City started as a food truck in 2020, ground beef was at $3.20 a pound.
“I don’t know that it’s ever going to come back down to that,” he said. “We just need to continue to monitor what we do. I don’t want to raise my prices; I don’t ever want to. But the problem is that there are so many outside influences that subjugate what we do.”
When Reynolds started Smash City, he would watch market trends and it just made him crazy. The restaurant’s sales numbers are now consistent enough where they can run low on ingredients which allows the restaurant not to hold additional overhead.
Reynolds said he is also able to keep costs low due to a robust delivery business and the food truck, which still operates. The truck is contracted with the Charleston Battery which contributes to the weekly revenue.
Joyland packs a punch
Joyland opened earlier this year on Calhoun Street and offers a menu with four burgers
Reynolds
Joyland’s Crustburger
A classic triple at Smash City Burgers
Jonathan Boncek Courtesy Joyland
Tyler Ward, hospitality manager at Joyland, said great ingredients allow them to serve a burger that people keep coming back for, which means consistent strong sales. Again, it’s volume that keeps prices low.
“We’ve gone all in on ingredients,” said Ward. “And we really tried to minimize the costs because it’s more about constant return. Minimize costs and maximize the ingredients because the return will be there because the burger is so good.”
He notes that vendors just increased prices in mid-September, but the increase was not significant enough that Joyland needed to adjust the menu prices. Joyland’s strong alcohol sales also keep those menu prices down.
And for those looking for more ways to spend less at Joyland? The restaurant is rolling out happy hour this fall from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. when diners can get a beer and a shot for $10 as well as more burgers for less than $10.
Hugh-Baby’s has a host of inexpensive options
At Hugh-Baby’s in West Ashley, all burgers are less than $10. Pat Martin, the pitmaster and owner behind Martin’s Bar-B-Que Joint and Hugh Baby’s BBQ & Burger Shop, noted that it requires a focus on the small details to keep prices down.
“With tariffs and the current state of the economy, many restaurants are going through price evaluations, and we likely will be for the foreseeable future,” Martin said.
“It comes down to managing raw material costs from our vendors, minimizing waste and keeping portion control in check. Our focus is on diligence, managing labor and cost of goods, so we can continue offering guests the best price possible while maintaining a profitable business.”
Heavy’s Barburger sees prices holding steady
Brenda and John Haire own Heavy’s Barburger with locations downtown and on Daniel Island. The Luten’s Cheeseburger ($9.99) is a quarter-pound, Angus beef smashburger with American cheese, red onion, pickles, Duke’s mayo and French’s mustard on a toasted sesame seed bun.
BURGERS WORTH THE SPLURGE
While a $9 burger feels great on the wallet, these Charleston burgers are well worth the higher price tag.
• The Archer ($21) has parmesan cream, fancy sauce, shaved red onions and is served with shoestring fries (and it’s $10 after 10 p.m.)
• Little Jack’s ($22) double tavern burger is a double patty with American cheese, tavern sauce and griddled onions on a sesame bun.
• Oak Steakhouse ($21) serves a combination of New York Strip, filet and brisket in the Oak Burger, which is an 8 oz. patty with lettuce, tomato, onion, fontina cheese, special sauce and truffles fries.
• Sullivan’s Fish Camp ($24) double cheeseburger comes with bread and butter pickles, caramelized onions and fries.
• The Tippling House ($18) serves a double patty burger on a perfectly prepared bun with fries on the side.
“At Heavy’s, we run a lean and focused menu,” Brenda Haire said. “We don’t try to be everything to everyone. By keeping things simple and tight, we can buy smarter, stay consistent and pass that value on to our guests. We’d rather serve a neighborhood full of people every week than price folks out of coming in often.”
She also noted she does not anticipate a price increase at any point soon and that if it happens, it will be a last resort.
“We watch costs closely, but we also know that creating great value,
along with our vibe, is one of the reasons people keep coming back,” Haire said. “Our goal is to protect the price of the Barburger as long as possible. If there’s ever a change, it’ll be thoughtful and only after every other option is considered.”
WINNERS
Eleven hamburger restaurants participated in the 2025 Burger Throwdown competition in which readers cast ballots online in eight categories, with Best Place to Get a Burger being considered the overall top award category.
Best Place to Get a Burger
1. Smash City Burgers – recipient of the championship belt!
2. Moe’s Crosstown
3. Smashley’s Burger Bar
Best Classic Burger
1. Bacon Cheeseburger - Bohemian Bull
2. Classic Drive In - Charleston Beer Works
3. Joyburger Deluxe - Joyland
Best Faux Burger
1. Southern Buddha - Smashley’s Burger Bar
2. Southwest Black Bean Burger - Sesame Burgers and Beer
3. Black Bean Burger - Holy City Brewing
Best Hangover Helper
1. Double Smash Hangover BurgerSesame Burgers and Beer
2. Wake N’ Bacon Burger - Bohemian Bull
3. Bleu Corvette - Smashley’s Burger Bar
Best Smash Burger
1. The Classic Double - Smash City Burgers
2. Smashley’s OG - Smashley’s Burger Bar
3. The Charleston Burger - John King Grill & Bar
Best Special Sauce
1. Smash Sauce - Smash City Burgers
2. Moe Hot Mayo - Moe’s Crosstown Tavern
3. The Charleston Burger - John King Grill & Bar
Cheesiest Burger
1. Beer. Bacon. Burger - Smash City Burgers
2. The Charleston Burger - John King Grill & Bar
3. Patty Melt - Sesame Burgers and Beer
Most Creative/Innovative
1. The “EdgeVegas” - Moe’s Crosstown Tavern
2. Hey Zeus - Smashley’s Burger Bar
3. Memphis Burger - Sesame Burgers and Beer
Martin
Hugh-Baby’s BBQ & Burger Shop
The Luten’s Cheeseburger at Heavy’s Barburger
Jonathan Boncek/Heavy’s Barburger
Andrew Thomas Lee/Hugh-Baby’s
Cuisine
Charleston craft beer still on tap
By Connelly Hardaway
Is craft beer in trouble? Yes. And no. But perhaps most importantly for Charleston — craft beer is very much still here.
More than 10 breweries and brew pubs of almost 40 have closed since Charleston City Paper published its Hops master list in 2023. Across the nation, craft beer output fell 4 percent in 2024.
There are multiple contributing factors when it comes to the decline of craft beer and the closing of breweries — one could point to the oversaturation of the market or the change in consumer behavior (Gen Z, apparently, isn’t drinking as much).
The doomsday narrative surrounding craft beer’s recent decline, though, ignores the less exciting but much more heartening fact: plenty of breweries continue to thrive. Twenty breweries remain in the Charleston area. City Paper talked to three breweries that are booked, busy and, yes, even expanding.
Low Tide for a long time
Low Tide Brewing’s founder Mike Fielding knew when he first opened a brewery that he would need to own a plot of land to be able to continue to grow. So, he bought one, located just a little down the road from the brewery’s current location.
The uber-popular Johns Island brewery is slated to move to its new, larger location at 0 Beer Garden Way (off of Maybank Highway) next fall.
“If you didn’t start planning a move years and years in advance and you get to the end [of a lease], then you’re in a very, very tough spot,” Fielding said.
As a beer industry veteran, Fielding pointed to several factors that have contributed to the downfall of some breweries, from staggering rent prices to a changing distribution landscape to how difficult it can be to get a bank loan.
These days, customers are also looking for a lot from breweries.
“People do expect [everything from a brewery.] It’s a little bit frustrating,” Fielding
What’s new
Prophet Coffee , a coffee van turned brick-and-mortar space based in North Charleston, is opening a second location downtown. Set to open in October, the coffee shop is taking over the old Bar Rollins space at 194 Jackson St. More: prophet-coffee.com
Chef Kelly Franz has been named culinary director of Magnolias restaurant. A veteran of Charleston’s restaurant scene, Franz will be the first female chef to lead Magnolias in its 35-year history. She follows the tenure of Chef Donald Drake, who will retire after 34 years with the company. More: magnoliascharleston.com
What’s happening
Bodega and Share House will host their 4th annual Oktoberfest Street Fair from 1 p.m. to 8 p.m. Sept. 27, Ann Street will transform into a Bavarian-style block party with beer steins, bites and an all-day lineup of live music. The event is presented by Sam Adams, Angry Orchard, Sun Cruiser and Truly. More: bodegachs.com and sharehousechs. com
said. “Breweries now have been trying to have this full experience and full bar and full menu and full everything — and I feel like that’s devalued the word ‘brewery.’ ”
For Fielding, beer is Low Tide’s raison d’etre. While so many breweries have pivoted and added to their offerings, he insists on focusing on the original product.
“This is a brewery. We make beer here,” he said. Fielding joked that most visitors to wineries, for example, don’t enter the premises and ask for a cocktail or a full food menu. “It’s not kitschy, and it’s not gimmicky, and it doesn’t go outside of their brand.”
Getting the most out of Edmund’s Oast
Cameron Read, head brewer at Edmund’s Oast Brewing Co. (EOBC), said his team is always looking at “the big picture” for beer sales nationally. “Craft beer growth is flat to down, depending on how you’re
looking at it,” he said.
He noted the unique, meteoric growth of the craft beer industry that has in recent years started to see more closings after years and years of openings. The market, Read noted, is changing with more beer options than ever as well as the rise of THC drinks and RTDs (ready-to-drink cocktails).
“I don’t think anyone’s thinking it’s doom and gloom,” he said. “I think we’re just sort of seeing a natural evolution of the craft beer drinker in America.”
Ultimately, the team at EOBC, which includes co-owner Scott Shor, director of group operations Timmons Pettigrew and executive chef Alex Yellan, works to respond to their customers’ wants and needs.
“Every year, we’re going to continue to grow our quality, and we’re going to try to continue to innovate how we get beer to the customer in the best form possible,” Read said.
The inaugural Charleston Cocktail Festival will be held in the Hanahan Amphitheater in Hanahan from 1 p.m. to 7 p.m. Oct. 4. Attendees will have the opportunity to sample more than 20 signature drinks from Charleston’s best bartenders, enjoy a mix of DJ sets throughout the event, purchase from food trucks and shop from an artisan market featuring local artisans and cocktail-themed merchandise. More: charlestoncocktailfestival.com
Aswang Noodle Club and Oyster Dumpling Bar are popping up with a residency at Estadio through Oct. 11. From 5 p.m. to 10 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday, enjoy bites like pork and chive gyoza, mushroom lettuce wraps and ramen. No reservations required. More: Instagram
Two Blokes Brewing is hosting a hibachi class at 5 p.m. Oct. 5. Presented by GringoNinja, the class will teach attendees how to make Yum Yum sauce, fried rice, hibachi vegetables, teriyaki chicken and hibachi steak. More: eventbrite.com —Becky Lacey
Be the first to know. Read the Cuisine section at charlestoncitypaper.com.
Courtesy Low Tide Brewing
Low Tide Brewing will move from its existing Johns Island location to a larger space nearby next fall
Blackbird’s Breakfast Club pass gives users a coffee or tea at participating spots every day (until 11 a.m.) for $25 per month
Blackbird app celebrates 1st year in Charleston
By Becky Lacey
New York–based restaurant loyalty app Blackbird celebrates its one-year anniversary in Charleston on Sept. 28. Over the past year, 90 Charleston restaurants have joined the app to offer users the ability to earn points and gain access to exclusive benefits.
Ben Leventhal, founder of Blackbird — and co-founder of the reservation platform Resy and the pioneering digital media brand Eater — chose Charleston as Blackbird’s third location after New York and San Francisco.
“Charleston is one of the most exciting food cities in the country,” he said. “The city’s blend of history, community and a deep respect for independent restaurants makes it a natural fit for Blackbird. It’s a market where diners are curious, loyal and love discovering new experiences - exactly the kind of environment where great dining thrives.”
Reflecting on year one in the Lowcountry, Leventhal noted Charleston has been Blackbird’s most successful city launch thus far: “We’re not surprised it’s clicked, but I’m not sure we would have predicted that it is outpacing New York in terms of speed of adoption. But maybe we shouldn’t be shocked: Charleston diners love supporting local restaurants that love them back.”
Charleston City Paper spoke with three restaurateurs who use Blackbird to see how the app has worked for their businesses over the past year.
Specials and benefits at local restaurants
Nayda Freire, owner of Renzo, noted Blackbird has been beneficial.
How does the Blackbird app work?
After creating an account on the app, diners check into participating restaurants by scanning the Blackbird puck (which is usually located right next to the credit card terminal). They earn points and gain access to exclusive benefits like last-minute tables, welcome drinks, off-menu items and more. Users also accrue $FLY points, which they can use like money at locations that are on the app.
“The easiest way to think about it is this: Blackbird uses blockchain technology to power rewards in the form of $FLY points,” explained Leventhal. “For diners, that simply means when you check in and pay with Blackbird, you earn rewards that you can spend across the network.
“The ‘tech’ behind it — things like Coinbase and NFTs — is what makes the system open, portable and transparent. Diners don’t need to understand the backend to benefit. They just use Blackbird like they’d use any other app and the rewards work seamlessly.”
“We mostly use Blackbird two-fold — as a way to consistently reward our regulars and as a marketing tool to incentivize new guests to have dinner with us,” she said.
“As a rule, we do not pay for advertising or partnerships, so we tend to look for
late night burgers! Fri & Sat until 1am
Ryan Belk
Right now, the complex that houses EOBC and Rancho Lewis is currently undergoing some major construction — Shor described the situation as having “this gigantic mud pit where our courtyard used to be.”
The outcome — a renovated outdoor area — will be worth the mess and should be open later this fall. In the meantime, the EOBC crew hopes locals continue to frequent the brewery, where chef Alex Yellan
Blackbird
more organic means of expanding our influence. Partnering with Blackbird has given us opportunities to host promotional campaigns, ticketed experiential events and to offer our own staff an easy way to accumulate points to use at other Blackbird restaurants.”
Freire said the most surprising aspect of Blackbird is the diversity of the customer base and that users are not just younger or in the food and beverage industry.
When it comes to deciding on what specials to offer, the Renzo team tries to pick deals that don’t add stress to the kitchen team. It offered a complimentary pizza with check-in during the early days of the app and found, even though it was a recordbreaking sales night, that such an offer was not sustainable or beneficial. Now it offers items like complimentary glasses of wine which provides the opportunity to highlight specific bottles that may be new and exciting for guests to try.
has recently released a new menu with fresh, internationally inspired flavors.
“I have to believe from the sustained business that we’ve done for the past eight years, that [business] is locally-driven,” Shor said. “The bulk of our business is a local driven thing, which is something that we want to embrace.”
Holy City continues to grow in Park Circle
In the seven years since Holy City Brewing (HCB) bought its plot of land at 1021 Aragon Ave., the brewery has added a 10,000-square-foot taproom, separate event space, raw bar, dock and more.
“We can do what we need to do and add to it,” HCB co-owner Chris Brown said. “Our goal, as much as I want people to be here for the beer — because I’m a brewer by trade — [is to] sell experiences. … People come here for a specific vibe.”
The taproom has come a long way from HCB’s original location, a warehouse space off of Dorchester Road.
“I have great memories of Dorchester Road,” Brown said. “[But] we saw taproom sales dip for the last three years we were there, because all these breweries were opening up that had little things like bathrooms that were inside and air conditioning.”
Holy City is currently brewing beers for other breweries, such as Fatty’s Beer Works and Cooper River Brewing Co., both of which recently shuttered taprooms but continue to distribute beer.
The brewery will soon open a small speakeasy behind the bar, available for people to rent out or to take cocktail classes in, with local mixologist pro Johnny Caldwell of the Cocktail Bandits.
Brown said there’s an internal battle,
“
Most of these customers have become ‘regulars’ and often grab something to go besides their morning coffee or tea.” —Bryn Kelly
Over on Coming Street, the Tippling House has also seen great benefits from its presence on Blackbird.
“It opened doors for us to new audiences,” said owner Matthew Conway, noting the app “created buzz at slower times of the week and year and brought in revenue at times very beneficial to our business.”
While many people use Blackbird on specific promo nights, Conway said he has found that on any given night, guests tap in for points or use their $FLY points on dinner or a bottle of wine.
Before and after: Holy City Brewing has added a 10,000-square-foot taproom, separate event space, raw bar, dock and more to its Park Circle space
sometimes, when it comes to offering so many options at a brewery. “We want to have something for everyone, but at what point is that too many things?” he said.
Bryn Kelly, senior partner of Uptown Hospitality Group, said Blackbird has been especially helpful at Bodega. The restaurant is one of the local coffee shops included in Blackbird’s Breakfast Club pass, which gives users a coffee or tea at participating spots every day (until 11am) for $25 per month.
“We see anywhere from 10 to 20 people in the early hours of the business day, seven days a week, where we usually wouldn’t,” Kelly said. “Most of these customers have become ‘regulars’ and often grab something to go besides their morning coffee or tea.”
Kelly also mentioned Blackbird has helped get new customers which is financially advantageous for the restaurant.
“We had customers who have never been to our location (who now are) trying our food and coffee for the first time, and they have certainly been back,” Kelly said.
“Having the option to use Blackbird Pay as a payment method has us on the top of list for tourists and locals alike, since some consider $Fly points to be ‘free money,’ but it’s really just points they’ve earned by checking in all over town. With a lower pro-
There may not be an easy answer to this particular question, but one thing is certain: Craft beer, in Charleston, is very much still here.
cessing rate than credit cards, it’s beneficial to the business as well.”
Blackbird looks ahead
More special events for the app are planned this fall. There is a Blackbird Club members night at Tutti Pizza on Sept. 30 to celebrate the one-year anniversary, and an industry night at Leon’s is planned during the Food & Wine Classic in Charleston in November.
And beyond this fall: the sky’s the limit for Blackbird in Charleston, Leventhal said.
“The next chapter is about deepening our presence,” he said. “That means more restaurants, more diners using Blackbird Pay regularly and more local experiences that celebrate Charleston’s food culture.
“We want to continue building loyalty infrastructure that makes dining in Charleston even more rewarding, both for guests and restaurants. We’re grateful to our partners and diners in Charleston for welcoming us so warmly in our first year, and we’re just getting started.”
Courtesy Edmund’s Oast Brewing Timmons Pettigrew (left) and Cameron Read of Edmund’s Oast Brewing Co.
Photos courtesy Holy City Brewing
Culture
San Fransisco-based theater artist Dan Hoyl (second from right) brought his work on American democracy, Takes all Kinds , to PURE Theatre’s playwrights’ festival — which included performances, workshops and panels
Now more than ever, we need the artist’s eye
With this week marking the fall side of the equinox, it’s no wonder the cultural season in Charleston is already alive with, quite literally, The Sound of Music.
Wrapping up Sept. 26 at Charleston Stage, that production’s moral stakes involve the acceleration of the Nazi party as it advances into Austria, prompting a naval officer named Georg von Trapp and his celebrated singing brood to head for the hills to flee their beloved homeland.
The season opener followed on the heels of another Nazi-centric Broadway musical, which had owned the season around the corner at Queen Street Playhouse via Footlight Players. The 1966 Cabaret, which peers behind the louche curtain of the fictional Kit Kat Klub, is set in 1930s Weimar-era Germany as the Third Reich infiltrates the city.
Given word-of-mouth buzz alone, both shows made their mark locally. It was particularly heartening to hear a friend’s account of a niece so engaged with The Sound of Music that she started studying up on World War II.
This is how it’s supposed to work. Since the dawn of time, we humans find ourselves in head-scratching predicaments that mainly concern the ever-present existential scrum for a slice of the pie. Some think to share it; others to hoard it. What hangs in that push-me-pull-you balance is the stuff of society — the religion, the politics, the philosphy, the arts.
And that brings us to the beat of covering culture in Charleston.
Over the weekend of September 12 and
13, Charleston’s PURE Theatre launched its inaugural playwrights’ festival, with an eye on making it an annual event moving forward.
The festival brought together playwrights and attendees for workshops and panels. They convened at Cannon Street Arts Center, huddling in animated discourse, eyes glistening as they shared insights and swapped notions.
Some of the participating playwrights have been featured in past seasons, including Elyzabeth Gregory Wilder, whose work Zelda in the Backyard was performed this summer, and PURE co-founder Rodney Lee Rogers, whose plays like Waffle Haus Christmas, have regularly appeared.
Other playwrights at the festival are featured in the company’s coming season, including York Walker, whose Convenant opens the season. Past PURE collaborators like Steven Dietz and Brad Erickson were on the docket, too.
There was also Dan Hoyle, a San Francisco-based theater artist who wrote and performed his 75-minute work Takes all Kinds. A production directed by Aldo Billingslea was part of the festival program.
For the play, Hoyle spent a good part of 2024 traversing the country in search of true stories of American democracy. He put those down on the page, then mounted them on stage, solely inhabiting multiple subjects from all stripes.
There were working-class, Trump-loving Latino men, a bubbly school board mom, former mercenaries with a chilling body counts and Atlanta canvers. There were portrayals of Charleston denizens, too: Margaret Seidler, whose book Payne-ful Business chronicles her ancestor’s involvement in the slave trade, and Polly Sheppard,
Arts+Music
Make it to McLeod for musical fundraiser
Echoes of Legacy: Holding the Past, Shaping the Future is an evening at McLeod Plantation Historic Site in support of the Charleston County Parks Foundation’s Cultural History Fund. From 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Sept. 28, musicians from Charleston Symphony will perform powerful musical works, including Charlton Singleton’s “Testimony 6,” Florence Price’s “Adoration 3” and Jessie Montgomery’s “Strum 7.” Hors d’oeuvres will be prepared by Carolima’s Lowcountry Cuisine. Location: 325 Country Club Drive. More: bit.ly/mcleodfundraiser
By Maura Hogan
a member of Emanuel AME Church who was present, and spared, during Dylann Roof’s murderous attack.
Throughout, Hoyle nimbly straddled the razor’s edge, managing to elude stereotyping and succeed instead by virtue of the authenticity and specificity of each portrayal. Through his attentive, respectful artist’s gaze, he mined the heart and humor of each American he interviewed, offering to those at PURE invaluable insight to our current national convergence in ways that have resonated with me since.
When The Sound of Music and Cabaret first found audiences in the late 1950s and 1960s, respectively, they were a mere generation from those chilling days when rollicking Austrian hills and raunchy Berlin nightclubs first met with menace. That foreboding was felt anew in the recent Charleston productions.
In dangerous times, we need the eyes of our own contemporary artists like Hoyle to guide us, scene by scene, angle by angle, to just how we landed in them. Hoyle’s work underscores that our current crisis was not sprung only from an oval office or billionaire’s board room, but from all of those voices who may or may not have been heard.
They emerge in the school PTAs and dive bars, in the city streets and farm fields–the remote pockets and forgotten corners where artists often venture–to then bring them safely to our seats in a comfortable theater.
Now more than ever, those theaters should be standing-room only.
VISUAL ARTS
• Sept. 26, 5 p.m. to 8 p.m.: Artist talk and reception for Mad World, the solo exhibition of paintings by artist Kenish Harmon. Park Circle Community Building, 4800 Park Circle, North Charleston. More: thatartnerdcs.com
THEATER
• Oct. 3 to Oct. 19, various times: Footlight Players presents Agathie Christie’s The Mousetrap, the perennially popular spellbinder, which is directed by Michael Okas. 20 Queen St. More: footlightplayers.net
MUSIC
• Sept. 26, 7 p.m.: Young The Giant , Firefly Distillery
• Sept. 26, 8 p.m.: The Lumineers, Credit One Stadium
• Sept. 26, 7:30 p.m.: Orange Doors, Tin Roof
• Sept. 27, 7 p.m.: Jason Aldean, Credit One Stadium
• Sept. 27, 8 p.m.: JJ Grey & MOFRO, The Refinery
• Sept. 30, 8 p.m.: Mary-Chapin Carpenter with Brandy Clark , Charleston Music Hall
• Oct. 1 , 8 p.m.: Sharon Van Etten, Charleston Music Hall
• Oct. 1 , 8 p.m.: The Bends, Music Farm
• Oct. 2 , 7:30 p.m.: Psychic Mirrors, Music Farm
• Oct. 3 , 9 p.m.: The High Divers, The Royal American
• Oct. 3 & 4 , 8 p.m.: The Steeldrivers, Charleston Music Hall
PURE Theatre
These murals and others near the old Navy Base at the end of Reynolds Avenue in North Charleston are new splashes of color in MELT, a Sept. 11–13 mural festival organized by by
Color splash!
artists Allison Dunavant, Christine Crawford and Connor Lock.
Photos by Scott Suchy
Costello to revisit glory days Oct. 3 at Gaillard Center
By Vincent Harris
The Ramones, the Sex Pistols and The Clash were iconic punk rock bands. But from 1977 to 1986, there was no one angrier than Elvis Costello. And there was certainly no one else articulate and poetic enough to express that anger the way Costello did on his classic My Aim Is True album that blended punk, new wave and pop on the appropriately-named Stiff Records.
On Oct. 3 at the Charleston Gaillard Center, he’ll play a show full of songs from that classic period. The tour is called Radio Soul!: The Early Songs of Elvis Costello, and the set list doesn’t go past 1986.
Starting with his 1977 debut and running until 1986’s corrosive Blood & , Costello (real name: Declan McManus) and his band, The Attractions, were brilliant punk rockers (check out the self-explanatory “Pump It Up,” from the classic album This Year’s Model ), gentlebut-twisted love songs (the immortal “Alison”), blissful pop (“(Everyday) I Write The Book”) and even a bit of reggae (“Watching The Detectives”).
On this tour, which features former Attractions Steve Naïve on keyboards and Pete Thomas on drums alongside bassist Davey Faragher and second guitarist Charlie Sexton, Costello has pulled some deep cuts out of the trunk.
Take his July show at the Peace Center in Greenville, for example.
Opening with the fast and upbeat “Mystery Dance, “Costello and company worked rarities like the haunting ballad “Shabby Doll” and the sprightly “Fish N’ Chip Paper” into the set before surprising the audience with a soulful cover of Van Morrison’s “Domino.”
The finale was a 30-minute adrenaline
rush that featured “Pump It Up,” “Radio, Radio,” “(What’s So Funny ’Bout) Peace, Love & Understanding,” and the tour debut of “I Want You,” one of the most menacing “love” songs ever written. It’s one hell of a set.
Costello, who performed the Imperial Bedroom album in 2019 at Charleston Music Hall, hinted before the tour that this might be the last time he plays these songs. If that’s true, Costello would seem to be saying goodbye to these songs with the same prickly fury that he had back in 1977.
IF YOU WANT TO GO: Doors open at 6:30 p.m., Oct. 3, Gaillard Center, 95 Calhoun St., Charleston. Tickets range from $80-$273: gaillardcenter.org
By Vincent Harris
Singer-songwriter Dylan Cotrone rolls into the Charleston Pour House on Oct. 2 for a solo acoustic show on a wild ride. The Florida-born performer has come up with a winning musical formula, and he’s gone viral because of it.
Thanks to a loveable cover version of Zach Bryan’s “Burn Burn Burn,” Cotrone’s life changed a year ago, getting him more than 12 million views and launching an unexpected career. He’s already connected with Columbia Records and released two EPs and a string of singles,
some of which have been streamed over 1 million times.
Cotrone’s music is an infectious, upbeat mix of gentle acoustic rock, irresistible hooks, danceable beats and hilarious hip-hop accents.
At one point on “Weekend Religion,” the title track for Cotrones’s new five-song EP, overdubbing lets him battle with himself, with both voices lamenting his sorry state.
“Corn dog from the freezer, eat a Caesar without dressing,” he sings, before immediately answering himself with a horrified, spoken, “Oh my God.”
Mark Seliger
Iconic punk rocker Elvis Costello will play the Gaillard Center Oct. 3
The song is about finding spirituality in expected and unexpected places.
“I grew up super-religious,” Cotrone, 22, said in a recent interview with the Charleston City Paper. “But the second I finally moved away from Tampa to the Boca Raton-Miami area for college, I was experiencing life not in the bubble of my family and I was just finally my own person. I just couldn’t wait for the weekend, to get a text from all my best friends: ‘We’re going out.’
“That brought me peace,” he added. “But what I believe in brought me peace, too.”
All five tracks on the Weekend Religion EP strike that same thoughtful but upbeat tone, making the whole experience feel like 20 minutes of good vibes. And now that it’s catching on, Cotrone is just trying to hold on as best he can. Remember: This all started one year ago.
“The very first video that I posted on
Javetta Palmer Campbell
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EVENTS LIVE LOCAL
“SEASONS CHANGE” —yet it seems like yesterday.
Across
1. Can’t refuse
6. Small change?
11. Ride from the airport
14. Colorado skiing town
15. “It was ___ and stormy night”
16. Swatch selection
17. They encapsulate the story
20. Duke U.’s conference
21. Hit song of 1979
22. Perspire
23. Classic Jaguar model
25. Finds loathsome
27. Salt-N-Pepa, originally
28. Potato, on Indian menus
29. Kitchen utensils often linked in a group of 4-6
36. 800, in Roman numerals
37. Bony beginning
38. Obey Bob Barker, in a way
39. L.A. art gallery home to van Gogh’s “Hospital at Saint-RÈmy”
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56. No vote
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SUMMONS
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS FOR THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT CASE#2025CP2606527
IN RE: TOMMIE TISDALE AND CAROLYN TISDALE (PLAINTIFF) VS. KRISTIN FAITH RHODES (DEFENDANT)
TO THE DEFENDANT ABOVE NAMED:
YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint in this action, a copy of which is herewith served upon you, and to serve a copy of your Answer to the said Complaint on the subscriber, Law Offices of Cezar E. McKnight, 126 West Mill Street, Kingstree, South Carolina, 29556, Within thirty (30) days after the service hereof, and if you fail to answer the Complaint within the time aforesaid the Plaintiff will apply to the Court for a judgement for default against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint.
Signed at Kingstree, South Carolina, this 23 RD day of September 2025.
Cezar E. McKnight ATTORNEY FOR PLAINTIFF
COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE FAMILY COURT OF THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT CASE NO.: 2025-DR-10-1601
MARCUS T. WASHNGTON, SR., Plaintiff, vs. TANOVA ROBINSON WASHINGTON, Defendants.
SUMMONS
TO: THE DEFENDANT ABOVE NAMED
YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to Answer the Complaint in this action, a copy of which is hereby served upon you, and to serve a copy of your Answer to the said Complaint upon the Plaintiff’s attorney, Tyla N. Bowman, Esquire within thirty (30) days after the service of this Summons upon you, not counting the day of service, If you fail to submit your Answer the Complaint within the time aforesaid, judgment by default will be rendered against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint.
TYLA N. BOWMAN, ESQUIRE
Attorney for the Plaintiff P.O. Box 63384
North Charleston, SC 29419-2252 T: (843) 300-0373 F: (843) 273-8481
E tyla@bowman-law.net
June 9, 2025
North Charleston, SC
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS IN THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT CASE NUMBER: 2025-CP-1001924
James Blake, Jr., Virginia ChinaYarborough, Bonita Blake, Renard Blake a/k/a Reynard J. Blake, Kenneth M. Murray, Jr., Keniqua B. Murray, Latoya Murray Turner Blake and Dana M. Blake a/k/a Dana M. Carr, Plaintiffs,
Charleston, SC 29407
(843) 766-5576 - Phone (843) 766-9152 - Fax
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS FOR THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT CASE NUMBER: 2025-CP-1001276
Bobby Blake, Plaintiff, -versusEmbro, LLC, Charles Porter a/k/a Chas Porter, Deceased, his heirs and assigns and all other persons claiming under or through the heirs and assigns of Charles Porter a/k/a Chas Porter, collectively designated as JOHN DOE, and any such persons who are minors or other disability or members of the Armed Forces of the United States of America, as contemplated by the Soldier’s and Sailor’s Relief Act, 1940, as Amended, collectively designated as RICHARD ROE, and all persons entitled to claim under or through any of them; also all persons claiming any right, title or interest in the real estate described as TMS #126-00-00-028 Defendants.
NOTICE OF HEARING
It appearing that this matter has been referred to the Honorable Mikell R. Scarborough, Master In Equity for Charleston County, South Carolina, to make appropriate findings of fact and conclusions of law with authority to enter a final judgment;
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that a hearing in this matter has been scheduled and will be held on Wednesday, October 8, 2025 at 10:00 a.m., at the Charleston County Courthouse, Courtroom 2A, 100 Broad Street, Charleston, South Carolina.
BRUSH LAW FIRM, P.A. /s/ Thomas H. Brush
SC Bar # 974
tommy@brushlawfirm.com
J. Chris Lanning
SC Bar # 73957
chris@brushlawfirm.com
12 Carriage Lane, Suite A Charleston South Carolina 29407
Phone 843-766-5576
Attorneys for Plaintiffs
The original Summons and Complaint in the above-captioned action were filed with the Clerk of Court for Charleston County on the 25th day of June 2025.
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS FOR THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT CASE NO.: 2025-CP-10-04084
JOHN NICHOLAS HAYES and MARGARET P. HAYES, Trustees, or their successors in trust, under the HAYES LIVING TRUST, dated November 16th, 2022, Plaintiffs, v. JOEL C. CAMPBLE a/k/a JOEL C. CAMPBELL, and if he be deceased, his heirs, distributees, personal representatives, successors and assigns and spouses, if any they have and all other persons with any right, title or interest in and to the real estate described in the Complaint, commonly known as:
Charleston, SC 29406 has been designated as Guardian ad Litem for all Defendants who may be incompetent, under age, or under any other disability or in the Service of the Military by Order of the Court of Common Pleas of Charleston County, dated July 25th, 2025 and the said appointment shall become absolute 30 days after the final publication of this Notice, unless such Defendants, or anyone in their behalf shall procure a proper person to be appointed Guardian ad Litem of them within 30 days after the final publication of this Notice.
THE PURPOSE of this action is to clear the title to the subject real property described as follows: All that certain piece, parcel or lot of land, situate, lying and being in the County of Charleston, State of South Carolina, known and designated as Lot Number One Hundred Forty-One (141), as more particularly shown on a plat of Palmetto Terrace Subdivision made by C.P. Collette, RLS, No. 1709, dated January 26, 1961 and recorded in the RMC Office for Charleston County Office in Plat Book N, at Page 30.
TMS # 229-13-00-048
September 2nd, 2025
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF BERKELEY IN THE FAMILY COURT FOR THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT DOCKET NO. 2025-DR08-890/2024-DR-08-319/2024DR-08-132
SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES
VERSUS Christina Gathers, Dominque Middleton, Jeronica Frazier, Jr., Akeem R. Grant, Malik Mitchell, Sr., Jarod A. Cleveland, Abraham Medley, and John Middleton, DEFENDANTS. IN THE INTEREST OF: MINOR CHILDREN BORN 2007, 2018, 2016, 2021, 2018, 2020, 2011, 2017, and 2013.
TO DEFENDANT: Akeem R. Grant
YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Amended and Supplemental Complaint adding grounds for Termination of Parental Rights and Petition for Permanency Planning Hearing, the original of which was filed in the Office of the Clerk of Court for Berkeley County 300-B California Avenue Moncks Corner, SC 29461, on the 18 th day of June, 2025, at 10:06 a.m., a copy of which will be delivered to you upon request; and to serve a copy of your Answer to the complaint upon the undersigned attorney for the Plaintiff at 3685 Rivers Avenue, Suite 101, North Charleston, SC 29405 within thirty (30) days following the date of service upon you, exclusive of the day of such service; and if you fail to answer the complaint within the time stated, the plaintiff will apply
126 West Mill Street Kingstree, South Carolina 29556 Telephone: 843-374-4529 Facsimile: 843-401-0197 Email:cezar@cezarmcknight.com laquandra@cezarmcknight.com
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE FAMILY COURT OF THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT CASE NO.: 2025-DR-10-1216
SHATONIA M. MORTON, Plaintiff, Vs. MITCHELL C. MORTON, SR., Defendants.
SUMMONS
TO: THE DEFENDANT ABOVE NAMED
YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to Answer the Complaint in this action, a copy of which is hereby served upon you, and to serve a copy of your Answer to the said Complaint upon the Plaintiff’s attorney, Tyla N. Bowman, Esquire within thirty (30) days after the service of this Summons upon you, not counting the day of service, If you fail to submit your Answer the Complaint within the time aforesaid, judgment by default will be rendered against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint.
TYLA N. BOWMAN, ESQUIRE
Attorney for the Plaintiff P.O. Box 63384 North Charleston, SC 29419-2252
T: (843) 300-0373 F: (843) 273-8481
E tyla@bowman-law.net
May 2, 2025 North Charleston, SC STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA
-versus-
Angie Wilder, Hattie Barnwell, Joseph Ladson, Edward Ladson, Remus Ladson, Wesley Ladson, Daphne Ladson, Heirs of Lillie Mae Latson, a/k/a Lillie Mae Ladson, collectively designated as JOHN DOE, and any such persons who are Minors or other disability, or members of the Armed Forces of the United States of America, as contemplated by the Soldier’s and Sailor’s Relief Act, 1940, as Amended collectively designated as RICHARD ROE, and all persons entitled to claim under or through, and any or all other persons or legal entities, known and unknown, claiming any right, title, interest or estate in or lien upon the parcel of real estate described in the Lis Pendens and Complaint herein filed, Defendants.
TMS # 340-01-00-014
NOTICE OF HEARING
It appearing that this matter has been referred to the Honorable Mikell R. Scarborough, Master In Equity for Charleston County, South Carolina, to make appropriate findings of fact and conclusions of law with authority to enter a final judgment;
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that a hearing in this matter has been scheduled and will be held on Thursday, December 11, 2025 at 10:00 a.m., at the Charleston County Courthouse, Courtroom 2A, 100 Broad Street, Charleston, South Carolina.
BRUSH LAW FIRM, P.A.
s/ Thomas H. Brush
Thomas H. Brush
tbrush@brushlawfirm.com
J. Chris Lanning clanning@brushlawfirm.com Attorneys for Plaintiffs 12 Carriage Lane, Suite A
BRUSH LAW FIRM, P.A. s/ Thomas H. Brush Thomas H. Brush tbrush@brushlawfirm.com J. Chris Lanning clanning@brushlawfirm.com Attorneys for Plaintiffs 12 Carriage Lane, Suite A Charleston, South Carolina 29407 (843) 766-5576 - Phone (843) 766-9152 - Fax Charleston, South Carolina September 3, 2025
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS CASE NUMBER: 2025-CP-1003649
Ginger Tucker Lockwood and Peggy Tucker Brockman, Trustee of the Peggy Tucker Brockman Trust, dated February 25, 2019 Plaintiffs, VS. Tyrese Hayward and Raynard L. Heyward, Defendants.
SUMMONS FOR PUBLICATION
YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint in this Action, a copy of which is herewith served upon you, and to serve a copy of your answer to the said Complaint on the Plaintiffs, through their Attorney, Thomas H. Brush, at his office, 12 Carriage Lane, Suite A, Charleston, South Carolina 29407, within thirty (30) days after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such Service; and, if you fail to answer the Complaint within the time aforesaid, the Plaintiff in the Action will apply to the Court for the relief demanded in the Complaint.
DATED at Charleston, South Carolina on the 11th day of September 2025.
0 Glifton Ave. Charleston County, South Carolina TMS Number: 229-13-00-048 and also any unknown adults and those persons as who may be in the Military Service of the United States of America, all of them being a class designated as John Doe; and any unknown minors or persons under a disability being a class designated as Richard Roe and N.R.L.L., East, LLC, a Florida Limited Liability Company, Defendants.
SUMMONS & NOTICE
To the Defendants above-named:
YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint in the above entitled action, a copy of which is herewith served upon you, and to serve a copy of your Answer upon the undersigned at his office at: 2201 Middle Street, Box 15, Sullivan’s Island, SC 29482, within thirty (30) days, after service hereof upon you, exclusive of the day of such service, except as to the United States of America, which shall have sixty (60) days, exclusive if the day of such service, and if you fail to answer the Complaint within the time aforesaid, judgment by default will be rendered against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint.
YOU WILL ALSO TAKE NOTICE that should you fail to answer the foregoing summons, the Plaintiff will move for a general Order of Reference of this cause to the Master-in-Equity or Special Referee for this County, which Order shall, pursuant to Rule 53(e) of the South Carolina Rule of Civil Procedure, specifically provide that the said Master-in-Equity or Special Referee is authorized and empowered to enter a final judgment in this case.
NOTICE OF FILING
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Summons and Notice, Complaint and Lis Pendens were filed on July 22nd, 2025, the Order Appointing Guardian ad Litem was filed on July 25th, 2025 and the Order of Publication was filed on August 27th, 2025 in the Office of the Clerk of Court for Charleston County, State of South Carolina.
NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT OF GUARDIAN AD LITEM
FURTHER TAKE NOTICE that R. David Chard, Esquire of 2050 Spaulding Drive, North
s/Carl B. Hubbard Carl B. Hubbard Attorney at Law 2201 Middle Street, Box 15 Sullivan’s Island, South Carolina 29482 (843) 814-3481 chublaw@comcast.net
Attorney for the Plaintiff
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS FOR THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT CASE NO.: 2025-CP-10-04134 THE WOODLANDS OF JOHNS ISLAND, LLC, Plaintiff, v. RAY CHARLES CAPERS, and if he be deceased, his heirs, distributees, personal representatives, successors and assigns and spouses, if any they have and all other persons with any right, title or interest in and to the real estate described in the Complaint, commonly known as:
1.55-acres on Fickling Hill Road Charleston County, South Carolina TMS Number: 280-00-00-111 and also any unknown adults and those persons as who may be in the Military Service of the United States of America, all of them being a class designated as John Doe; and any unknown minors or persons under a disability being a class designated as Richard Roe, Defendants.
SUMMONS & NOTICE
To the Defendants above-named: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint in the above entitled action, a copy of which is herewith served upon you, and to serve a copy of your Answer upon the undersigned at his office at: 2201 Middle Street, Box 15, Sullivan’s Island, SC 29482, within thirty (30) days, after service hereof upon you, exclusive of the day of such service, except as to the United States of America, which shall have sixty (60) days, exclusive if the day of such service, and if you fail to answer the Complaint within the time aforesaid, judgment by default will be rendered against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint.
YOU WILL ALSO TAKE NOTICE that should you fail to answer the foregoing summons, the Plaintiff will move for a general Order of
Reference of this cause to the Master-in-Equity or Special Referee for this County, which Order shall, pursuant to Rule 53(e) of the South Carolina Rule of Civil Procedure, specifically provide that the said Master-in-Equity or Special Referee is authorized and empowered to enter a final judgment in this case.
NOTICE OF FILING
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Summons and Notice, Complaint and Lis Pendens were filed on July 24th, 2025, the Order Appointing Guardian ad Litem was filed on July 29th, 2025 and the Order of Publication was filed on August 27th, 2025 in the Office of the Clerk of Court for Charleston County, State of South Carolina.
NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT OF GUARDIAN AD LITEM
FURTHER TAKE NOTICE that R. David Chard, Esquire of 2050 Spaulding Drive, North Charleston, SC 29406 has been designated as Guardian ad Litem for all Defendants who may be incompetent, under age, or under any other disability or in the Service of the Military by Order of the Court of Common Pleas of Charleston County, dated July 29th, 2025 and the said appointment shall become absolute 30 days after the final publication of this Notice, unless such Defendants, or anyone in their behalf shall procure a proper person to be appointed Guardian ad Litem of them within 30 days after the final publication of this Notice.
THE PURPOSE of this action is to clear the title to the subject real property described as follows:
ALL THAT CERTAIN PIECE, parcel or lot of land, situate, lying and being off Fickling Hill Road, on Johns Island, County of Charleston, State of South Carolina, and measuring and containing one and fifty-five hundredths (155) acres, more or less, and being shown and designated as Lot Five (5) on a plat entitled “A Division of the Lands of Rosa Capers on Johns Island,” said plat was recorded in the RMC Office for Charleston County on March 20, 1979 in Plat Book R at Page 100 (now Cabinet N at Slide 25), reference being made to said plat for a more complete description thereof.
TMS # 280-00-00-111
September 2nd, 2025
s/Carl B. Hubbard Carl B. Hubbard Attorney at Law
2201 Middle Street, Box 15 Sullivan’s Island, South Carolina 29482 (843) 814-3481 chublaw@comcast.net
Attorney for the Plaintiff
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS FOR THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT CASE NO.: 2025-CP-10-04087
THE WOODLANDS OF JOHNS ISLAND, LLC, Plaintiff,
v. ROSA CAPERS and JAMES NATHANIEL CAPERS, and if they be deceased, their heirs, distributees, personal representatives, successors and assigns and spouses, if any they have and all other persons with any right, title or interest in and to the real estate described in the Complaint, commonly known as:
1.64-acres on Fickling Hill Road Charleston County, South Carolina
TMS Number: 280-00-00-110 and also any unknown adults and those persons as who may be in the Military Service of the United
States of America, all of them being a class designated as John Doe; and any unknown minors or persons under a disability being a class designated as Richard Roe, Defendants.
SUMMONS & NOTICE
To the Defendants above-named:
YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint in the above entitled action, a copy of which is herewith served upon you, and to serve a copy of your Answer upon the undersigned at his office at: 2201 Middle Street, Box 15, Sullivan’s Island, SC 29482, within thirty (30) days, after service hereof upon you, exclusive of the day of such service, except as to the United States of America, which shall have sixty (60) days, exclusive if the day of such service, and if you fail to answer the Complaint within the time aforesaid, judgment by default will be rendered against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint.
YOU WILL ALSO TAKE NOTICE that should you fail to answer the foregoing summons, the Plaintiff will move for a general Order of Reference of this cause to the Master-in-Equity or Special Referee for this County, which Order shall, pursuant to Rule 53(e) of the South Carolina Rule of Civil Procedure, specifically provide that the said Master-in-Equity or Special Referee is authorized and empowered to enter a final judgment in this case.
NOTICE OF FILING
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Summons and Notice, Complaint and Lis Pendens were filed on July 22nd, 2025, the Order Appointing Guardian ad Litem was filed on July 31st, 2025 and the Order of Publication was filed on August 26th, 2025 in the Office of the Clerk of Court for Charleston County, State of South Carolina.
NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT OF GUARDIAN AD LITEM
FURTHER TAKE NOTICE that R. David Chard, Esquire of 2050 Spaulding Drive, North Charleston, SC 29406 has been designated as Guardian ad Litem for all Defendants who may be incompetent, under age, or under any other disability or in the Service of the Military by Order of the Court of Common Pleas of Charleston County, dated July 31st, 2025 and the said appointment shall become absolute 30 days after the final publication of this Notice, unless such Defendants, or anyone in their behalf shall procure a proper person to be appointed Guardian ad Litem of them within 30 days after the final publication of this Notice.
THE PURPOSE of this action is to clear the title to the subject real property described as follows: All that lot, piece and parcel of land lying, situate and being on Johns Island in Charleston County, South Carolina, shown and designated as Lot 4 on a plat of Robert L Frank, R.L.S., dated June 14, 1978, entitled “A Division of lands of Rosa Capers on Johns Island” and recorded in the R.M.C. Office for Charleston County in Plat Book R, Page 100, on March 20, 1979, and having such size, shape, buttings and boundings as are shown on said plat, reference to which is craved for a more specific description
TMS # 280-00-00-110 September 2nd, 2025
s/Carl B. Hubbard Carl B. Hubbard
Attorney at Law
2201 Middle Street, Box 15 Sullivan’s Island, South Carolina 29482 (843) 814-3481 chublaw@comcast.net
Attorney for the Plaintiff
CIRCUIT CASE NO.: 2025-CP-10-04228
VERNON KELLER STAUBES, JR., as Personal Representative of the Estate of Vernon Staubes, Plaintiff, v. JAMES M. FREEMAN, LEONARD RILEY, JR., AISHA JONES, and if they be deceased, their heirs, distributees, personal representatives, successors and assigns and spouses, if any they have and all other persons with any right, title or interest in and to the real estate described in the Complaint, commonly known as:
3.95-acres on Kent Street Charleston County, South Carolina TMS Number: 535-04-00-055
and also any unknown adults and those persons as who may be in the Military Service of the United States of America, all of them being a class designated as John Doe; and any unknown minors or persons under a disability being a class designated as Richard Roe, Defendants.
SUMMONS & NOTICE
To the Defendants above-named:
YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint in the above entitled action, a copy of which is herewith served upon you, and to serve a copy of your Answer upon the undersigned at his office at: 2201 Middle Street, Box 15, Sullivan’s Island, SC 29482, within thirty (30) days, after service hereof upon you, exclusive of the day of such service, except as to the United States of America, which shall have sixty (60) days, exclusive if the day of such service, and if you fail to answer the Complaint within the time aforesaid, judgment by default will be rendered against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint.
YOU WILL ALSO TAKE NOTICE that should you fail to answer the foregoing summons, the Plaintiff will move for a general Order of Reference of this cause to the Master-in-Equity or Special Referee for this County, which Order shall, pursuant to Rule 53(e) of the South Carolina Rule of Civil Procedure, specifically provide that the said Master-in-Equity or Special Referee is authorized and empowered to enter a final judgment in this case.
NOTICE OF FILING
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Summons and Notice, Complaint and Lis Pendens were filed on July 29th, 2025, the Order Appointing Guardian ad Litem was filed on July 31st, 2025 and the Order of Publication was filed on August 26th, 2025 in the Office of the Clerk of Court for Charleston County, State of South Carolina.
NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT OF GUARDIAN AD LITEM
FURTHER TAKE NOTICE that R. David Chard, Esquire of 2050 Spaulding Drive, North Charleston, SC 29406 has been designated as Guardian ad Litem for all Defendants who may be incompetent, under age, or under any other disability or in the Service of the Military by Order of the Court of Common Pleas of Charleston County, dated July 31st, 2025 and the said appointment shall become absolute 30 days after the final publication of this Notice, unless such Defendants, or anyone in their behalf shall procure a proper person to be appointed Guardian ad Litem of them within 30 days after the final publication of this Notice.
THE PURPOSE of this action is to clear the title to the subject real property described as follows: ALL THAT CERTAIN PIECE, parcel or lot of land, situate, lying and
being in the County of Charleston, State of South Carolina located in Mt. Pleasant Tax District Number 21 measuring and containing onefourth (.25) of an acre of high land and three and seven-tenths (3.7) acres of marsh lands, more or less as shown on plat recorded in the RMC Office for Charleston County in Plat Book L at page 108.
TMS # 535-04-00-055
September 2nd, 2025
s/Carl B. Hubbard
Carl B. Hubbard
Attorney at Law
2201 Middle Street, Box 15 Sullivan’s Island, South Carolina 29482 (843) 814-3481 chublaw@comcast.net
Attorney for the Plaintiff
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE FAMILY COURT FOR THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT DOCKET NO. 2025-DR-10-0784
SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES VERSUS Daycia Green, Damonceaous Jenkins, Brandon Wright, and Sholanda Smalls
DEFENDANTS. IN THE INTERESTS OF: MINOR CHILDREN BORN 2021 and 2022
TO DEFENDANTS: Brandon Wright and Damonceaous Jenkins
YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint in this action filed with the Clerk of Court for Charleston County on March 20, 2025 at 2:35 pm. Upon proof of interest, a copy of the Complaint will be delivered to you upon request from the Charleston County Clerk of Court, and you must serve a copy of your Answer to the Complaint on the Plaintiff, the South Carolina Department of Social Services, at the office of its Legal Department of the Charleston County Department of Social Services, 3685 Rivers Avenue, Suite 101, North Charleston, S.C. 29405-5714 within thirty (30) days of this publication, exclusive of the date of service. If you fail to answer within the time set forth above, the Plaintiff will proceed to seek relief from the Court.
Charleston County Department of Social Services, Legal Office, 3685 Rivers Avenue, Suite 101, North Charleston, S.C. 29405, (843) 953-9625.
ESTADO DE CAROLINA DEL SUR CONDADO DE CHARLESTON EN EL TRIBUNAL DE FAMILIA DEL NOVENO DISTRITO JUDICIAL EXPEDIENTE NO. 2025-DR10-2002
DEPARTAMENTO DE SERVICIOS SOCIALES DE CAROLINA DEL SUR CONTRA JUAN CARLOS PEREZ CHOJOLAN, DEMANDADO. EN BENEFICIO DE: HIJO MENOR NACIDO EN 2012.
AL DEMANDADO: JUAN CARLOS PEREZ CHOJOLAN
POR LA PRESENTE SE LE CONVOCA y se le exige que responda a la Demanda en esta acción presentada ante el secretario del Tribunal del condado de Charleston el 31 de julio de 2025 a las 2:10 p. m. Tras la prueba de interés, se le entregará una copia de la Demanda a solicitud del Secretario del Tribunal del condado de Charleston, y debe entregar una copia de su Respuesta a la Demanda al Demandante, el Departamento de Servicios Sociales de Carolina del Sur, en la oficina de su abogado,
Fredrick Mogab, Departamento Legal del Departamento de Servicios Sociales del condado de Charleston, 3685 Rivers Avenue, Suite 101, North Charleston, SC 29405 dentro de los treinta (30) días posteriores a esta publicación, excluyendo la fecha de servicio. Si no responde dentro del tiempo establecido anteriormente, el demandante procederá a buscar reparación del tribunal.
Fredrick Mogab, Colegio de Abogados de Carolina del Sur #105639, 3685 Rivers Avenue, Suite 101, North Charleston, SC 29405, (843) 953-9625.
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE FAMILY COURT FOR THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT DOCKET NO. 2025-DR-10-2002
SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES VERSUS JUAN CARLOS PEREZ CHOJOLAN, DEFENDANT. IN THE INTERESTS OF: MINOR CHILD BORN 2012.
TO DEFENDANT: JUAN CARLOS PEREZ CHOJOLAN
YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint in this action filed with the Clerk of Court for Charleston County on July 31, 2025, at 2:10 PM. Upon proof of interest, a copy of the Complaint will be delivered to you upon request from the Charleston County Clerk of Court, and you must serve a copy of your Answer to the Complaint on the Plaintiff, the South Carolina Department of Social Services, at the office of its Attorney, Fredrick Mogab, Legal Department of the Charleston County Department of Social Services, 3685 Rivers Avenue, Suite 101, North Charleston, SC 29405 within thirty (30) days of this publication, exclusive of the date of service.
If you fail to answer within the time set forth above, the Plaintiff will proceed to seek relief from the Court.
Fredrick Mogab, SC Bar #105639, 3685 Rivers Avenue, Suite 101, North Charleston, SC 29405, (843) 953-9625.
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE FAMILY COURT FOR THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT DOCKET NO. 2025-DR-10-0900
SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES VERSUS Erika West, Charles L. Sabb, and Larondo Wright DEFENDANTS. IN THE INTERESTS OF: MINOR CHILDREN BORN 2008 and 2009 TO DEFENDANTS: Larondo Wright
YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint in this action filed with the Clerk of Court for Charleston County on March 31, 2025 at 4:25 pm. Upon proof of interest, a copy of the Complaint will be delivered to you upon request from the Charleston County Clerk of Court, and you must serve a copy of your Answer to the Complaint on the Plaintiff, the South Carolina Department of Social Services, at the office of its Legal Department of the Charleston County Department of Social Services, 3685 Rivers Avenue, Suite 101, North Charleston, S.C. 29405-5714 within thirty (30) days of this publication, exclusive of the date of service. If you fail to answer within the time set forth above, the Plaintiff will proceed to seek relief from the Court.
Charleston County Department of Social Services,
Legal Office, 3685 Rivers Avenue, Suite 101, North Charleston, S.C. 29405, (843) 953-9625.
ESTATES’ CREDITOR’S NOTICES
All persons having claims against the following estates are required to deliver or mail their claims to the Personal Representative indicated below and also file subject claims on Form #371ES with Irvin G. Condon, Probate Judge of Charleston County, 84 Broad Street, Charleston, S.C. 29401, before the expiration of 8 months after the date of the first publication of this Notice to Creditors or one year from the date of death, whichever date is earlier, or else thereafter such claims shall be and are forever barred.
Estate of: HELEN MARY WAUGH 2025-ES-10-0948
DOD: 10/12/24
Pers. Rep: RALPH PASCERI, JR. 2500 BAY DR., #2-A, POMPANO BEACH, FL 33062
Pers. Rep: P. J. REDMOND 100 MELVIN DR., WEST CHESTER, PA 19380
Atty: ROBIN RAE SLIKKER, ESQ. 222 W. COLEMAN BLVD., #211, MT. PLEASANT, SC 29464
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Estate of: JOAN LIVINGSTON HOLLING 2025-ES-10-1454
DOD: 7/9/25
Pers. Rep: JULIE W. HOLLING 120 CASA DELL RD., GASTON, SC 29053
Atty: KERRY W. KOON, ESQ. 147 WAPPOO CREEK DR., #203, CHARLESTON, SC 29412
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Estate of: ROBERT DODGE MONTAGUE 2025-ES-10-1460
DOD: 7/8/25
Pers. Rep: MARY ANN MONTAGUE 2121 KINGS PINE DR., JOHNS ISLAND, SC 29455
Atty: JENNIFER W. DAVIS, ESQ. 151 MEETING ST., #600, CHARLESTON, SC 29401
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Estate of: SHEILA M. PATER 2025-ES-10-1475
DOD: 6/23/25
Pers. Rep: VITTORIO J. PATER 633 LYNNE AVE., CHARLESTON, SC 29412
Atty: MARIO INGLESE, ESQ. 443 FOLLY RD., CHARLESTON, SC 29412
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Estate of: WAYNE A. BARFIELD 2025-ES-10-1483
DOD: 7/23/25
Pers. Rep: MERRIMAN L. DOWDLE 3512 LEGAREVILLE RD., JOHNS ISLAND, SC 29455
Atty: M. JEAN LEE, ESQ. 115 CHURCH ST., CHARLESTON, SC 29401
ESTATES’ CREDITOR’S NOTICES
All persons having claims against the following estates are required to deliver or mail their claims to the Personal Representative indicated below and also file subject claims on Form #371ES with Irvin G. Condon, Probate Judge of Charleston County, 84 Broad Street, Charleston, S.C. 29401, before the expiration of 8 months after the date of the first publication of this Notice to Creditors or one year from the date of death, whichever date is earlier, or else thereafter such claims shall be and are forever barred.
Estate of: LILLIAN RACHEL SHELTON
SNYDER
2025-ES-10-1263
DOD: 7/9/25
Pers. Rep: LANCE A. SNYDER
4254 FABER PLACE DR., #404, NO. CHARLESTON, SC 29405
Atty: ANDREW W. CHANDLER, ESQ. 115 CHURCH ST., CHARLESTON, SC 29401
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Estate of: DOROTHY WHITTEMORE SCHAFER AKA DOROTHY A. SCHAFER
2025-ES-10-1482
DOD: 4/26/25
Pers. Rep: ROBERT K. SCHAFER 700 QUAY CIR., #714, CHARLESTON, SC 29412
Atty: DAVID H. KUNES, ESQ. 115 CHURCH ST., CHARLESTON, SC 29401
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Estate of: EARL WASHINGTON, II 2025-ES-10-1504
DOD: 6/25/25
Pers. Rep: CARLISE G. SHEDRICK 4228 MEADOWBROOK CT., NO. CHARLESTON, SC 29420 ***********
Estate of: NICOLA GERTRUD LEWIS 2025-ES-10-1507
DOD: 8/16/25
Pers. Rep: MARK WILLIAM LEWIS 7727 REDWOOD AVE., FAYETTEVILLE, NC 28314
ESTATES’ CREDITOR’S NOTICES
All persons having claims against the following estates are required to deliver or mail their claims to the Personal Representative indicated below and also file subject claims on Form #371ES with Irvin G. Condon, Probate Judge of Charleston County, 84 Broad Street, Charleston, S.C. 29401, before the expiration of 8 months after the date of the first publication of this Notice to Creditors or one year from the date of death, whichever date is earlier, or else thereafter such claims shall be and are forever barred.
Estate of: MARGARET CLARK HUGHES 2025-ES-10-1519
DOD: 7/15/25
Pers. Rep: LINDA MARIE WILLSON
767 HUNT CLUB RUN, CHARLESTON, SC 29414
Atty: KEVIN M. SEIBERT, ESQ. 3 GAMECOCK AVE., #308-B, CHARLESTON, SC 29407 ***********
Estate of:
MICHAEL LEE WILLSON 2025-ES-10-1524
DOD: 7/10/25
Pers. Rep: ERIC LEE WILLSON
767 HUNT CLUB RUN, CHARLESTON, SC 29414
Atty: KEVIN M. SEIBERT, ESQ. 3 GAMECOCK AVE., #308-B, CHARLESTON, SC 29407
ESTATES’ CREDITOR’S NOTICES
All persons having claims against the following estates are required to deliver or mail their claims to the Personal Representative indicated below and also file subject claims on Form #371ES with Irvin G. Condon, Probate Judge of Charleston County, 84 Broad Street, Charleston, S.C. 29401, before the expiration of 8 months after the date of the first publication of this Notice to Creditors or one year from the date of death, whichever date is earlier, or else thereafter such claims shall be and are forever barred.
Estate of:
DIMITRI ANTWANE PINCKNEY
2025-ES-10-1479
DOD: 9/23/24
Pers. Rep:
DIMEECHE’ PINCKNEY
31-F FRANKLIN ST., CHARLESTON, SC 29401
Atty: SONIA M. RAYMOND, ESQ. PO BOX 51710, MYRTLE BEACH, SC 29579
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Estate of: CAROL HARPER
2025-ES-10-1540
DOD: 8/3/25
Pers. Rep: PAUL EDWARDS HARPER 161 BEACHSIDE DR., PONTE VEDRA, FL 32082
Pers. Rep: SARAH ELIZABETH HARPER 3 CLEMSON ST., CHARLESTON, SC 29403
Atty: JONATHAN S. ALTMAN, ESQ. 575 KING ST., #B, CHARLESTON, SC 29403
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Estate of: ROY EVERETTE NICKLES, JR. 2025-ES-10-1559
DOD: 8/16/25
Pers. Rep: KRISTINA N. COULTER 5 FORT ROYAL CT., CHARLESTON, SC 29407
Atty: ROBERT S. DODDS, ESQ. 25 CALHOUN ST., #400, CHARLESTON, SC 29401 ***********
Estate of:
LAWRENCE MYLES MAYLAND 2025-ES-10-1575
DOD: 8/4/25
Pers. Rep: CLEMENTINA RUTLEDGE EDWARDS MAYLAND 22 CHALMERS ST., CHARLESTON, SC 29401
Atty: M. JEAN LEE, ESQ. 115 CHURCH ST., CHARLESTON, SC 29401 ***********
Estate of:
BEATRICE S. PINCKNEY 2025-ES-10-1599
DOD: 8/12/25
Pers. Rep: CHARLES PINCKNEY, SR. 1482 WESTWOOD DR., CHARLESTON, SC 29412 Atty: KERRY W. KOON, ESQ. 147 WAPPOO CREEK DR., #203, CHARLESTON, SC 29412
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS FOR THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT CASE NO.: 2025-CP-10-03408
SOLICITOR, NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, Plaintiff, vs. 4.95 grams of Cocaine in 9 separate bags, 1 DU of MDMA, one Apple iphone, Nine Hundred Sixty-Three Dollars Zero Cents ($963.00) in US Currency, Defendant
NOTICE TO: ANYONE INTERESTED IN THE ABOVE CAPTIONED PROPERTY
TAKE NOTICE that the original Summons and Complaint for Forfeiture in the above entitled action were filed in the Office of the Clerk of Court for Charleston County on June 12th, 2025, the subject and prayer of which is to obtain civil forfeiture of property named above.
AMENDED SUMMONS
To: Gerald T. Chisolm 5109 Westview ST North Charleston, SC 29418
YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint for Forfeiture in this proceeding, a copy of which is hereby served upon you, and to serve a copy of your Answer to the Complaint for Forfeiture on the undersigned attorney at 180 Lockwood Blvd., Charleston, South Carolina within thirty (30) days after service hereof, exclusive of the date of such service, and, if you fail to Answer the Complaint for Forfeiture within the time
aforesaid, judgment by default will be entered against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint and Forfeiture of the subject property will be ordered.
/s/ Steven Ruemelin, Esq. Charleston Police Department 180 Lockwood Blvd. Charleston, SC 29403 (843) 720-3787 Attorney for Plaintiff
Charleston, South Carolina August 18, 2025
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT CASE NO.: 2025CP1001311
DEWEES ISLAND PROPERTY OWNERS ASSOCIATION, INC., AND DEWEES ISLAND UTILITY CORPORATION, Plaintiff(s), v. JOSEPH A. LOWERY, Defendant(s),
TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANT(S):
NOTICE OF SALE CIVIL ACTION NO. 2025CP1001311
BY VIRTUE OF A DECREE of the Court of Common Pleas for Charleston County, South Carolina, heretofore issued in the case of Dewees Island Property Owners Association, Inc., and Dewees Island Utility Corporation, v.
JOSEPH A. LOWERY, the Masterin-Equity will sell on Tuesday, November 04, 2025, at 11:00 AM, at the County Council Chambers, Public Services Building (PSB), 4045 Bridge View Drive, North Charleston, South Carolina, to the highest bidder:
ALL that certain lot, piece or parcel of land, situate, lying and being in the County of Charleston, State of South Carolina, being known and designated as “LOT 95” on a plat entitled, “DEWEES ISLAND, CHARLESTON COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA, FINAL PLAT OF LOTS 88-188 & 133-137 (TOTAL COMBINED ACREAGE INCLUDING 7.60 AC. RIGHT OF WAY 76.85 AC.)”, made by E.M. Seabrook, Jr., Surveyor, dated August 5, 1997, and recorded in the RMC Office for Charleston County, in Plat Book EC, at Pages 165, 166 and 167.
TMS No.: 608-11-00-017
Property address: 203 Lake Timcau Lane, Dewees Island, SC 29451-
TERMS OF SALE: FOR CASH. The Master-in-Equity will require a deposit of 5% of the bid amount in cash or certified funds, which is to be applied on the purchase price upon compliance with the bid. Interest on the balance of the bid at the rate of 7.25% per annum shall be paid to the day of compliance. In case of noncompliance within thirty (30) days, after the sale, the deposit of 5% is to be forfeited and applied to Plaintiff’s judgment debt and the property re-advertised for sale upon the same terms at the risk of the former highest bidder. Purchaser to pay for deed recording fees and deed stamps.
Deficiency judgment being specifically waived, the bidding shall be final on the date of the sale.
Should Plaintiff, Plaintiff’s attorney, or Plaintiff’s agent fail to appear on the day of sale, the property shall not be sold, but shall be re-advertised and sold at some convenient sales day thereafter when Plaintiff, Plaintiff’s attorney, or Plaintiff’s agent, is present.
The sale shall be subject to taxes and assessments, existing easements and restrictions of record, and any senior lien(s) identified in the Complaint and the Order and Judgment of Foreclosure
and Sale. Plaintiff does not warrant its title search to purchasers at foreclosure sale or other third parties, who should have their own title search performed on the subject property.
Mikell R. Scarborough Master-in-Equity, County of Charleston
September 26, 2025 Charleston, South Carolina
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS CASE NO. 2024-CP-10-01692
The Bank of New York Mellon FKA The Bank of New York, as trustee for the Certificateholders of the CWABS, Inc., Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2006-17 Plaintiff, -vsLorenzo Graham; Charsetta Graham; South Carolina Department of Revenue Defendants
NOTICE OF SALE
BY VIRTUE of a judgment heretofore granted in the case of The Bank of New York Mellon FKA The Bank of New York, as trustee for the Certificateholders of the CWABS, Inc., Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2006-17 vs. Lorenzo Graham; Charsetta Graham; South Carolina Department of Revenue, I, Mikell Scarborough, Master in Equity for Charleston County, will sell on October 07, 2025, at 11:00 AM, at the Front Entrance of County Council Chambers, 4045 Bridge View Drive, North Charleston, SC, to the highest bidder.
All that certain piece, parcel or lot of land, with improvements thereon, if any, known and designated as Lot A1 containing 0.487 acres, more or less, situate, lying and being located in St. Paul`s Parish, in the County of Charleston, State of South Caro1ina, and being more particularly shown and delineated on a plat entitled “PLAT SUBDIVIDING TMS 19100-00-292 LOT A (1.660 ACRES TOTAL)INTO NEWLOTS A1-A3” prepared by Absolute Surveying, Inc. dated January 19, 2004 and recorded in Plat Book DD at page 988; said lot having such size, shape, dimensions, buttings and boundings as will by reference to said plat more fully and at large appear.
Derivation: BEING the same property conveyed to Charsetta Graham and Lorenzo Graham by deed of Scora Investments, Inc. d/b/a 5 Star Properties dated July 22, 2005 and recorded in Book D647, at Page 129 in the RMC Office for Charleston County; ALSO BEING the same property conveyed to Charsetta Graham and Lorenzo Graham by Quit Claim Deed of Troy C. Crist dated August 9, 2005 and recorded November 10, 2005 in Book T561, Page 514 in the RMC Office for Charleston County.
TMS #: 191-00-00-292
5664 Dixie Plantation Road, Hollywood, SC 29449
SUBJECT TO CHARLESTON COUNTY TAXES
TERMS OF SALE: The successful bidder, other than the Plaintiff, will deposit with the Master in Equity at conclusion of the bidding, five (5%) of his bid, in cash or equivalent, as evidence of good faith, the same to be applied to purchase price in case of compliance, but to be forfeited and applied first to costs and then to Plaintiff’s debt in the case of noncompliance. Should the last and highest bidder fail or refuse to make the required deposit at the time of the bid or comply with the other terms or the bid within thirty (30) days, then the Master in Equity may resell the
property on the same terms and conditions on some subsequent Sales Day (at the risk of the former highest bidder).
Should the Plaintiff, or one of its representatives, fail to be present at the time of sale, the property is automatically withdrawn from said sale and sold at the next available sales day upon the terms and conditions as set forth in the Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale or any Supplemental Order.
A personal or deficiency judgment having been demanded by the Plaintiff, the sale of the subject property will remain open for thirty (30) days pursuant to Section 15-39-720, Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1976; provided, however, that the Court recognizes the option reserved by the Plaintiff to waive such deficiency judgment prior to the sale, and notice is given that the Plaintiff may waive in writing the deficiency judgment prior to the sale; and that should the Plaintiff elect to waive a deficiency judgment, without notice other than the announcement at the sale and notice in writing to the debtor defendant(s) that a deficiency judgment has been waived and that the sale will be final, the bidding will not remain open after the date of sale, but compliance with the bid may be made immediately.
NOTICE: The foreclosure deed is not a warranty deed. Interested bidders should satisfy themselves as to the quality of title to be conveyed by obtaining an independent title search well before the foreclosure sale date.
The successful bidder will be required to pay interest on the amount of the bid from the date of sale to date of compliance with the bid at the rate of 8.59000% per annum.
Mikell Scarborough Master in Equity for Charleston County
CRAWFORD & VON KELLER, LLC
B. Lindsay Crawford, III (SC Bar# 6510)
Theodore von Keller (SC Bar# 5718)
B. Lindsay Crawford, IV (SC Bar# 101707)
Jason M. Hunter (SC Bar# 101501)
Eric H. Nelson (SC Bar# 104712)
Katharyn L. Sophia (SC Bar# 105541)
Roman A. Dodd (SC Bar# 105612)
Crawford & von Keller, LLC 1640 St. Julian Place (29204) PO Box 4216 (29240) Columbia, SC Phone: 803-790-2626
Email: court@crawfordvk.com
Attorneys for Plaintiff
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF BERKELEY IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS CASE NO. 2025-CP-08-01139
NewRez LLC d/b/a Shellpoint Mortgage Servicing Plaintiff,
-vsPhilip J. Lien aka Phil Lien; 254 Seven Farms Drive Condominium Association Inc.; American Express National Bank Defendants
NOTICE OF SALE
BY VIRTUE of a judgment heretofore granted in the case of NewRez LLC d/b/a Shellpoint Mortgage Servicing vs. Philip J. Lien aka Phil Lien; 254 Seven Farms Drive Condominium Association Inc.; American Express National Bank, I, J. Camden West, Master in Equity for Berkeley County, will sell on November 05, 2025, at 11:00 AM, at the Berkeley County Courthouse, 300 California Avenue, Moncks Corner, SC 29461, to the highest bidder.
ALL that certain piece, parcel or lot of land, lying and being in the City of Charleston, Berkeley County, State of South Carolina, known as Unit 103, Building 2, Block E, Parcel R, Daniel Island, as set forth in the Master`s Deeds for 254 Seven Farms Drive Horizontal Property Regime recorded at book 4447, page 1 on January 7, 2005, Berkeley County ROD. Said lot having such size, shape, dimensions, buttings and boundings as will by reference to said plat more fully appear.
SUBJECT to all restrictions, covenants, easements and conditions listed in that certain Deed recorded at Book 4447 at page 1 on January 7, 2005, Berkeley County ROD.
Derivation: This being the same property conveyed to the mortgagor(s) by deed of Jane F. Byrne dated 05/07/10 and recorded 05/11/10 in Charleston County RMC Office in Book 8437 at Page 032.
TMS #: 275-12-01-011
100 Bucksley Lane, Unit 103, Charleston, SC 29492
SUBJECT TO BERKELEY COUNTY TAXES
TERMS OF SALE: The successful bidder, other than the Plaintiff, will deposit with the Master in Equity at conclusion of the bidding, five (5%) of his bid, in cash or equivalent, as evidence of good faith, the same to be applied to purchase price in case of compliance, but to be forfeited and applied first to costs and then to Plaintiff’s debt in the case of noncompliance. Should the last and highest bidder fail or refuse to make the required deposit at the time of the bid or comply with the other terms or the bid within thirty (30) days, then the Master in Equity may resell the property on the same terms and conditions on some subsequent Sales Day (at the risk of the former highest bidder).
Should the Plaintiff, or one of its representatives, fail to be present at the time of sale, the property is automatically withdrawn from said sale and sold at the next available sales day upon the terms and conditions as set forth in the Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale or any Supplemental Order.
A personal or deficiency judgment having been demanded by the Plaintiff, the sale of the subject property will remain open for thirty (30) days pursuant to Section 15-39-720, Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1976; provided, however, that the Court recognizes the option reserved by the Plaintiff to waive such deficiency judgment prior to the sale, and notice is given that the Plaintiff may waive in writing the deficiency judgment prior to the sale; and that should the Plaintiff elect to waive a deficiency judgment, without notice other than the announcement at the sale and notice in writing to the debtor defendant(s) that a deficiency judgment has been waived and that the sale will be final, the bidding will not remain open after the date of sale, but compliance with the bid may be made immediately.
NOTICE: The foreclosure deed is not a warranty deed. Interested bidders should satisfy themselves as to the quality of title to be conveyed by obtaining an independent title search well before the foreclosure sale date.
The successful bidder will be required to pay interest on the amount of the bid from the date of sale to date of compliance with the bid at the rate of 4.12500% per annum.
J. Camden West Master in Equity for Berkeley County CRAWFORD & VON KELLER, LLC
Lindsay Crawford, III
(SC Bar# 6510)
Theodore von Keller
(SC Bar# 5718)
B. Lindsay Crawford, IV
(SC Bar# 101707)
Jason M. Hunter
(SC Bar# 101501)
Eric H. Nelson
(SC Bar# 104712)
Katharyn L. Sophia
(SC Bar# 105541)
Roman A. Dodd
(SC Bar# 105612)
Crawford & von Keller, LLC 1640 St. Julian Place (29204) PO Box 4216 (29240)
Columbia, SC
Phone: 803-790-2626
Email: court@crawfordvk.com
Attorneys for Plaintiff
AMENDED MASTER IN EQUITY’S SALE
CASE NO. 2024-CP-10-05638
BY VIRTUE of a decree heretofore granted in the case of South Carolina State Housing Finance and Development Authority against Thomas Edward Fox, as Heir at Law of Margaret T. Fox, deceased, et al, I, the Master in Equity for Charleston County, will sell on Tuesday, October 7, 2025, at 11:00 o’clock a.m., at the Charleston County Public Services Building, Second Floor Council Chambers, Bridge View Drive, City of North Charleston, South Carolina, to the highest bidder:
All that certain piece, parcel or lot of land, together with any and all improvements thereon, situate, lying and being in the County of Charleston, State of South Carolina, in Wildwood Subdivision, being known and designated as Lot No. 3, Block L, on a plat of Wildwood dated March, 1956, made by J. O’Hear Sanders, Jr., Surveyor, recorded in the RMC Office for Charleston County in Plat Book K, at Page 82; said lot having such size, shape, dimensions, buttings and boundings as will by reference to said plat more fully and at large appear.
This conveyance is made subject to any and all restrictions, easements and/or rights-of-way affecting the above-described property as recorded in the RMC Office for Charleston County, South Carolina.
This being the same property conveyed to Margaret T. Fox by deed of Patrick H. Bos and Mary B. Bos dated November 27, 2000 and recorded December 1, 2000 in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Charleston County, South Carolina in Book N359 at Page 237.
TMS#: 475-05-00-122
Property Address: 2405 Eagle Drive N. Charleston, South Carolina 29406
TERMS OF SALE: The successful bidder, other than the plaintiff, will deposit with the Master in Equity for Charleston County at conclusion of the bidding, five percent (5%) of the bid, in certified funds or equivalent, as evidence of good faith, same to be applied to the purchase price in case of compliance, but to be forfeited and applied first to costs and then to plaintiff’s debt in the case of non-compliance. If the Plaintiff’s representative is not in attendance at the scheduled time of the sale, the sale shall be canceled and the property sold on some subsequent sales day after due advertisement. Should the last and highest bidder fail or refuse to make the required deposit at time of bid or comply with the other terms of the bid within thirty (30) days, the deposit shall be forfeited and the Master in Equity for Charleston County may re-sell the property on the same terms and conditions on some subsequent Sales Day (at the risk of the said highest bidder).
As a deficiency judgment is being Waived, the bidding will not remain open thirty days after the date of sale. Purchaser shall pay for preparation of deed, documentary
stamps on the deed, and recording of the deed. The successful bidder will be required to pay interest on the amount of the bid from date of sale to date of compliance with the bid at the rate of 7.25% per annum. The sale shall be subject to assessments, Charleston County taxes, easements, easements and restrictions of record, and other senior encumbrances.
s/Ryan J. Patane S.C. Bar No. 103116 Benjamin E. Grimsley S.C. Bar No. 70335 D’Alberto, Graham & Grimsley, LLC Attorneys for the Plaintiff P.O. Box 11682 Columbia, S.C. 29211 (803) 233-4999 rpatane@dgglegal.com bgrimsley@dgglegal.com
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE FAMILY COURT NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT CASE NO.: 2025-DR-10-1189
CHRISTOPHER MUNGIN, Plaintiff, vs. MARCY BRADLEY MUNGIN, Defendant.
SUMMONS
TO THE DEFENDANT ABOVE NAMED:
YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to Answer the Complaint in this action, a copy of which is herewith served upon you, and to serve a copy of your Answer to the said Complaint on the subscriber, D. Allen Badger, at the address below, within thirty (30) days after service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service. That Defendant may be served by law enforcement, by private process server and/or by any other means permitted by Rules of Court or by law.
YOU ARE HEREBY GIVEN NOTICE FURTHER that if you fail to appear and defend and fail to answer the Complaint as required by this Summons within thirty (30) days after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service, judgment by default will be entered against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint.
D. Allen Badger Attorney for Plaintiff 2129 Dorchester Road North Charleston, SC 29405 843-554-8881 badgerlaw@hotmail.com
April 30, 2025
PUBLIC AUCTION
Extra Space Storage, on behalf of itself or its affiliates, Life Storage or Storage Express, will hold a public auction to sell personal property described below belonging to those individuals listed below at the location indicated:
Facility 1: 1108 Stockade Ln. Mt. Pleasant, SC 29466 10/07/2025 10:00 AM
Chambers Gerlad Household Goods
Christopher Hendricks Business Goods
Jeffery Sutton Business Items
Jorge Chavez Work items
Robert Legare Furniture, home decor
Shannon Majewski Household goods
Facility 2: 1640 James Nelson Rd Mount Pleasant, SC 29464
10/07/2025 10:20 AM
Jamie Cardona Furniture
Tim Cebula Golf clubs, suitecases
Facility 3: 1117 Bowman Rd. Mount Pleasant, SC 29464
10/07/2025 10:25 AM
Scott Williams Bed, washer dryer, tv
Facility 4: 1514 Mathis Ferry Rd. Mt. Pleasant, SC 29464
10/07/2025 10:35 AM
Lauren Hentschel Desk night stand
Facility 5: 3510 Glenn McConnell Pkwy Charleston, SC 29414 10/07/2025 10:00 AM
Johnathan Horton Household and personal items
Christine Anderson Furniture and household goods
Facility 6: 45 Grand Oaks Blvd Charleston, SC 29414
10/07/2025 11:15 AM
Travis Green Household Goods/Furniture, Office Furn/Machines/Equip
Shane Maurer Zenner
Household Goods/Furniture, TV/ Stereo Equipment, Acct. Records/ Sales Samples, collectables/ clothing
Jasmine Whitsett Personal items
Facility 7: 1951 Maybank Hwy Charleston, SC 29412 10/07/2025 11:30 AM
Will Hanahan Couch, Bed and bedframe, Desk, porch furniture, chairs and likely some boxes as well
Facility 8: 810 St Andrews Blvd Charleston, SC 29407
10/07/2025 11:45 AM
Adrian Williams Household Goods
Eddie Smith Personal Items
Jane Hamilton Furniture, Household Goods
Facility 9: 1533 Ashley River Rd Charleston, SC 29407
10/07/2025 12:45 PM
Michael Owens Furniture, kitchen, bedroom, collectibles,
Ashley Hill Household items, Queen Bed, Twin bed
Marcus German Household items and furniture, dining table, tvs
Dwayne Sweatman Pool table
Jonathan Hiers Furniture, boxes, TVs.
Facility 10: 1861 Ashley River Rd Charleston, SC 29407
10/07/2025 1:15 PM
Sonja Reed Props, books, costumes
Sonja Reed
Furniture, clothes, toys
Facility 5: 3781 Ashley Phosphate Road North Charleston, SC 29418
10/07/2025
11:00 AM
James Schuckers
Tools and auto parts
Facility 6: 434 Orangeburg Road Summerville, SC 29483
10/07/2025 11:15 AM
Connie Sineath Household Goods
Wayne Watts House hold furniture
Facility 7: 422 Old Trolley Rd Summerville, SC 29485
10/07/2025
10:45 AM
Heather Landon Household items, furniture
Greg Metts Household items
Ashley Nesbitt Household goods, furniture
Nicole Campbell Housewares, furniture
Justin DeLuca Household goods
Elizabeth Perry Household goods, furniture
Gwen McCue Household items
Facility 8:
Facility10: 1205 Central Ave. Summerville, SC 29483
10/07/2025 11:15 AM
Sheryl Tyler Household items
Facility 12: 344 Nexton Creek Circle Summerville, SC 29486 10/07/2025 11:45 AM
Chalena Walker Bed,
Boxes, containers, furniture, table, chairs, bikes
Java Doctor Washer, freezer, Livingroom furniture, mattresses, dining table & chairs.
Lamesha Mckelvey
China cabinet, dining set, tools, boxes, outdoor furniture/bistro set, bed set/ mattresses, glassware
Victoria MIssroon Dresser, boxes, clothes
Sharnice Jackson
6 sectional pieces, bed, 3 bins, lamps, clothing.
Tyrell Crenshaw
2 Couch Sets, 2 Tables, 2 Bedroom Sets
Tane Davis Couch, mattress/boxspring, table, misc household.
Matthew Davis Boxes, small kitchen items, clothing
Tor Gregory Clothes shoes tv’s beds couches purses
Frances Burleson
Queen Mattress, Bins, Boxes
Jonaziah Jones Boxes, dresser.
Facility 15: 5146 Ashley Phosphate Road North Charleston, SC 29418 10/07/2025 12:00 PM
Karis Fleetwood Storage Bins
Khayla Wallace Household furniture
Jesus Monjarrez Football gear
Derron Davis Household
Aungelica Lloyd 4 Bedroom home furniture
Rosalyn Hall Cleaning supplies
Walter Simmons Totes
Robert Jones
Small bags, boxes, tv
Brian Wright
3 bedroom home
Makayla McCollin Boxes, furniture, tvs, video games, important documents
The auction will be listed and advertised on www. storagetreasures.com. Purchases must be made with cash only and paid at the above referenced facility in order to complete the transaction. Extra Space Storage may refuse any bid and may rescind any purchase up until the winning bidder takes possession of the personal property.
4045 Bridge View Drive, Council Chambers, North Charleston 29405, South Carolina on October 7, 2025, at 11:00 A.M. or shortly thereafter.
PROPERTY LOCATED IN CHARLESTON COUNTY:
All that certain lot, piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon, situate, lying and being in Chicora Place, in the County of Charleston, State of South Carolina, being known, numbered and designated as Lot No. 10, Block D, on the plat of Chicora Place, recorded in Plat Book D, Page 197, in the RMC Office for Charleston County. Said lot having such size, shape, metes and bounds as shown on said plat.
Being the same property conveyed to SC Revitalize LLC by deed of Home Dreams Foundation dated January 31, 2022, recorded February 12, 2022, in Book 1077 at Page 760 in the ROD Office for Charleston County.
TMS No: 469-12-00-297
ALL that certain piece, parcel or lot of land, situate, lying and being in Deerwood Heights Subdivision, Charleston County, South Carolina, and known and designated as Lot 1, Block A, on a plat entitled: “DEERWOOD HEIGHTS, A PORTION OF LOT 25, DEER PARK” by W. H. Matheny, RLS, dated July 19, 1962 and recorded in Plat Book P Page 67 in the ROD Office for Charleston County, said lot having such boundaries, metes, courses, and distances as delineated on said plat.
Being the same property conveyed to SC Revitalize, LLC by deed of Home Deams Foundation dated January 31, 2022, recorded February 12, 2022, in Book 1077 at Page 763 in the ROD Office for Charleston County.
TMS No: 486-14-00-011
ALL that certain piece, parcel or lot of land, with the improvements thereon, situate, lying and being in the City of North Charleston, County of Charleston, State of South Carolina, being known and designated as NEW LOT 3, containing 0.21 of an acre, more or less, and shown and delineated on that certain plat entitled, “PLAT SHOWING THE COMBINATION AND RE-SUBDIVISION OF TMS # 486-14-00-012, 0.38 AC, & 486-14-00-013, 0.34 AC, CREATING LOT 1, 6000.0 SOFT, 0.14 AC, LOT 2, 7259.7 SOFT, 0.16 AC, LOT 3, 9469.2 SOFT, 0.21 AC, LOT 4, 9061.6 SOFT, 0.20 AC, OWNED BY SC REVITALIZE LLC, DEED BOOK 0643, PAGE 949, PROPERTY LOCATION: OTRANTO RD. & DEERWOOD RD., CITY OF NORTH CHARLESTON, CHARLESTON COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA,” said plat being prepared by Randall L. Stepp, PLS, of Vaughn & Melton Consulting Engineers, Inc., dated October 5, 2017, and recorded October 11, 2017, in the ROD Office for Charleston County, in Plat Book S17, at Page 0238, which said plat is incor.porated herein by reference.
SHOWING THE COMBINATION AND RE-SUBDIVISION OF TMS # 486-14-00-012, 0.38
AC, & 486-14-00-013, 0.34 AC, CREATING LOT 1, 6000.0 SOFT, 0.14 AC, LOT 2, 7259.7 SOFT, 0.16
AC, LOT 3, 9469.2 SOFT, 0.21
AC, LOT 4, 9061.6 SOFT, 0.20
AC, OWNED BY SC REVITALIZE LLC, DEED BOOK 0643, PAGE 949, PROPERTY LOCATION:
OTRANTO RD. & DEERWOOD RD., CITY OF NORTH CHARLESTON, CHARLESTON COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA,”
said plat being prepared by Randall L. Stepp, PLS, of Vaughn & Melton Consulting Engineers, Inc., dated October 5, 2017, and recorded October 11, 2017, in the ROD Office for Charleston County, in Plat Book S17, at Page 0238, which said plat is incorporated herein by reference. Said lot having such size, shape, location, dimensions, buttings and boundings as will more fully appear by reference to the aforementioned plat of record.
BEING a portion of the same property conveyed to SC Revitalize, LLC, by deed of K & G Properties, LLC, dated February 8, 2019, recorded February 13, 2019, in Book 0777, Page 326, in the Register of Deeds Office for Charleston County, SC.
TMS No: 486-14-00-362
As the Plaintiff did not waive its right for a deficiency judgment in the Complaint, this sale will be re-opened for final bidding at 11:00 a.m. on November 6, 2025.
Plaintiff reserves the right to waive its request for a Deficiency Judgment only up until seven days prior to the sale with written notice to all parties and the Court, in which case bidding shall be concluded and the sale closed on the regular scheduled date of sale.
The property shall be sold for cash to the highest bidder. The highest bidder, other than the Plaintiff, will be required to deposit with the Master, at the conclusion of the bidding, cash or certified check in the amount of five (5%) per cent of the bid: the said deposit to be applied to the purchase price.
Should the highest bidder fail to comply with the bid within thirty days from the date of sale, the Master will resell the property at the risk and expense of the defaulting bidder upon the same terms as above set out. The Sheriff of Charleston County may be authorized to put the purchaser into possession of the premises if requested by the purchaser.
PLAINTIFF’S ATTORNEY Finkel Law Firm LLC PO Box 71727 N. Charleston, SC 29418 (843) 577-5460
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS
any persons in the military service of the United States of America being a class designated as Richard Roe; Trevor Andre McNeil, Jr, Individually and as Personal Representative of the Estate of Trevor McNeil a/k/a Trevor A McNeil, a/k/a Trevor Andre McNeil; Antonio Odell McNeil; Paolo Vecchione, DEFENDANT(S)
SUMMONS AND NOTICE OF FILING OF COMPLAINT (NON-JURY MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE)
C/A NO: 2025-CP-10-04130
DEFICIENCY WAIVED
TO THE DEFENDANTS, ABOVE NAMED:
YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint herein, a copy of which is herewith served upon you, or otherwise appear and defend, and to serve a copy of your Answer to said Complaint upon the subscriber at his office, Hutchens Law Firm LLP, P.O. Box 8237, Columbia, SC 29202, within thirty (30) days after service hereof, except as to the United States of America, which shall have sixty (60) days, exclusive of the day of such service, and if you fail to answer the Complaint within the time aforesaid, or otherwise appear and defend, the Plaintiff in this action will apply to the Court for the relief demanded therein, and judgment by default will be rendered against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint. YOU WILL ALSO TAKE NOTICE that should you fail to Answer the foregoing Summons, the Plaintiff will move for an Order of Reference of this case to the Master-in-Equity/Special Referee for this County, which Order shall, pursuant to Rule 53 of the South Carolina Rules of Civil Procedure, specifically provide that the said Master-in-Equity/ Special Referee is authorized and empowered to enter a final judgment in this case with appeal only to the South Carolina Court of Appeals pursuant to Rule 203(d)(1) of the SCACR, effective June 1, 1999.
TO MINOR(S) OVER FOURTEEN YEARS OF AGE, AND/OR TO MINOR(S) UNDER FOURTEEN YEARS OF AGE AND THE PERSON WITH WHOM THE MINOR(S) RESIDES, AND/OR TO PERSONS UNDER SOME LEGAL DISABILITY:
YOU ARE FURTHER SUMMONED AND NOTIFIED to apply for the appointment of a guardian ad litem within thirty (30) days after the service of this Summons and Notice upon you. If you fail to do so, application for such appointment will be made by the Plaintiff immediately and separately and such application will be deemed absolute and total in the absence of your application for such an appointment within thirty (30) days after the service of the Summons and Complaint upon you.
NOTICE OF FILING OF SUMMONS AND COMPLAINT
you Plaintiff’s appointment will be made absolute with no further action from Plaintiff.
THIS IS A COMMUNICATION FROM A DEBT COLLECTOR. THE PURPOSE OF THIS COMMUNICATION IS TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE, except as stated below in the instance of bankruptcy protection.
IF YOU ARE UNDER THE PROTECTION OF THE BANKRUPTCY COURT OR HAVE BEEN DISCHARGED AS A RESULT OF A BANKRUPTCY PROCEEDING, THIS NOTICE IS GIVEN TO YOU PURSUANT TO STATUTORY REQUIREMENT AND FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES AND IS NOT INTENDED AS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT OR AS AN ACT TO COLLECT, ASSESS, OR RECOVER ALL OR ANY PORTION OF THE DEBT FROM YOU PERSONALLY.
s/ Gregory T. Whitley
August 18, 2025
John S. Kay (S.C. Bar No. 7914)
Ashley Z. Stanley (S.C. Bar No. 74854)
Alan M. Stewart (S.C. Bar No. 15576)
Sarah O. Leonard (S.C. Bar No. 80165)
Gregory Wooten (S.C. Bar No. 73586)
Gregory T. Whitley (S.C. Bar No. 100792)
Attorneys for Plaintiff Hutchens Law Firm LLP P.O. Box 8237 Columbia, SC 29202 (803) 726-2700 john.kay@hutchenslawfirm.com ashley.stanley@hutchenslawfirm. com alan.stewart@hutchenslawfirm. com sarah.leonard@hutchenslawfirm. com k.gregory.wooten@ hutchenslawfirm.com gregory.whitley@hutchenslawfirm. com Firm Case No.: 26782-136177
Master’s Sale Case No. 2024-CP-10-05442
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF CHARLESTON: IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS
at the County Council Chambers, 4045 Bridge View Drive, North Charleston, South Carolina, on the 7th day of October, 2025, at 11:00 a.m. or shortly thereafter.
THE FOLLOWING DESCRIBED PROPERTY, TO WIT: ALL THAT LOT, PIECE OR PARCEL OF LAND, TOGETHER WITH THE BUILDINGS AND IMPROVEMENTS THEREON, SITUATE, LYING AND BEING ON JOHNS ISLAND IN THE COUNTY OF CHARLESTON, STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA AND BEING MORE PARTICULARLY SHOWN ON A PLAT OF A LOT OF LAND, SITUATE ON JOHNS ISLAND, CHARLESTON COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA, OWNED BY JOSEPH T. ENGLES ABOUT TO BE CONVEYED TO GEORGE BLAKE, SURVEYED APRIL 27, 1964 BY W. L. GAILLARD, SURVEYOR. MEASURING AND CONTAINING ON THE NORTHWEST LINE
ONE HUNDRED (100 FEET) FEET; ON THE SOUTHWEST LINE ONE HUNDRED (100 FEET) FEET; ON THE SOUTHEAST LINE FIFTY SEVEN (57 FEET) FEET AND ON THE NORTHEAST LINE EIGHTY (80 FEET) FEET, BE THE SAID DIMENSIONS A LITTLE MORE OR LESS. BUTTING AND BOUNDING TO THE NORTHWEST AND NORTHEAST ON OTHER LANDS OF JOSEPH T. ENGLES AND TO THE SOUTHWEST AND SOUTHEAST ON A TWENTY (20 FEET) FEET ROAD SHOWN ON SAID PLAT, ALL OF WHICH BY REFERENCE TO SAID PLAT BEING HAD WILL MORE FULLY AND AT LARGE APPEAR. THIS LOT IS JUST OFF BOHICKET ROAD AND AN EASEMENT OF RIGHT OF WAY FROM BOHICKET ROAD TO SAID LOT IS HEREBY GRANTED RANTEE, GEORGE BLAKE, HIS HEIRS AND ASSIGNS.
THIS BEING the same property conveyed unto George Blake by virtue of a Deed from Joseph T. Engles dated May 6, 1964 and recorded May 7, 1964 in Book H 080 at Page 159 in the Office of Register of Deeds in Charleston County, South Carolina.
authorized to put the purchaser into possession of the premises if requested by the purchaser.
PLAINTIFF’S ATTORNEY
John S. Kay, Esquire Telephone: 803-726-2700
FOR INSERTION
September 19, 2025; September 26, 2025; October 3, 2025
Mikell R. Scarborough Master in Equity
Master’s Sale Case No. 2025-CP-10-01097
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF CHARLESTON: IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS
Rocket Mortgage, LLC f/k/a Quicken Loans, LLC f/k/a Quicken Loans Inc., PLAINTIFF, vs. Edward Clark Perez; Ashley Villas Homeowners Association; Charles Richard Bowers, Jr., as Trustee of Georgia Mae Bowers Marital Trust, DEFENDANT(S)
Upon authority of a Decree dated the 18th day of August, 2025 I will offer for sale to the highest bidder for cash, at public auction, the premises fully described below, at the County Council Chambers, 4045 Bridge View Drive, North Charleston, South Carolina, on the 7th day of October, 2025, at 11:00 a.m. or shortly thereafter.
All that certain piece, parcel or lot of land with the buildings thereon, situate, lying and being in the City of North Charleston, County of Charleston, State of South Carolina, known and designated as Lot 165, Ashley Villas, Section III, as shown on a plat made by Sigma Engineers, Inc., dated March 22, 1977 and recorded in the RMC office for Charleston County in Plat Book AH, at Page 64; said lot having such size, shape, dimensions, buttings and boundings as will by reference to said plat more fully appear.
James
92628-59980
Master’s Sale CASE NO. 2025CP1001880 STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF CHARLESTON: IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS
Xanadu Management, LLC, PLAINTIFF VERSUS SC Revitalize, LLC; and Uillamis P. Da Silva, DEFENDANT(S).
Upon authority of a Decree, I will offer for sale to the highest bidder for cash, at public auction, the premises fully described below, at the Front Entrance of CHARLESTON COUNTY PUBLIC SERVICES BUILDING, SECOND FLOOR COUNCIL CHAMBERS,
Said lot having such size, shape, location, dimensions, buttings and boundings as will more fully appear by reference to the aforementioned plat of record.
BEING a portion of the same property conveyed to SC Revitalize, LLC, by deed of K & G Properties, LLC, dated February 8, 2019, recorded February 13, 2019, in Book 0777, Page 326, in the Register of Deeds Office for Charleston County, SC.
TMS No: 486-14-00-361
ALL that certain piece, parcel or lot of land, with the improvements thereon, situate, lying and being in the City of North Charleston, County of Charleston, State of South Carolina, being known and designated as NEW LOT 4, containing 0.20 of an acre, more or less, and shown and delineated on that certain plat entitled, “PLAT
Lakeview Loan Servicing, LLC, PLAINTIFF, vs. Trevor McNeil a/k/a Trevor A McNeil, a/k/a Trevor Andre McNeil and Tre’Von Andre McNeil AND IF Trevor McNeil a/k/a Trevor A McNeil, a/k/a Trevor Andre McNeil and Tre’Von Andre McNeil be deceased then any child and heir at law to the Estates of Trevor McNeil a/k/a Trevor A McNeil, a/k/a Trevor Andre McNeil and Tre’Von Andre McNeil distributees and devisees at law to the Estates of Trevor McNeil a/k/a Trevor A McNeil, a/k/a Trevor Andre McNeil and Tre’Von Andre McNeil and if any of the same be dead any and all persons entitled to claim under or through them also all other persons unknown claiming any right, title, interest or lien upon the real estate described in the complaint herein; Any unknown adults, any unknown infants or persons under a disability being a class designated as John Doe, and
TO THE DEFENDANTS ABOVE NAMED:
YOU WILL PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the foregoing Summons, along with the Complaint, were filed in the Office of the Clerk of Court on July 24, 2025.
NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT OF ATTORNEY FOR DEFENDANT(S) IN MILITARY SERVICE
TO UNKNOWN OR KNOWN DEFENDANTS THAT MAY BE IN THE MILITARY SERVICE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA ALL BEING A CLASS DESIGNATED AS RICHARD ROE: YOU ARE FURTHER SUMMONED AND NOTIFIED that Plaintiff’s attorney has applied for the appointment of an attorney to represent you. If you fail to apply for the appointment of an attorney to represent you within thirty (30) days after the service of this Summons and Notice upon
U.S. Bank Trust National Association, not in its individual capacity, but solely as trustee of Citigroup Mortgage Loan Trust 2019-RP1, PLAINTIFF, vs. Lorraine Blake, Individually and as Personal Representative of the Estate of George Blake; George Blake, and Christopher Blake, Jr. and if George Blake, and Christopher Blake, Jr. be deceased then any children and heirs at law to the Estates of George Blake, and Christopher Blake, Jr. distributees and devisees at law to the Estates of George Blake, and Christopher Blake, Jr. and if any of the same be dead any and all persons entitled to claim under or through them also all other persons unknown claiming any right, title, interest or lien upon the real estate described in the complaint herein; Any unknown adults, any unknown infants or persons under a disability being a class designated as John Doe, and any persons in the military service of the United States of America being a class designated as Richard Roe; Alethia Blake; Linda Rampersant; Nathaniel Blake; Vera Blake; Christopher Blake, III; Ashlee Brown; Lakeshia Blake; Tameeka Blake; Midland Credit Management, Inc. DEFENDANT(S)
Upon authority of a Decree dated the 18th day of July, 2025, I will offer for sale to the highest bidder for cash, at public auction, the premises fully described below,
THEREAFTER, George Blake conveyed an undivided one-half (1/2) interest in the subject property unto MaryLee Blake by virtue of a Deed dated August 11, 1988 and recorded August 20, 1988 in Book G 309 at Page 180 in the Office of Register of Deeds in Charleston County, South Carolina.
THEREAFTER, MaryLee Blake’s aka Mary L. Jenkins Blake’s interest in the subject property was conveyed unto Alethia Blake, by Lorraine Blake as Personal Representative of the Estate of Mary L. Jenkin’s Blake, (Estate # 2019-ES-10-01391), pursuant to the probate of said Estate, and by virtue of a Deed of Distribution dated February 9, 2024 and recorded June 5, 2024 in Book 1248 at Page 485 in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Charleston County, South Carolina.
3834 Betsy Kerrison Parkway Johns Island, SC 29455 TMS# 202-00-00-024
No personal or deficiency judgment being demanded, the bidding will not remain open after the date of sale, but compliance with the bid may be made immediately.
The property shall be sold for cash to the highest bidder. The highest bidder, other than the Plaintiff, will be required to deposit with the Master, at the conclusion of the bidding, cash or certified check in the amount of five (5%) per cent of the bid: the said deposit to be applied to the purchase price.
Should the highest bidder fail to comply with the bid within thirty days from the date of sale, the Master will resell the property at the risk and expense of the defaulting bidder upon the same terms as above set out. The Sheriff of Charleston County may be
BEING the same property conveyed to Edward Clark Perez by Deed from Patricia A. Sheppard dated January 11, 2018 and recorded January 31, 2018 in Book 0695 at Page 802 in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Charleston County, South Carolina.
5558 Evelyn Drive Charleston, SC 29418 TMS# 4080900194
No personal or deficiency judgment being demanded, the bidding will not remain open after the date of sale, but compliance with the bid may be made immediately.
The property shall be sold for cash to the highest bidder. The highest bidder, other than the Plaintiff, will be required to deposit with the Master, at the conclusion of the bidding, cash or certified check in the amount of five (5%) per cent of the bid: the said deposit to be applied to the purchase price.
Should the highest bidder fail to comply with the bid within thirty days from the date of sale, the Master will resell the property at the risk and expense of the defaulting bidder upon the same terms as above set out. The Sheriff of Charleston County may be authorized to put the purchaser into possession of the premises if requested by the purchaser.
PLAINTIFF’S ATTORNEY
John S. Kay, Esquire Telephone: 803-726-2700
FOR INSERTION
September 19, 2025; September 26, 2025; October 3, 2025
Mikell R. Scarborough Master in Equity
Notice
Please take note that HTF Consulting has applied to the Secretary of State’s office for a license to operate a private personal placement service in the name of HTF Consulting at 3422 Rivers Ave. Unit A., North Charleston, SC 29405. The agency will be operated by Hason Fields.
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON
IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS FOR THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT
CASE NO.: 2025-CP-10-04716
750 GRAND WKS LLC, Plaintiff,
v. EMILY WILLIAMS, AARON WILLIAMS, THELMA WILLAIMS and JOHN WILLIAMS, all being deceased persons, their heirs, personal representatives, successors, assigns and spouses, if any they have and all other persons with any right, title or interest in and to the real estate described in the Complaint, commonly known as:
2014 Hugo Avenue
North Charleston, South Carolina
TMS Number: 466-12-00-357 and also:
1970 Hugo Avenue
North Charleston, South Carolina TMS Number: 466-12-00-462
and also:
2013 Groveland Avenue
North Charleston, South Carolina TMS Number: 466-12-00-321
and also any unknown adults and those persons as who may be in the military service of the United States of America, all of them being a class designated as John Doe; and any unknown minors or persons under a disability being a class designated as Richard Roe, Defendants.
SUMMONS & NOTICE
To the Defendants above-named:
YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint in the above entitled action, a copy of which is herewith served upon you, and to serve a copy of your Answer upon the undersigned at his office at: 2201 Middle Street, Box 15, Sullivan’s Island, SC 29482, within thirty (30) days, after service hereof upon you, exclusive of the day of such service, except as to the United States of America, which shall have sixty (60) days, exclusive if the day of such service, and if you fail to answer the Complaint within the time aforesaid, judgment by default will be rendered against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint.
YOU WILL ALSO TAKE NOTICE that should you fail to answer the foregoing summons, the Plaintiff will move for a general Order of Reference of this cause to the Master-in-Equity or Special Referee for this County, which Order shall, pursuant to Rule 53(e) of the South Carolina Rule of Civil Procedure, specifically provide that the said Master-in-Equity or Special Referee is authorized and empowered to enter a final judgment in this case.
NOTICE OF FILING
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Summons and Notice, Complaint and Lis Pendens were filed on August 21st, 2025, the Order Appointing Guardian ad Litem was filed on September 3rd, 2025 and the Order of Publication was filed on August 28th, 2025 in the Office of the Clerk of Court for Charleston County, State of South Carolina.
NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT OF GUARDIAN AD LITEM
FURTHER TAKE NOTICE that Maria Kiehling Brees, Esquire of 800 Wappoo Road, Ste. A, Charleston, SC 29407 has been designated as Guardian ad Litem for all Defendants who may be incompetent, under age, or under any other disability or in the Service of the Military by Order of the Court of Common Pleas of Charleston County, dated September 3rd, 2025 and the said appointment shall become absolute 30 days after the final publication of this Notice, unless such Defendants, or anyone in their behalf shall procure a proper person to be appointed Guardian ad Litem of them within 30 days after the final publication of this Notice.
THE PURPOSE of this action is to clear the title to the subject real property described as follows:
All that piece, parcel or lot of land, with the buildings thereon situate, lying and being in the county of Charleston, State aforesaid, and comprising Lot Number Twenty-four (24) Highland Avenue on a map of the Westerly part of Union Heights prepared for the Koop-Isenhour Realty Company by J.E. Thomas, C.E. dated 1919, and recorded in the R.N.C. Office for Charleston County in Book C, page 137; Butting and Bounding as follows: To the East on Lot Number Twenty-six (26) Highland Avenue of said subdivision; and to the South by Highland Avenue of said subdivision.
TMS #466-12-00-357 and
All that lot, piece, parcel or lot of land, situate, lying and being in the County of Charleston, State aforesaid, known and designated as Lot #55 on Highland Avenue on a map of the Westerly part of Union Heights, prepared for the Kopp-Isenhour Realty Company by J.E. Thomas, G.E., dated 1919 and recorded in the R.M.C. Office for Charleston County, in Plat Book G page 157. Having the same metes and bounds as shown on said map.
TMS # 466-12-00-462 and
All that lot, piece or parcel of land, situate, lying and being in the County of Charleston, State aforesaid, and comprising Lot No. 29 Groveland on a map of the Westerly part of Union Heights prepared for the Kopp-Isenhour Realty Company by J.E. Thomas, C.E. dated 1919 and recorded in the R.M.C. Office for Charleston County in Plat Book C, Page 137 and having such size, shape, location, dimensions and bounds as may be seen by reference to the aforesaid plat on record.
TMS # 466-12-00-321
September 17th, 2025
s/Carl B. Hubbard
Carl B. Hubbard
Attorney at Law 2201 Middle Street, Box 15 Sullivan’s Island, South Carolina 29482 (843) 814-3481 chublaw@comcast.net
Attorney for the Plaintiff
TRUSTEE’S NOTICE OF SALE 98-33
Pursuant to S.C. Code Ann. §§ 27-32-300, et. seq., NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN of the intent of the undersigned Trustee, King Cunningham, LLC, P.O. Box 4896, North Myrtle Beach, SC 29597, to sell the below described Property at Public Auction to the highest bidder for cash on 10/3/2025, beginning at 10:00 A.M. The Public Auction shall occur at the front entrance of 700 Faison Road Mount Pleasant, South Carolina 29466.
Property Description: A
Vacation Ownership Interest in LIBERTY PLACE VACATION SUITES (the “Project”) consisting of the following: A fee simple undivided interest in (SEE EXHIBIT “A”) and to the Project in perpetuity as tenant(s) in common with the Owners of other Vacation Ownership Interests in the Project, as established by and subject to that certain Declaration of Covenants, Conditions and Restrictions and Vacation Ownership Instrument for Liberty Place Vacation Suites, recorded September 25, 2019 in Book 0824, Page 157, et seq. of the records of the R.O.D. Office for Charleston County, South Carolina, as amended or supplemented from time to time (the “Declaration”), having Interval Control Number: (SEE EXHIBIT “A”).
The names and notice address of the obligor(s), record owner(s) of the timeshare estate (if different from the obligor(s), and junior interest or lienholder(s) (if applicable) (hereinafter referred to as “Obligors”) are identified in Exhibit “A”.
The sale of the Properties is to satisfy the default in payment by the Obligors of the obligations secured by those certain Mortgages to 1776 Development, LLC as recorded in the records of Horry County, South Carolina and detailed in Exhibit “A”. The amounts secured by the MORTGAGES, including accrued interest and late charges now owing along with a per diem amount to account for further accrual of interest and late charges are detailed in Exhibit “A”, together with any and all additional principal, interest, costs coming due and payable hereafter. The successful bidders shall be required to pay, in cash or certified funds, at the time of the bid, unless the successful bidder is the Creditor, which shall reserve a credit against its bid for the Total Owing as set forth in Exhibit “A”. The successful bidders shall also be required to pay for Deed Preparation, Documentary Stamps, or transfer fee, and Recording Costs. This sale is subject to all taxes, liens, easements, encumbrances, assessments, and/or senior mortgage liens of record and the undersigned Trustee gives no opinion thereto. An Obligor has the right to cure the default, and a Junior Lienholder has the right to redeem its interest up to the date of that the Trustee issues the Certificate of Sale pursuant to S.C. Code Ann. § 27-32-345.
KING CUNNINGHAM, LLC, Trustee and Attorney for 1776 Development, LLC, by Jeffrey W. King, SC Bar # 15840; or W. Joseph Cunningham, SC Bar # 72655, P.O. Box 4896, North Myrtle Beach, SC 29597, (843)-249-0777. EXHIBIT “A”
NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE Obligor(s), Address, TS Interest, TS Interval Control No., MTG BK/PG, Default Amount, Costs, Trustee’s Fee, Total Amount Due, Per Diem;
JONATHAN CONTRERAS 838 CANAL RD MOUNT SINAI, NY 11766, 0.01682244733133270%, 980308-22B, 1211/056, $135,263.04, $970.20, $450.00, $136,683.24, $58.84.;
JAMILLAH SHAKOOR 8027 W 29TH CT RIVERSIDE, IL 60546-1642, 0.00841122366566636%, 98514-32O, 1284/849, $50,230.64, $970.20, $450.00, $51,650.84, $20.40.;
TINA PARRIS
1 FOREST COVE LN GREER, SC 29651-5382, 0.01243674632681650%, 98-518-49B, 1162/913, $40,621.10,
$970.20, $450.00, $42,041.30, $20.81.; VICKIE LYNN PURCELL & CHRISTOPHER EDWARD
PURCELL
9912 BETHWOOD DR FREDERICKSBURG, VA 22407, 0.00841122366566636%, 980303-36O, 1187/584, $26,170.75, $970.20, $450.00, $27,590.95, $11.31.;
VINCENT J. PERS & ONTIRETSE MANYALA
66 PINEVIEW LN CORAM, NY 11727-5109, 0.01243674632681650%, 980406-36B, 1143/933, $34,444.98, $520.20, $, $34,965.18, $12.36.; HARVEY ALDEN HOOK & RITA
ELLEN HOOK 3359 RESORT CT POWELL, OH 43065-9260, 0.01682244733133270%, 980302-7B, 1253/358, $41,588.02, $520.20, $, $42,108.22, $16.23.;
KILBURN KING FULTON III CAROL DALE FULTON 10823 HEAVEN SCENT LN MANASSAS, VA 20110-2802, 0.00798748443817687,0.007 98748443817687%, 98-042422B, 98-0424-23B, 1300/061, $205,853.76, $520.20, $, $206,373.96, $68.53.;
SARA DENISE CADWELL 1415 CONCORD PLACE DRIVE KALAMAZOO, MI 49009, 0.00399374221908844%, 98-316-3O, 0849/986, $5,048.69, $520.20, $, $5,568.89, $1.97.; JIMMY
WAYNE DOWNING & CAROL LOMBARDO DOWNING 3550 THICKET RUN PL CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA 22911
0.01682244733133270, 0.01682244733133270%, 98-0410-22B, 98-0410-23B, 1284/847, $211,395.98, $520.20, $, $211,916.18, $84.67.;
REBECCA JO CASE & ALICE REBECCA CASE 8072 VERMILLION AVE FRISCO, TX 75034-0980, 0.01682244733133270%, 980402-3B, 1092/886, $43,269.21, $520.20, $, $43,789.41, $16.15.;
PHILLIP G PETRIK & STEPHANIE E PETRIK 552 SILVERCREEK ROAD WADSWORTH, OH 44281, 0.01682244733133270%, 98-0305-11B, 98-0305-13B, 1177/60, $85,367.68, $520.20, $, $85,887.88, $31.82.;
STEVEN ELI LAMBERT 316 WALNUT VALLEY ROAD CLINTON, TN 37716, 0.01682244733133270%, 980213-19B, 1204/473, $43,787.87, $520.20, $, $44,308.07, $20.30.; KAREN GIBBONS DAVENPORT & DAVID CHARLES DAVENPORT 127 CREEK HILL LN
ROCHESTER, NY 14625-1125, 0.01682244733133270, 0.01682244733133270, 0.01682244733133270, 0.01682244733133270%, 98-0216-46B, 98-0403-43B, 98-0404-46B, 98-0405-21B, 1248/569, $296,666.16, $520.20, $, $297,186.36, $122.29.;
ROBERT JOSEPH MERCER & DEBRA K BOWERS
1383 BLACK WILLOW TRL ALTAMONTE SPRINGS, FL 32714, 0.01682244733133270%, 980311-34B, 1278/377, $65,650.40, $520.20, $, $66,170.60, $26.99.;
CYNTHIA LOUISE PITTS & DWIGHT PITTS
9612 DALTON DR VAN BUREN TWP, MI 48111, 0.01682244733133270%, 980514-25B, 1278/343, $100,418.41, $520.20, $, $100,938.61, $41.55.;
MARLIN HOWZE & CHRISTA HOWZE
3962 WOELKE RD SEGUIN, TX 78155, 0.00798748443817687%, 98-0516-34B, 1285/599, $95,157.33, $520.20, $, $95,677.53, $39.21.
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON
NOTICE OF INTENTION TO FILE PETITION TO CLOSE A ROAD
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Clayton Properties Group, Inc. dba Mungo Homes, a Tennessee Corporation, after publication of this Notice of Intention to File Petition to Close a Road once per week for three (3) consecutive weeks, will file a petition pursuant to South Carolina Code Section 579-10 et. Seq. (1976, as amended), in the Court of Common Pleas for Charleston County, to close McDowell Avenue. The roadway to be closed is abutted by property owned by Clayton Properties Group, Inc. dba Mungo Homes, including those with assigned TMS numbers of 4700300351 and 4700300198.
September 8, 2025
Clayton Properties Group, Inc. dba Mungo Homes By their Attorneys Adam Ribock
McAngus Goudelock & Courie 1320 Main Street, 10th Floor Columbia, SC 29201 803-227-254
Master’s Sale
Case No. 2023-CP-10-00573
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF CHARLESTON: IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS
Heritage Village Horizontal Property Regime, Inc., Plaintiff v. Darcy Thompson and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., Defendants.
Upon authority of a Decree dated the 3rd day of February, 2025, I will offer for sale to the highest bidder for cash, at public auction, the premises fully described below, in the County Council Chambers, Public Services Building (PSB) 4045 Bridge View Drive, North Charleston, South Carolina, on the 4th day of November, 2025, at 11:00 a.m. or shortly thereafter.
ALL that certain Condominium or Apartment Unit, situate, lying and being in the Town of Mount Pleasant, County of Charleston, State of South Carolina known and designated as Apartment Unit Number 3, Building C, in Heritage Village Horizontal Property Regime, Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, a horizontal property regime established by Mount Pleasant Investments (A Partnership) pursuant to the South Carolina Horizontal Property Act, Section 57-494, et seq., South Carolina Code of Laws, as amended, and submitted by Master Deed dated March 5, 1974, recorded on March 8, 1974 in the RMC Office for Charleston County in Book X-103 at Page 234, which Apartment Unit is shown on a Plat of said Regime, recorded in the RMC Office for Charleston County in Plat Book AC at Page 154. Said Apartment/Condominium conveyed together with an undivided percentage interest in and to the common elements and facilities and easement(s) and is subject to those conditions all as stated in Deed recorded in Book X173, at Page 122.
SUBJECT to all easements, restrictions, and rights of way record.
Being the same property conveyed to Scott A. Shank by deed of C. Denise Pfaff, dated January 14, 2005 and recorded on January 19, 2005 in the Office of the RMC for Charleston County in Book W522 at Page 593.
TMS# 535-05-00-061
Property Address:
305 Lakeside Drive, Unit C Mt. Pleasant, SC 29464
No personal or deficiency judgment being demanded, the bidding will not remain open after the date of sale, but compliance with the bid may be made immediately.
The property shall be sold for cash to the highest bidder. The highest bidder, other than the Plaintiff, will be required to deposit with the Master, at the conclusion of the bidding, cash or certified check in the amount of five (5%) per cent of the bid: the said deposit to be applied to the purchase price.
Should the highest bidder fail to comply with the bid within thirty days from the date of sale, the Master will resell the property at the risk and expense of the defaulting bidder upon the same terms as above set out. The Sheriff of Charleston County may be authorized to put the purchaser into possession of the premises if requested by the purchaser.
PLAINTIFF’S ATTORNEY
Paul R. Rahn
Robertson Hollingsworth Manos & Rahn, LLC
40 Calhoun St., Suite 330 Charleston, SC 29401 Telephone: 843-723-6470
Master’s Sale Case No.: 2024CP1003014
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF CHARLESTON: IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS
U.S. Bank Trust National Association, not in its individual capacity but solely as collateral trust trustee of FirstKey Master Funding 2021-A Collateral Trust, PLAINTIFF, VERSUS Ferris G. Singley, Jr.; Brian G. Singley; OneMain Financial, Inc.; Portfolio Resolutions, Ltd.; Any Heirs-At-Law or Devisees of Brenda A. Singley, Deceased, their heirs, Personal Representatives, Administrators, Successors and Assigns, and all other persons entitled to claim through them; all unknown persons with any right, title or interest in the real estate described herein; also any persons who may be in the military service of the United States of America, being a class designated as John Doe; and any unknown minors or persons under a disability being a class designated as Richard Roe; DEFENDANTS.
Upon authority of a Decree dated the 14th day of August, 2025, I will offer for sale to the highest bidder for cash, at public auction, the premises fully described below, at CHARLESTON COUNTY COUNCIL CHAMBERS, 4045 Bridge View Drive, North Charleston, South Carolina on the 7th day of October, 2025 at 11:00 AM or shortly thereafter.
All that lot, piece or parcel of land with the buildings and improvements thereon, situate, lying and being in the County of Charleston, State of S.C., and being known and designated as Lot #3 in Block “D” as shown on a plat of Morningside Subdivision made by W. L. Gaillard in August, 1946 and duly recorded in the RMC Office for Charleston County in Plat Book “F”, at Page 60; the said Lot #3 in Block “D” having such size, shape, metes, bounds, location and dimensions as shown on the aforesaid Plat to which Plat reference is hereby made for a more full and complete description.
SUBJECT to assessments, Charleston Ad Valorem Taxes, any and all restrictions, easements, covenants and rights-of-way of record, and any other senior encumbrances.
This being the same piece of property conveyed to Ferris Geiger
Singley and Brenda A. Singley by deed of John Robert Pye dated May 21, 1970 and recorded May 22, 1970 in Book M94 at Page 304 in the Register of Deeds Office for Charleston County. Subsequently, Ferris G. Singley died on August 23, 2001, leaving the subject property to his heirs or devisees, namely, Brenda A. Singley, Ferris G. Singley, Jr. and Brian G. Singley, as is more fully preserved in the Probate records for Charleston County, in Case No. 2002-ES-10-01966; also by Deed of Distribution dated January 28, 2004 and recorded February 3, 2004 in Deed Book B483 at Page 812 in the Register of Deeds Office for Charleston County; subsequently, Brenda A. Singley died leaving the subject property to her heirs or devisees, namely. Ferris G. Singley, Jr. and Brian G. Singley
TMS # 470-02-000-50
Case#: 2024CP1003014
Current Property Address: 4744 Spruce St North Charleston, SC 29405
No personal or deficiency judgment being demanded, the bidding will not remain open after the date of sale, and compliance with the bid may be made immediately.
The property shall be sold for cash to the highest bidder. The highest bidder, other than the Plaintiff, will be required to deposit with the Master, at the conclusion of the bidding, certified funds in the amount of five per cent (5%) of the bid: the said deposit to be applied to the purchase price.
Should the highest bidder fail to comply with the bid within thirty days from the date of sale, the Master will resell the property at the risk and expense of the defaulting bidder upon the same terms as above set out. IF for any reason the Plaintiff’s agent does not appear to bid at the sale, the sale will be deemed canceled. The Sheriff of Charleston County may be authorized to put the purchaser into possession of the premises if requested by the purchaser.
NOTICE: The foreclosure deed is not a warranty deed. Interested bidders should satisfy themselves as to the quality of title to be conveyed by obtaining an independent title search prior to the foreclosure sale date.
PLAINTIFF’S ATTORNEY
Brian P. Yoho (803) 744-4444 011847-05283 2024CP1003014
FOR INSERTION 9/19/25, 9/26/25, 10/3/25
Mikell R. Scarborough Master in Equity
Master’s Sale Case No.: 2024CP1005814
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF CHARLESTON: IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS
Wilmington Savings Fund Society, FSB, not in its individual capacity but solely as Owner Trustee of CIM Trust 2023-I1, PLAINTIFF, VERSUS Bannacheck, LLC; Angela Jones-Green; Groundfloor Real Estate 1, LLC; DEFENDANTS.
Upon authority of a Decree dated the 16th day of June, 2025, I will offer for sale to the highest bidder for cash, at public auction, the premises fully described below, at CHARLESTON COUNTY COUNCIL CHAMBERS, 4045 Bridge View Drive, North Charleston, South Carolina on the 7th day of October, 2025 at 11:00 AM or shortly thereafter.
All that certain piece, parcel or lot of land, together with the buildings and improvements thereon, situate, lying and being in Charleston County, State of South Carolina, known and designated as Lot 461, Block D-Z, on a Plat of the subdivision known as Dorchester Terrace, Section 4, which plat is duly recorded in the R.M.C. Office for Charleston County, in Plat Book F, at Page 146; the said lot in general having such size, shape, metes and dimensions as an actual survey of the said lot will show.
SUBJECT to assessments, Charleston Ad Valorem Taxes, any and all restrictions, easements, covenants and rights-of-way of record, and any other senior encumbrances.
This being the same property conveyed to Bannacheck, LLC by deed of Dorothy R. Brown n/k/a Dorothy Reynolds Brent, dated November 4, 2021 and recorded December 13, 2021 in Book 1060 at Page 173 in the Register of Deeds Office for Charleston County.
TMS # 411-16-00-051
Case#: 2024CP1005814
Current Property Address: 2749 East Surrey Drive North Charleston, SC 29405
No personal or deficiency judgment being demanded, the bidding will not remain open after the date of sale, and compliance with the bid may be made immediately.
The property shall be sold for cash to the highest bidder. The highest bidder, other than the Plaintiff, will be required to deposit with the Master, at the conclusion of the bidding, certified funds in the amount of five per cent (5%) of the bid: the said deposit to be applied to the purchase price.
Should the highest bidder fail to comply with the bid within thirty days from the date of sale, the Master will resell the property at the risk and expense of the defaulting bidder upon the same terms as above set out. IF for any reason the Plaintiff’s agent does not appear to bid at the sale, the sale will be deemed canceled. The Sheriff of Charleston County may be authorized to put the purchaser into possession of the premises if requested by the purchaser.
NOTICE: The foreclosure deed is not a warranty deed. Interested bidders should satisfy themselves as to the quality of title to be conveyed by obtaining an independent title search prior to the foreclosure sale date.
PLAINTIFF’S ATTORNEY
Brian P. Yoho (803) 744-4444 011847-05348
2024CP1005814 FOR INSERTION September 19, 2025, September 26, 2025, October 3, 2025
Mikell R. Scarborough Master in Equity MASTER IN EQUITY NOTICE OF SALE 2025-CP-18-01380 BY VIRTUE of a decree heretofore granted in the case of: Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation as Trustee for Freddie Mac Seasoned Credit Risk Transfer Trust, Series 2019-3 vs. Caroleen Stephanie Mello a/k/a Caroleen S. Mello a/k/a Carol Stephanie Mello, as Personal Representative, and as Devisee of the Estate of Clifton Jones a/k/a Clifton D. Jones a/k/a Cliffton D. Jones a/k/a Clifton Donald Jones, Deceased, I, the undersigned James E. Chellis, Master in Equity for Dorchester County, will sell on Tuesday, October 7, 2025 at 11:00 AM, at the County Courthouse, 5200 East Jim Bilton Boulevard, St. George, SC 29477.
The property to be sold to the highest bidder:
ALL that certain piece, parcel or lot of land, situate, lying and being in Pinehill Acres Subdivision, near the Town of Summerville, in the County of Dorchester, State of South Carolina and being shown and designated as Lot 3, Block N, Section U, on a certain plat of Pinehill Acres Subdivision by Thomas E. Young, Sr. RLS dated July 2, 1967, and recorded in the Office of the Clerk of Court for Dorchester County in Plat Book 16, at Page 119; said lot having buttings and boundings and measuring as will fully appear by reference to said plat.
ALSO: 1998 Bell Mobile Home, Model Lowcou, VIN: GBHML30584AB
This being the same property conveyed to Clifton D. Jones by deed of Equity Enterprise, Inc. dba Equity Homes dated September 18, 2003 and recorded October 3, 2003 in Book 3830 at Page 76 in the Office of the Clerk of Court/ Register of Deeds for Dorchester County.
Subsequently, Clifton Jones a/k/a Clifton D. Jones a/k/a Cliffton D. Jones a/k/a Clifton Donald Jones died testate on February 5, 2025, leaving the subject property to his devisee, namely Caroleen Stephanie Mello a/k/a Caroleen S. Mello a/k/a Carol Stephanie Mello, as shown in Probate Case No. 2025-ES-18-00350. Thereafter, Caroleen Stephanie Mello a/k/a Caroleen S. Mello a/k/a Carol Stephanie Mello was appointed as Personal Representative of the Estate of Clifton Jones a/k/a Clifton D. Jones a/k/a Cliffton D. Jones a/k/a Clifton Donald Jones (Probate Case No. 2025-ES-1800350).
TMS No. 129-05-05-003
Property address:
115 George Keen Drive, Summerville, SC 29483
The Court in its Decree has further made its finding that this mortgage was intended to and specifically secures and collateralizes that certain Mobile Home permanently affixed to the above-described real estate in the mortgage being foreclosed and is further provided under the laws of the State of South Carolina, the same being more particularly described as follows:
1998 Bellcrest LOWCOU Manufactured Home, Serial No. GBHML30584AB, with any fixtures.
TERMS OF SALE: The successful bidder, other than the Plaintiff, will deposit with the Master in Equity, at conclusion of the bidding, five percent (5%) of said bid is due and payable immediately upon closing of the bidding, in certified funds or equivalent, as evidence of good faith, same to be applied to purchase price in case of compliance, but to be forfeited and applied first to costs and then to Plaintiff’s debt in the case of noncompliance. In the event of a third party bidder and that any third party bidder fails to deliver the required deposit in certified (immediately collectible) funds with the Office of the Master in Equity, said deposit being due and payable immediately upon closing of the bidding on the day of sale, the Master in Equity will re-sell the subject property at the most convenient time thereafter (including the day of sale) upon notification to counsel for Plaintiff. Should the last and highest bidder fail or refuse to comply with the balance due of the bid within 30 days, then the Master in Equity may re-sell the property on the same terms and conditions on some subsequent Sales Day (at the risk of the said highest bidder).
No personal or deficiency judgment being demanded, the bidding will not remain open after
the date of sale, but compliance with the bid may be made immediately.
Purchaser to pay for documentary stamps on Master in Equity’s Deed. The successful bidder will be required to pay interest on the balance of the bid from the date of sale to date of compliance with the bid at the rate of 4.250% per annum.
The Plaintiff may waive any of its rights, including its right to a deficiency judgment, prior to sale.
The sale shall be subject to taxes and assessments, existing easements and restrictions of record.
This sale is subject to all title matters of record and any interested party should consider performing an independent title examination of the subject property as no warranty is given.
The sale will not be held unless either Plaintiff’s attorney or Plaintiff’s bidding agent is present at the sale and either Plaintiff’s attorney or Plaintiff’s bidding agent enters the authorized bid of Plaintiff for this captioned matter. In the alternative, Plaintiff’s counsel, if permitted by the Court, may advise this Court directly of its authorized bidding instructions. In the event a sale is inadvertently held without Plaintiff’s Counsel or Counsel’s bidding agent entering the authorized bid of Plaintiff for this specifically captioned matter, the sale shall be null and void and the property shall be re-advertised for sale on the next available sale date.
Neither the Plaintiff nor its counsel make representations as to the integrity of the title or the fair market value of the property offered for sale. Prior to bidding you may wish to review the current state law or seek the advice of any attorney licensed in South Carolina.
James E. Chellis
Master in Equity for Dorchester County Scott and Corley, P.A. Attorney for Plaintiff
Master’s Sale
2025-CP-10-01022
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF CHARLESTON: IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS
NewRez LLC d/b/a Shellpoint Mortgage Servicing, PLAINTIFF VERSUS
John Randall Lupton a/k/a John Lupton; Carla C. Lupton a/k/a Carla Covar Lupton a/k/a Carla Lupton; et.al., DEFENDANTS
Upon authority of a Decree dated July 18, 2025, I will offer for sale to the highest bidder for cash, at public auction, the premises fully described below, in the Emergency Operations Center, Public Services Building (PSB) located at 4045 Bridge View Drive, North Charleston, South Carolina on the 7th DAY OF OCTOBER, 2025 at 11:00 AM or shortly thereafter.
All that certain piece, parcel or lot of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon, situate, lying and being in the City and County of Charleston, State of South Carolina, known and designated as Lot 13, Dunevegan at Shadowmoss, Section 1, as shown on a plat thereof made by Sigma Engineers, Inc., dated January 9, 1978, and duly recorded in the Office of the RMC for Charleston County, S.C. in Plat Book AL, Page 17; said property being further delineated on that certain plat also recorded in the RMC Office aforesaid in Plat Book AO at Page 139 said lot having such size, shape, dimensions, buttings and
boundings as will by reference to said plats more fully and at large appear.
Specific reference is made to that order reforming the legal description to include reference to the additional subdivision plat filed May 16, 2023 in Case No. 2022CP-10-04700 in the Office of the Clerk of Court/Register of Deeds for Charleston County.
This being the same property conveyed to John Randall Lupton and Carla C. Lupton, as joint tenants with right of survivorship and not as tenants in common, by deed of John Doyle and Stacy Doyle dated June 18, 2021 and recorded October 14, 2021 in Book 1043 at Page 341 in the Office of the Clerk of Court/Register of Deeds for Charleston County.
Thereafter, the property was further conveyed to CLTBuyers, LLC by deed of John Randall Lupton and Carla Covar Lupton dated July 10, 2023 and recorded July 21, 2023 in Book 1192 at Page 706 in the Office of the Clerk of Court/Register of Deeds for Charleston County.
TMS No. 358-06-00-002
Property address: 3 Tartan Court, Charleston, SC 29414
No personal or deficiency judgment being demanded, the bidding will not remain open after the date of sale, but compliance with the bid may be made immediately.
The property shall be sold for cash to the highest bidder. The highest bidder, other than the Plaintiff, will be required to deposit with the Master, at the conclusion of the bidding, cash or certified check in the amount of five percent (5%) of the bid: the said deposit to be applied to the purchase price.
Should the highest bidder fail to comply with the bid within thirty days from the date of sale, the Master will resell the property at the risk and expense of the defaulting bidder upon the same terms as above set out. The Sheriff of Charleston County may be authorized to put the purchaser into possession of the premises if requested by the purchaser.
NOTICE: The foreclosure deed is not a warranty deed. Interested bidders should satisfy themselves as to the quality of title to be conveyed by obtaining an independent title search prior to the foreclosure sale date.
PLAINTIFF’S ATTORNEY
Ronald C. Scott (803) 252-3340
Mikell R Scarborough Master in Equity
SUMMONS AND NOTICE
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON
PLEAS
C/A NO. 2025-CP-10-04419
Vanderbilt Mortgage and Finance, Inc., as attorney-in-fact for The Bank of New York Mellon, as trustee, Plaintiff vs. The Personal Representative, if any, whose name is unknown, of the Estate of Gwendolyn T. Walker aka Gwendolyn Toomer Walker; Iva J. Croom aka Iva Jenall Croom; Sheryl Bell; and Unknown Occupant(s), Defendants TO THE DEFENDANT(S): The Personal Representative, if any, whose name is unknown, of the Estate of Gwendolyn T. Walker aka Gwendolyn Toomer Walker; YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED
and required to answer the Complaint in the above action, a copy of which is herewith served upon you, and to serve a copy of your Answer upon the undersigned at his office, 2838 Devine Street, Columbia, South Carolina 29205, within thirty (30) days after service upon you, exclusive of the day of such service, and, if you fail to answer the Complaint within the time aforesaid, judgment by default will be rendered against you for relief demanded in the Complaint.
NOTICE
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the original Complaint in this action was filed in the office of the Clerk of Court for Charleston County on August 7, 2025.
NOTICE OF PENDENCY OF ACTION
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT an action has been commenced and is now pending in the Circuit Court upon the complaint of the above named Plaintiff against the above Defendant(s) for the purpose of claiming and repossessing collateral, which secures the repayment of a certain Contract bearing date of February 17, 2000 and given and delivered by Defendant(s) Gwendolyn T. Walker and Iva J. Croom to Oakwood Acceptance Corporation in the original principal sum of Fifty One Thousand Three Hundred Fifty Eight and 32/100 Dollars ($51,358.32). Said collateral is described as a 1999 OAKW VIN: HONC01134646AB mobile home and is located in the County of Charleston, South Carolina.
RILEY POPE & LANEY, LLC 2838 Devine Street Columbia, SC 29205 (803) 799-9993
Attorneys for Plaintiff 7220
DORCHESTER
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF DORCHESTER IN THE FAMILY COURT FOR THE FIRST JUDICIAL CIRCUIT DOCKET NO. 2025-DR-18-0880
SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES VERSUS MALAYSIA MILLIGAN, DEFENDANT. IN THE INTEREST OF: MINOR CHILD BORN 2024. TO DEFENDANT: MALAYSIA MILLIGAN
YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the complaint for termination of your parental rights in and to the minor child in this action, the original of which has been filed in the Office of the Clerk of Court for Dorchester County located at 212 Deming Way, Summerville, SC 29483 on the 24th day of July, 2025, at 2:35 p.m., a copy of which will be delivered to you upon request; and to serve a copy of your answer to the complaint upon the undersigned attorney for the Plaintiff at 1452 Boone Hill Road, Suite C, Summerville, SC 29483 within thirty (30) days following the date of service upon you, exclusive of the day of such service; and if you fail to answer the complaint within the time stated, the Plaintiff will apply for judgment by default against the Defendant for the relief demanded in the complaint.
Dawn M. Berry, SC Bar # 101675, 1452 Boone Hill Road, Suite C, Summerville, SC 29483, (843)486-1861.
Free Will Astrology
ARIES (March 21-April 19): In Tonglen, a Tibetan Buddhist meditation, you visualize yourself breathing in the suffering, pain or negativity of other people, then imagine breathing out relief, healing, or compassion toward them. The practice can also be done on your own behalf. The goal is to transform tension and stress into courage, vitality, and healing. I recommend this practice, Aries. Can you turn your scars into interesting tattoos? Can you find mysterious opportunities lurking in the dilemmas? Can you provide grace for others as you feed your own fire?
TAURUS (April 20-May 20): In a YouTube video, I watched Korean artisans make hanji paper in the same way their predecessors have for 1,300 years. It was complicated and meditative. They peeled off the inner bark of mulberry trees, then soaked it, cooked it and pounded it into pulp. After mixing the mash with the aibika plant, they spread it out on screens and let it dry. I learned that this gorgeous, luminous paper can endure for a thousand years. I hope you draw inspiration from this process, Taurus. Experiment with softening what has felt unyielding. Treat what’s tough or inflexible with steady, artful effort. Be imaginative and persistent as you shape raw materials into beautiful things you can use for a long time.
GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Legendary jazz musician Sun Ra was a Gemini who claimed to be from the planet Saturn. He aspired to live in a state of “cosmic discipline” — not just in his musical training but in his devotion to self-improvement, aesthetic exploration, and a connection to transcendent realities. He fused outrageous style with sacred order, chaos with clarity. I invite you to draw inspiration from him. Put your personal flair in service to noble ideas. Align your exuberant selfexpression with your higher purpose. Show off if it helps wake people up.
CANCER (June 21-July 22): In Inuit tradition, qarrtsiluni means “waiting in the darkness for something to burst forth.” It refers to the sacred pause before creativity erupts, before the quest begins, before the light returns. This is an apt description of your current state, Cancerian. Tend your inner stillness like a fire about to ignite. Don’t rush it. Honor the hush. The energies you store up will find their proper shape in a few weeks. Trust that the silence is not absence but incubation. Luminosity will bloom from this pregnant pause.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): You’re feeling the stirrings of a desire that’s at least half-wild. A surprising vision or opportunity has begun to roar softly within you. But here’s key advice: Don’t chase it recklessly. Practice strategic boldness. Choose where and how you shine. Your radiance is potent, but it will be most effective when offered deliberately, with conscious artistry. You’re being asked to embody the kind of leadership that inspires, not dominates. Be the sun that warms but doesn’t scorch! PS: People are observing you to learn how to shine.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): If humans ever perfect time-travel, I’m going to the Library of Alexandria in ancient Egypt. It was crammed with papyrus scrolls by authors from all over the world. It was also a gathering point for smart people who loved to compare notes across disciplines. Poets argued amiably with mathematicians. Astronomers discussed inspirations with physicians. Breakthroughs flowed feely because ideas were allowed to migrate, hybridize, and be challenged without rancor. Consider emulating that rich mélange, Virgo. Convene unlike minds, cross-pollinate, and entertain unprecedented questions. The influences you need next will arrive via unexpected connections.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): The ancient Mesopotamians believed each person had a personal god called an ilu who acted as a protector, guide, and intercessor with the greater gods. You’re in a phase when your own ilu is extra active and ready to undergo an evolutionary transformation. So assume that you will be able to call on potent help, Libra. Be alert for how your instincts and intuitions are becoming more acute and specific. If
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you feel an odd nudge or a dream insists on being remembered, take it seriously. You’re being steered toward deeper nourishment.
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): In Venice, Italy, floods periodically damage books at libraries and bookstores. Trained volunteers restore them with meticulous, hands-on methods. They use absorbent paper and towels to separate and dry the pages, working page by page. I offer this vignette as a useful metaphor, Scorpio. Why? Because I suspect that a rich part of your story needs repair. It’s at risk of becoming irrelevant, even irretrievable. Your assignment is to nurse it back to full health and coherence. Give it your tender attention as you rehabilitate its meaning. Rediscover and revive its lessons and wisdom.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): In classical Indian music, a raga is not a fixed composition but a flexible framework. It’s defined by a specific scale, characteristic melodic phrases, and a traditional time of day for performance. Musicians improvise and express emotion within that expansive set of constraints. Unlike Western compositions, which are written out and repeated verbatim, a raga has different notes each time it’s played. I think this beautiful art form can be inspirational for you, Sagittarius. Choose the right time and tone for what you’re creating. Dedicate yourself to a highminded intention and then play around with flair and delight. Define three non-negotiable elements and let everything else breathe.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): In medieval European monasteries, scribes left blank pages in certain texts. This was not done by accident, but to allow for future revelations. Later readers and scribes might fill these spaces with additional text, marginalia, and personal notes. Books were seen as living documents. I recommend a metaphorical version of this practice to you, Capricorn. You will thrive by keeping spaces empty and allowing for the unknown to ripen. You may sometimes feel an urge to define, control and fortify, but acting on that impulse could interfere with the gifts that life wants to bring you. Honor what is as-yet unwritten.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): In West African Vodún cosmology, the deity named Lêgba guards the crossroads. He is the mediator and gatekeeper between the human world and spirit realm. He speaks all languages and serves as the first point of contact for communication with other spirits. In the weeks ahead, Aquarius, you may find yourself in Lêgba’s domain: between past and future, fact and fantasy, solitude and communion. You may also become a channel for others, intuiting or translating what they can’t articulate. I won’t be surprised if you know things your rational mind doesn’t fully understand. I bet a long-locked door will swing open and a long-denied connection will finally coalesce. You’re not just passing through the crossroads. You are the crossroads.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): In 1977, NASA launched two Voyager spacecraft into the abyss. Both carried a message in the form of a golden record to any extraterrestrial who might find it. There were greetings in 55 languages, natural sounds like whale songs and thunderstorms, music by Chuck Berry and others, plus over 100 images and diagrams explaining how to find Earth. It was science as a love letter, realism with a dash of audacity. I invite you to craft your own version of a golden record, Pisces. Distill a message that says who you are and what you are seeking: clear enough to be decoded by strangers, warm enough to be welcomed by friends you haven’t met. Put it where the desired audience can hear it: portfolio, outreach note, manifesto, demo. Send signals that will make the right replies inevitable.
