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Raises may be revoked
Found: 3 Days 2 Hours 19 Minutes ago Post & Courier - SUMMERVILLE #8212; Dorchester County Council members might take back their raises that took effect this month. Council voted Monday to study whether to amend the budget to erase the $5,000 raises. Council voted in June to raise their salaries from $15,000 to $20,000 a year. "I thi...
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Dorchester's planning example
Found: 3 Days 11 Hours 59 Minutes ago Post & Courier - What do you get when you mix environmentalists with developers? Usually, a brawl. That is, unless you handle the meeting the way Dorchester County did while developing its comprehensive plan.
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New chairman, leaf-burning on table
Found: 4 Days 15 Minutes ago Post & Courier - SUMMERVILLE ? Dorchester County Council will pick a new chairman and will consider a controversial ban on burning leaves today.
Council was scheduled to give final approval to the leaf-burning ban last month but tabled it after a heated debate on both sides.
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Lender foreclosing on Watson Hill
Found: 6 Days 21 Minutes ago Post & Courier - The hammer has dropped on Watson Hill, the proposed development near a historic plantation that sparked a public outcry.Just as a four-year annexation battle over the 6,600-acre parcel near Middleton Place seemed to be ending, the lender called in the loan, another apparent casualty of a faltering economy.
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When good programs go wrong Found: 1 Week 1 Hour 52 Minutes ago Times Democrat - On several instances within the past year and half, I have had the opportunity to work in a retail business that does business with the Dorchester County Department of Social Services....
Suspect in killing remains at large
Found: 1 Week 2 Days 2 Hours 4 Minutes ago Post & Courier - Dorchester County sheriff's deputies are still trying to find a suspect in the Dec. 20 shooting death of Justin Kyle Adkins, 26, outside JC's on Ashley Phosphate Road.
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Fatal wreck victim from Summerville
Found: 1 Week 5 Days 2 Hours 22 Minutes ago Post & Courier - A Summerville woman driving a 2007 Suzuki died Saturday afternoon on Interstate 26 when her car rear-ended a tow truck, said Dorchester County Coroner Chris Nisbet.
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Bears: Out of the woods and into the burbs Found: 1 Week 5 Days 2 Hours 36 Minutes ago The State - Once confined to the mountains and remote coastal swamps, black bears are being spotted in parts of South Carolina for the first time in generations.p/Wildlife managers and scientists say black bears not only are increasing their territory but are growing in numbers in the Palmetto State.p/#8220;They#8217;re everywhere,#8221; said Skip Still, a state biologist who keeps bear statistics.p/Since 2004, people have encountered bears in 36 of the state#8217;s 46 counties, according to the S.C. Department of Natural Resources. In contrast, people in only a handful of counties reported seeing bears in 2004.p/The number of black bears declined after European settlers arrived in South Carolina. The settlers cleared land and hunted the animals as pests....
Landfill looking to expand
Found: 1 Week 6 Days 2 Hours 14 Minutes ago Post & Courier - SUMMERVILLE ? A Dorchester County landfill is set to expand, unless somebody has valid objections.
The Department of Health and Environmental Control is taking written comments through the end of the month and will schedule a public hearing to hear concerns.
Oakridge Landfill is off U.S. Highway 78 between Ridgeville and St. George. About 750,000 tons of household garbage go there each year, according to DHEC. From the highway, it looks like a 50-foot mountain of dirt looming above the trees.
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Police: S.C. man admits involvement in woman's death Found: 2 Weeks 21 Hours 44 Minutes ago Times Democrat - SUMMERVILLE, S.C. - Authorities say a 39-year-old Dorchester County man accused of killing a mentally handicapped woman and putting her in a ditch attributes her death to rough sex....
