Mann chosen to lead insurance trust at SCSBA
April 21, 2015COLUMBIA, SC – Steven Mann, executive director of finance for Sumter School District, will join the South Carolina School Boards Association (SCBA) as director of insurance services for the South…
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Center Announces 2014-2015 Letters About Literature Winners
April 21, 2015COLUMBIA, SC – The South Carolina Center for the Book is pleased to announce the nine winners in this year’s Letters About Literature contest. These outstanding students will be honored at…
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The Brandon Agency Adds Malorie Pastor to its Growing Public Relations & Social Media Team
April 21, 2015
MYRTLE BEACH, SC – The Brandon Agency – an award-winning integrated marketing communications agency based in the Southeast – has added Malorie Pastor to its growing public relations and social media…
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Casie Barnwell Joins Allen Tate Company
April 21, 2015
GREENVILLE, SC – Allen Tate Realtors announced that Casie Barnwell has joined the company’s Greer office. Casie Barnwell is an award-winning new home sales professional. Her eight plus years in…
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The Palmetto Bank Promotes Commercial Banker in the Greenwood, South Carolina Market
April 21, 2015
GREENVILLE, SC – The Palmetto Bank, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Palmetto Bancshares, Inc. (NASDAQ: PLMT), announced that Matt Babb has been promoted to Vice President, Commercial Relationship Manager serving Greenwood…
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South Carolina’s Employment Situation March 2015
April 21, 2015
Labor Force Continues To Rise, Employment Sets Another Record The number of South Carolinians working in March increased 5,838 and reached another historic high with an estimated 2,096,110 people. March…
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2015 Small Business & Advocacy Award Winners
April 21, 2015COLUMBIA, SC – The SBA South Carolina District Office announced the winners of the state’s 2015 Small Business & Advocacy Awards. The awards, which are part of SBA’s celebration…
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Lower Richland HS and EngenuitySC Host 2nd Dress for Success Showcase April 24
April 21, 2015
COLUMBIA, SC – Fresh from earning the first AdvancED STEM Certification in Richland County School District 1, Lower Richland High School will collaborate again with lead project coordinator, EngenuitySC, on…
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Allen Tate Realtors’ Easley Office adds Two REALTORS
April 21, 2015
GREENVILLE, SC – Allen Tate Realtors® announced that Marjorie Yaksich and Mallorie Hubber have joined the Easley office. “We are delighted to have agents of such high caliber as both…
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Casie Barnwell Joins Allen Tate Company
April 21, 2015
GREENVILLE, SC – Allen Tate Realtors announced that Casie Barnwell has joined the company’s Greer office. Casie Barnwell is an award-winning new home sales professional. Her eight plus years in…
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Sylvan Learning’s Upstate Centers Participating in National STEM Event
April 21, 2015
Greenville, Spartanburg and Anderson, SC – Sylvan Learning Center is celebrating the launch of Sylvan EDGE, a series of highly engaging, hands-on classes that empower parents to incorporate STEM into…
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Liquid Catering welcomes Harn as Director of Operations
April 21, 2015GREENVILLE, SC – Gina Harn has joined the Liquid Catering team as Director of Operations. A Georgia native, Harn began her food and beverage career over 15 years ago, as…
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HillSouth Joins SCRA Technology Ventures as Resource Partner
April 21, 2015
SUMMERVILLE, SC – SCRA Technology Ventures announced the acceptance of two new companies into the SC Launch Program and one into the Resource Partner Network. Charleston-area company ToleRaM Nanotech and Upstate…
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Ashley Haynes Joins Allen Tate Company
April 21, 2015
GREENVILLE, SC – Allen Tate Realtors announced that Ashley Haynes has joined the company’s Greer office. Haynes received a Bachelor’s in Fine Arts from Mars Hill University and is a…
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Liquid Catering welcomes Harn as Director of Operations
April 20, 2015GREENVILLE, SC – Gina Harn has joined the Liquid Catering team as Director of Operations. A Georgia native, Harn began her food and beverage career over 15 years ago, as…
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City selected as Finalist for NUSA Neighborhood Program Award
April 20, 2015COLUMBIA, SC – The City’s Community Development Department was selected as a finalist for the 2015 Neighborhoods, USA (NUSA) Best Neighborhood Program Award for its Access Columbia Financial Literacy Conference.…
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HUGO team at CCU releases hurricane outlook for 2015
April 20, 2015
CONWAY, S.C. – The Hurricane Genesis & Outlook (HUGO) Project at Coastal Carolina University anticipates a “below normal” hurricane season for 2015, according to its extended range forecast for the…
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Ashley Haynes Joins Allen Tate Company
April 20, 2015
GREENVILLE, SC – Allen Tate Realtors announced that Ashley Haynes has joined the company’s Greer office. Haynes received a Bachelor’s in Fine Arts from Mars Hill University and is a…
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Avison Young Commercial Sale – 3633 West Montague Avenue
April 20, 2015
CHARLESTON, SC – Avison Young commercial real estate is pleased to announce that Alan Bolduc, CCIM, SIOR represented RushmarkMontague, LLC in the purchase of a 5,500 SF building on 1.71…
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Lower Richland HS and EngenuitySC Host 2nd Dress for Success Showcase April 24
April 20, 2015COLUMBIA, SC – Fresh from earning the first AdvancED STEM Certification in Richland County School District 1, Lower Richland High School will collaborate again with lead project coordinator, EngenuitySC, on…
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Lee & Associates Charleston represents Buyer and Seller in 6,710 SF building sale in Mt. Pleasant
April 20, 2015CHARLESTON, SC – Lee & Associates Charleston’s Milton Thomas, CCIM, SIOR represented the Seller, First Citizens Bank, in the $700,000 sale of a 6,710 SF commercial building located at 816…
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Upstate Entrepreneur Featured in National Magazine
April 20, 2015
DOM360 founder and CEO Robert Donovan nabs AutoSuccess cover story GREENVILLE, SC – Local entrepreneur Robert Donovan, founder and CEO of digital marketing company DOM360, will be featured on…
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SC State Forester elected chair of Forestry Research Advisory Council
April 20, 2015Gene Kodama to lead body that informs world’s largest forestry research organization COLUMBIA, SC – South Carolina State Forester Gene Kodama will serve as the next chair of the…
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8-year-old District Five student getting statewide, national spotlight for her barrette business
April 20, 2015IRMO, SC – While most eight-year-old girls probably have their share of favorite hair accessories. Harbison West Elementary School second grader Gabrielle Goodwin can attest to having thousands. “GaBBY Bows…
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Logan named new head football coach at C.A. Johnson
April 20, 2015COLUMBIA, SC – After a search by the school’s administrative team and athletics advisory committee, Demond Logan has been named the new head football coach at C.A. Johnson High School.…
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Richland One Teacher Honored as a National LifeChanger of the Year
April 20, 2015COLUMBIA, SC – Pendergrass Fairwold School teacher Athena Davis is the kind of teacher every student hopes to get: smart, caring and willing to go the extra mile to make…
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A.C. Flora High School to Celebrate 50 Years of Soccer
April 20, 2015COLUMBIA, SC – The history of soccer in Columbia — and at A.C. Flora High School — began with an unlikely trio: Dr. Warner Montgomery, A.C. Flora High School’s first…
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Richland County is Nation’s First ‘Certified Connected’ Capital County
April 20, 2015Free event planned at IT-oLogy on May 13 to celebrate technology achievement RICHLAND COUNTY, SC – Richland County will celebrate a technology milestone on May 13 when it is officially…
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Attorney Joins Columbia Office of Fisher & Phillips
April 20, 2015COLUMBIA, SC – Fisher & Phillips LLP announced the addition of attorney Michael C. Greene to its Columbia office. He joined the firm on April 6. Greene is a Wofford…
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Former USC Student and Winner of ABC’s Hit Show “Shark Tank” Announces Official Scootaway Launch Set for Columbia
April 20, 2015Launch Set for Columbia on Thursday May, 7th COLUMBIA, SC – Scootaway announced that Columbia will be the first of 20 cities to launch its new on-demand motorbike ride share…
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Two SCRA Technology Ventures Companies Advance in Southern Series Pitch Contest
April 20, 2015Part of the 36|86 Program to Advance Southern Culture and Entrepreneurship SUMMERVILLE, SC – SCRA Technology Ventures today announced that two Charleston-area SC Launch companies are finalists in the 36|86…
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Two New Agents Join The Greer Office of Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices C. Dan Joyner, REALTORS
April 20, 2015
GREENVILLE, SC – ¾ Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices C. Dan Joyner, REALTORS announces that Karen Boyd and Deborah Granados have joined the company’s Greer office. Boyd, above, joins C. Dan Joyner with…
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Researcher hired as SmartState Endowed Chair in Sustainable Development
April 20, 2015
CLEMSON, SC — A nationally respected researcher who has accepted a job with Clemson University said that too often “sustainability” is a buzzword and that her approach involves science, metrics…
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Takata Airbag Recalls Seemingly Insufficient; Suit Filed For Woman Alleging Serious Injuries by Exploding Airbag in Unrecalled Nissan
April 20, 2015
Motley Rice files new personal injury federal action against Takata, Nissan; calls for expanded recalls . MT. PLEASANT, SC – Motley Rice LLC, one of the nation’s largest plaintiffs’ firms,…
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East Bay Company Lease Announcement – 4 Carriage Lane
April 20, 2015
CHARLESTON, SC – East Bay Company, Ltd. announces that their Property Manager/Leasing Agent, Faith Geiger, represented the company as the Landlord in the leasing of 3000 square feet to South…
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Student Transportation Inc. Celebrates Employee Appreciation Week April 20-24
April 20, 2015
Company Highlights the Excellent Work of Its Employees . DANIEL ISLAND, SC – Student Transportation Inc. (STI), North America’s most trusted provider of school bus transportation and management services, is honoring its employees…
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Demolition to begin on Grainger Generating Station
April 20, 2015
MONCKS CORNER, S.C. – Santee Cooper has awarded the contract for the demolition of Grainger Generating Station near Conway to National Salvage and Service Corp. National Salvage and Service Corp.…
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Berkeley County Schools’ Top Three Rookie Teachers of the Year
April 20, 2015MONCKS CORNER, SC – Berkeley County School District’s Rookie Teacher of the Year Committee has narrowed the list of candidates to just three. Mackenzie Cruce, English teacher at Goose Creek…
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Berkeley County School Board Member Resigns After Decades of Service
April 20, 2015MONCKS CORNER, SC – Beloved Berkeley County School Board Member, Mrs. Wilhelmina Jager Moore, has resigned from the Berkeley County School Board due to medical reasons. Chairman of the Berkeley…
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Charleston Animal Society Gets Third National TV Exposure Opportunity
April 20, 2015
Firefighter Calendar Model to Appear on “The Doctors” TV Program CHARLESTON, SC – The Charleston Firefighter Calendar will receive another round of national TV exposure when “Mr. September,” Mt. Pleasant…
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Results of CDS Night at the Road Warriors Game by SANDLAPPER Securities
April 20, 2015
GREENVILLE, SC – The Center for Developmental Services (CDS) is pleased to announce the results of CDS Night at the Road Warriors Game. The event was sponsored by SANDLAPPER Securities, LLC…
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Crawford Strategy Adds New Vice President, Director of Creative Services
April 20, 2015
GREENVILLE, SC – Crawford Strategy is proud to announce the addition of Bill Donohue as the agency’s new vice president, director of creative services. A 25-year industry veteran with extensive branding,…
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Furman Music Professor Hicken Wins SCICU Teaching Award
April 20, 2015GREENVILLE, S.C.—Leslie W. Hicken, Professor of Music at Furman University, has been awarded a 2015 Excellence in Teaching Award from the South Carolina Independent Colleges & Universities (SCICU) organization. SCICU…
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Tommy’s Country Ham House Named Greenville Chamber’s April 2015 Small Business of the Month
April 20, 2015
GREENVILLE, SC – The Greenville Chamber is pleased to recognize Tommy’s Country Ham House as its April 2015 Small Business of the Month Award winner. Whether he’s grinding sausage before dawn,…
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Greenville Water Welcomes New Hires
April 20, 2015
GREENVILLE SC – Greenville Water is happy to announce the addition of several new hires to the team. Each new team member brings knowledge and experience unique to each role.…
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Furman University Listen in Newest Edition of “Green Colleges” Guide
April 20, 2015GREENVILLE, SC – Furman University is listed in the new 2015 edition of The Princeton Review Guide to 353 Green Colleges, a guidebook providing information about the most environmentally responsible…
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Professor, author Singleton to be inducted into Fellowship of Southern Writers
April 20, 2015George Singleton has penned short stories, novels SPARTANBURG, SC – Wofford College professor and acclaimed author George W. Singleton III will be inducted into the Fellowship of Southern Writers today…
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Three Wofford students receive SCICU research grants
April 20, 2015Project results to be presented in February 2016 SPARTANBURG, SC – Three Wofford College students have received funding through the Student/Faculty Research Program of South Carolina Independent Colleges and Universities…
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2nd Annual Upstate Young Professionals Ballpark Bash presented by Elliott Davis Decosimo next Wednesday, April 22nd
April 20, 2015
GREENVILLE, SC – The Greenville Chamber’s Pulse Young Professionals will host their 2nd Annual Ballpark Bash at Fluor Field at the West End on Wednesday, April 22nd from 5:30pm to…
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Furman Education Professor Paul Thomas Writes New Book
April 20, 2015GREENVILLE, SC – Furman University education professor Paul Thomas has published Beware the Roadbuilders: Literature as Resistance (Garn Press). Garn Press offers this description: The central image and warning…
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