Shane Whiddon named Executive Chef at Virginia’s on King, announces new menu featuring Lowcountry favorites
August 26, 2016Virginia’s on King, a restaurant specializing in quintessential Lowcountry cuisine in the heart of Charleston, announced that Shane Whiddon has been hired as Executive Chef. A Georgia native with more…
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Honda of South Carolina expanding manufacturing facility
August 25, 2016Company Investing $45 Million To Create 250 New Jobs Honda of South Carolina Manufacturing, Inc., a company that specializes in the manufacturing of world-class all-terrain vehicles (ATVs) and side-by-side (SxS)…
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Renewable energy expert to lead research, education at Clemson’s North Charleston site
August 25, 2016A renewable energy expert who has held several leadership positions in industry and academia will play a central role in building Clemson University’s new research and graduate education programs at…
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BCSD students improve ACT scores
August 25, 2016The ACT is a nationally administered, standardized paper-and-pencil test that helps colleges evaluate candidates (kaptest.com). Berkeley County School District’s class of 2016 was the first class required by the state…
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Red Cross helps thousands in Louisiana; provides shelter, food, relief supplies
August 25, 2016More than 70 Red Crossers from South Carolina Helping Families in Louisiana The American Red Cross remains on the ground in Louisiana, with volunteers across nearly half of the state…
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Walmart Foundation grant provides new oven and meals for Senior Resources’ Meals on Wheels program
August 25, 2016Senior Resources has received a $25,000 grant from the Walmart Foundation’s State Giving program in support of its Meals on Wheels program. The funding is being used to replace a…
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F.N.B. Corporation announces key local leadership positions for new markets in Southeastern U.S.
August 25, 2016PITTSBURGH, PA – F.N.B. Corporation (NYSE: FNB) (“FNB”) announced plans regarding leadership of its new markets in North and South Carolina, which it will enter through its planned merger with…
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Seasoned real estate professional Angela Hawkins joins William Means Real Estate
August 25, 2016CHARLESTON, SC – Angela Hawkins, a real estate professional for nearly two decades, has joined William Means Real Estate as a new real estate agent. Hawkins has worked in almost…
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The Art Cellar to triple in size as Greenville’s art scene grows
August 25, 2016North Main Street is getting a new art studio to add to its hip corridor of retail and arts. The Art Cellar, owned by potter and printmaker Lindsay Louise McPhail,…
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Liquid Catering hires Marketing and Graphic Design Coordinator
August 25, 2016Liquid Catering has added Alyssa Barkley as its Marketing and Graphic Design Coordinator. Barkley is a graduate of Cedarville University where she was a member of the volleyball team and…
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Liquid Catering hires Marketing and Graphic Design Coordinator
August 25, 2016Liquid Catering has added Alyssa Barkley as its Marketing and Graphic Design Coordinator. Barkley is a graduate of Cedarville University where she was a member of the volleyball team and…
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Red Cross helps thousands in Louisiana; provides shelter, food, relief supplies
August 25, 2016More than 70 Red Crossers from South Carolina Helping Families in Louisiana The American Red Cross remains on the ground in Louisiana, with volunteers across nearly half of the state…
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The Art Cellar to triple in size as Greenville’s art scene grows
August 25, 2016North Main Street is getting a new art studio to add to its hip corridor of retail and arts. The Art Cellar, owned by potter and printmaker Lindsay Louise McPhail,…
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Charleston Metro Chamber names W. Brian Moody as 2016 Joseph P. Riley Leadership Award Winner
August 24, 2016The Charleston Metro Chamber of Commerce names the late W. Brian Moody as the winner of the 2016 Joseph P. Riley Leadership Award. The prestigious award, given annually as part…
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West to serve as assistant professor of Studio Art at BJU
August 24, 2016GREENVILLE, SC – Amanda West will join the faculty of Bob Jones University as an assistant professor of Studio Art in the School of Fine Arts and Communication this fall.…
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Meyer Tool donates to Greenville Technical College
August 24, 2016Meyer Tool has donated equipment to the Center for Manufacturing Innovation (CMI) that will provide tools for teaching students in the Mechatronics program. The Renishaw Equator Production Coordinate Measuring Machine…
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State Museum announces schedule of new 4-D films
August 24, 2016The South Carolina State Museum announced its upcoming schedule of new and returning 4-D films set to debut in the Rev. Dr. Solomon Jackson, Jr. 4D Theater. Happy Feet 4-D…
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District Five a leader in ACT scores
August 24, 2016IRMO, SC – Lexington-Richland School District Five ACT scores once again rank among the highest in the state according to data released on August 23. This comes in the first…
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Coker College’s Cecelia Coker Bell Gallery presents “Southern Magnolia”
August 24, 2016Coker College’s Cecelia Coker Bell Gallery presents an installation exhibition by Larry Merriman titled, “Southern Magnolia,” with a reception, which is free and open to the public. The exhibition begins…
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Riley Institute announces finalists for Dick and Tunky Riley WhatWorksSC Award for Excellence
August 24, 2016GREENVILLE, SC – Furman University’s Riley Institute has announced the three finalists for the 2016 Dick and Tunky Riley WhatWorksSC Award for Excellence. The winner of the award will be…
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Riley Institute announces finalists for Dick and Tunky Riley WhatWorksSC Award for Excellence
August 24, 2016GREENVILLE, SC – Furman University’s Riley Institute has announced the three finalists for the 2016 Dick and Tunky Riley WhatWorksSC Award for Excellence. The winner of the award will be…
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Richland One teacher to receive award from the National Education Association
August 24, 2016Stephanie Johnson, a second-grade teacher at H.B. Rhame Elementary School, is among an elite group of educators described as being “innovators, challengers, and global thinkers” in the classroom. Johnson is…
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Southern Economic Development Council (SEDC) awards Central SC Alliance communication merits
August 24, 2016COLUMBIA, SC – For a second year in a row, the Southern Economic Development Council (SEDC) has awarded the Central SC Alliance (CSCA) a merit award in its annual Communication…
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Strategic Development Group welcomes Cameron Williams as Project Director
August 24, 2016COLUMBIA, SC – Strategic Development Group, Inc. (SDG), one of the nation’s leading site location advisors, has added Cameron Williams as a Project Director on its team of professional consultants.…
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LawyerLisa, LLC attorneys named 2016 Legal Elite of the Midlands
August 24, 2016COLUMBIA, SC – LawyerLisa, LLC is pleased to announce that Lisa Hostetler and Priti M Patel have been recognized by Columbia Business Monthly as 2016 Legal Elite of the Midlands.…
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Neuroene Therapeutics awarded $225,000 STTR research grant
August 24, 2016Startup rooted in MUSC investigators’ efforts to find new anti-seizure drugs CHARLESTON, SC – Neuroene Therapeutics, a startup company born from unique research by two Medical University of South Carolina…
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Anyone Home Inc. launching new contact center
August 24, 2016GREENVILLE, SC – The Greenville Area Development Corporation (GADC), the County-chartered organization tasked with advancing the area’s economic growth, announced that Anyone Home, Inc., the premiere contact center and management…
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Tim Sprague joins Coldwell Banker Caine in Greenville
August 24, 2016GREENVILLE, SC – Coldwell Banker Caine recently welcomed Tim Sprague as a residential sales agent to its Greenville office. Tim joins Coldwell Banker Caine with experience with two upstate real…
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Ob Hospitalist Group included in 2016 Inc. 5000 Fastest-Growing Private Companies List
August 24, 2016Ob Hospitalist Group (OBHG) is proud to have been named to the Inc. 5000 Fastest-Growing Private Companies in America list for a fourth consecutive year. OBHG is ranked 2,324 in…
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Three from Callison Tighe included in “Legal Elite of the Midlands”
August 24, 2016COLUMBIA, SC – Three attorneys from Callison Tighe are included in Columbia Business Monthly’s 2016 edition of “Legal Elite of the Midlands.” They are: • Malissa Burnette – Labor Law;…
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Lexington One promotes Spears to assistant administrator
August 24, 2016LEXINGTON, S.C. — During the August 5, 2016 special called meeting of the Lexington County School District One Board of Trustees, the board approved the promotion of Wendy C. Spears…
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Mitchell named Lexington One social media and web content manager
August 24, 2016LEXINGTON, SC – The Lexington District One Communications Office is excited to add to its staff once again this summer. During the August 5, 2016 special called meeting of the…
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Rawle Murdy adds Digital Marketing Associate Lauren Creel to staff
August 24, 2016Rawle Murdy, an integrated full-service marketing agency, announced its newest member to staff, Lauren Creel. Creel has joined the Rawle Murdy team as a Digital Marketing Associate. A University of…
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Ziff Properties acquires neighborhood center
August 24, 2016Ziff Properties, Inc. today announced the acquisition of The Shops at Salem Fields, a 44,900-square-foot Food Lion-anchored retail center, located in Fredericksburg, VA. The property was purchased for $4.575 million.…
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Southeastern Freight Lines promotes Melissa Atkins to Director of Operations Development
August 24, 2016LEXINGTON, SC – Southeastern Freight Lines, the leading provider of regional less-than-truckload (LTL) transportation services, today announced that Melissa Atkins has been promoted to director of operations development in Columbia,…
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Chapin prepares to celebrate 37th Labor Day Festival & Parade
August 24, 2016The Town of Chapin is getting ready for its biggest party of the year and is looking forward to hosting Midlands residents and visitors from across the state for its…
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EDTS named 2016 Partner of the Year for 2016 by Datto
August 24, 2016GREENVILLE, SC – EDTS, a regional technology consulting firm that specializes in providing managed I.T. services, network security and advanced infrastructure solutions to organizations across the Southeast, has been presented with the…
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Local attorney to speak at music industry showcase and conference
August 24, 2016GREENVILLE, SC – David Wyatt, a partner with the Gleaton Wyatt law firm, will speak at the New Music Confab in Charleston this weekend. New Music Confab will take place…
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James Bannister admitted to American Board of Criminal Lawyers
August 24, 2016James W. (“Jim”) Bannister, Managing Partner of Bannister, Wyatt & Stalvey, LLC, was recently admitted as a Fellow of the American Board of Criminal Lawyers (ABCL). A prestigious organization founded…
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NAI Avant procures ±40,821 square foot industrial lease
August 24, 2016NAI Avant senior broker Nick Stomski, SIOR recently represented the tenant, Murray Supply Company, a Morsco Company, in the lease transaction at 1222-1226 Bluff Road in Columbia, SC. Sitting on…
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Green Cloud launches new data center in Houston, TX
August 24, 2016Green Cloud Technologies, a channel-only Cloud technology solutions provider, announces an expansion of its data center operations with a new data center in Houston, Texas. Green Cloud chose this location…
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Jackson Lewis’ Greenville attorneys recognized in The Best Lawyers in America© 2017
August 24, 2016GREENVILLE, SC – National workplace law firm Jackson Lewis P.C. announced four attorneys from the firm’s Greenville office have been listed in The Best Lawyers in America 2017. In addition,…
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James Bannister admitted to American Board of Criminal Lawyers
August 24, 2016James W. (“Jim”) Bannister, Managing Partner of Bannister, Wyatt & Stalvey, LLC, was recently admitted as a Fellow of the American Board of Criminal Lawyers (ABCL). A prestigious organization founded…
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LawyerLisa, LLC attorneys named 2016 Legal Elite of the Midlands
August 24, 2016COLUMBIA, SC – LawyerLisa, LLC is pleased to announce that Lisa Hostetler and Priti M Patel have been recognized by Columbia Business Monthly as 2016 Legal Elite of the Midlands.…
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Lexington One promotes Spears to assistant administrator
August 24, 2016LEXINGTON, S.C. — During the August 5, 2016 special called meeting of the Lexington County School District One Board of Trustees, the board approved the promotion of Wendy C. Spears…
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Local attorney to speak at music industry showcase and conference
August 24, 2016GREENVILLE, SC – David Wyatt, a partner with the Gleaton Wyatt law firm, will speak at the New Music Confab in Charleston this weekend. New Music Confab will take place…
Read MorePosted in: upstatebizsc Category: law, on-the-move, the-arts
Mitchell named Lexington One social media and web content manager
August 24, 2016LEXINGTON, SC – The Lexington District One Communications Office is excited to add to its staff once again this summer. During the August 5, 2016 special called meeting of the…
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NAI Avant facilitates sale of ±4,000 square foot retail space in Orangeburg
August 24, 2016NAI Avant Director of Retail Services, Patrick Palmer, CCIM and broker Mac Fanning, recently represented the seller in the transaction at 2347 Chestnut Street in Orangeburg, SC. The ±4,000 square…
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NAI Avant procures ±40,821 square foot industrial lease
August 24, 2016NAI Avant senior broker Nick Stomski, SIOR recently represented the tenant, Murray Supply Company, a Morsco Company, in the lease transaction at 1222-1226 Bluff Road in Columbia, SC. Sitting on…
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Nicholson named director of Lexington One’s food service and nutrition
August 24, 2016LEXINGTON, SC – During the August 5, 2016 special called meeting of the Lexington County School District One Board of Trustees, the board named Sally B. Nicholson the new director…
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