Rumors & Notes: 9/23/14

TOP STORIES

• Charleston City Council approves one-year moratorium on new bars in the peninsula’s entertainment district (Post & Courier).
• Charleston nonprofit sends aid to town hit by Ebola (Live 5 News).
• Charleston’s New Hot Spots (Garden & Gun).
• Pedestrian and bicyclist injured in downtown hit-and-runs (Charleston City Paper).

FOOD/BEV

• The 2014 Taste of Charleston Starts this Friday (HCS).
• Is Leon’s Oyster Shop Too Hip For This Critic? (Eater Charleston).
• New Belgium’s Clips Beer & Film Tour Stops in Charleston Thursday (HCS).
• 5 Things to Know About North Central Addition St. Alban (Eater Charleston).
• Southern food stories underfoot at new country music history site (Post & Courier).
• Hogs for a Cause Big Barbecue; Wine Dinner at Butcher & Bee (Eater Charleston).
• The Daily, a new gourmet market, opens on Upper King (Post & Courier).

POLITICS

• Court filing sheds light into end of Bobby Harrell-Alan Wilson dispute (Post & Courier).
• Deadline to register to vote is coming up (ABC News 4).
• Sheheen pulls latest ad attacking Haley on DSS (Post & Courier).
• Berkeley County Councilman asks DHEC to shut down smelly operation (ABC News 4).
  • Berkeley County Council passes resolution to address GenEarth odor problem (News 2).
• Quintin’s Close-Ups: Former Senator Robert Ford (HCS).
• City Council gives initial approval to extend King Street bike parking ban (Post & Courier).
• Acting House speaker advocates term limits for job (ABC News 4).

ENTERTAINMENT

• Republic Presents The Belvedere Lounge with Elise Testone (HCS).
• Lowcountry Shorts Festival Winners Included:
  • Best Film: The Boy and the Bus by Simon Pitts
  • Regional Spotlight (best film from NC/SC/GA/FL): Last Night at the Ellington by Geoffrey Gunn
• Replica of the Vietnam Memorial Wall To Be Displayed at Patriots Point (HCS).

SPORTS

• Dick Bender named assistant basketball coach at College of Charleston (Post & Courier).
• Citadel coach Mike Houston says Bulldogs must ‘stick to their guns’ (Post & Courier).
• Clemson’s Dabo Swinney condemns overzealous fans attacking players on social media (Post & Courier).
• Minus Connor Shaw, the Gamecocks’ rally at Mizzou still endures (Post & Courier).
• Charleston Battery’s Dane Kelly earns USL Pro First Team honors (Post & Courier).

MISC

• Dinner to help deputies shot during West Ashley standoff (ABC News 4).
• Expert: More trollies, bikes and pedestrians likely part of peninsula’s future mobility (Post & Courier).
• Coroner: Clemson student died from head injury (Live 5 News).
  • Sheriff: No indication hazing played a part (Live 5 News).
  • Clemson suspends 24 fraternities’ social, new-member activities (Clemson Newstand).

• Police release sketch of armed robbery suspect (ABC News 4).

• Fire destroys N. Charleston mobile home (Live 5 News).
• ‘Vague’ bomb threat called in to airport construction company Tuesday (ABC News 4).
• New childbirth simulation technology born at MUSC (Charleston Regional Business Journal).
• Charleston police trainee arrested for DUI (ABC News 4).
• Police ask for help in Goose Creek, Moncks Corner burglaries (ABC News 4).
• Boeing to open R&D Center by the end of the year (Charleston Regional Business Journal).
• Coast Guard rescues 2 after boat capsizes (ABC News 4).
• Dorchester Co. man speaks after home invaded by neighbor (News 2).
• 3 dead in murder-suicide at Birmingham UPS facility (Live 5 News).
• Mosquito spraying set for Charleston Co. (Live 5 News).
• Duke Energy says it will close SC coal ash pits (ABC News 4).
• How safe are you if your plane gets hit by lightning? (News 2).
• Arrest made in man’s shooting death outside Orangeburg hotel (Live 5 News).

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