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A great believer in the power of apples, I try to add an apple a day to our diet. I came to this gradually, by learning which I liked and which I didn’t like, and which ones suited my style of cooking.

Summerville needs to change its motto — "Flower Town in the Pines" just doesn’t seem to fit these days.

Akilah Worley lives in North Charleston.

The full menu for Scarecrow, the third and final component in the Wise Buck complex stretching parallel to the Children’s Museum of the Lowcountry, wasn’t released prior to its opening this month.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share

WASHINGTON — First-time buyers may be entering the U.S. home market in greater numbers than industry watchers had assumed.

HARTSVILLE — Speakers at a Statehouse hearing accused lawmakers of holding a series of meetings around the state largely to rally support for tightening South Carolina’s gun laws.

FOLLY BEACH — This city has become the first in South Carolina to ban from the beach plastic carry-out bags, balloons, and food and drink containers made of expanded polystyrene foam or Styrofoam.

The city of North Charleston and Dorchester District 2 are another step closer to having a premiere aquatics center, but the price tag has gone up about $5 million.

COLUMBIA — Fresh from an off week after a trying first half to the season, South Carolina’s football players are talking about a new start. It might really feel that way if Jake Bentley trots out Saturday to take the first snap behind center.

Band of Horses, which performs Wednesday at the North Charleston Performing Arts Center, will donate to the Tri-County Hurricane Matthew Recovery Fund, established by Trident United Way in partnership with The Post and Courier.