Take a second and think back to what it was like to turn 7 years old. Remember the anticipation from the minute you woke up, the growing excitement as balloons and streamers filled the room and, most important of all, the uncontainable joy of opening a mound of presents? Wilson Yarborough, a first-grader at Sullivan’s Island Elementary School, turned 7 on Aug. 13. He celebrated … [Read more...] about The Gift of Giving: Hospitalized Kids Benefit from 7-year-old’s Generosity
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A New Direction: Sullivan’s Island Council Features Four New Faces
It was obvious when the votes were counted that the residents of Sullivan’s Island had decided to take the town’s government in a new direction. None of the four winners have served before on the Town Council, while both incumbents were denied another term.Though Sarah Church, Mark Howard, Rita Langley and Bachman Smith IV all are new to the Council, none of them are entering … [Read more...] about A New Direction: Sullivan’s Island Council Features Four New Faces
Remembering Edward T. Grisillo: An Original Sullivan’s Island Resident
I must go down to the seas again, to the lonely sea and the sky. And all I ask is a tall ship and a star to steer her by. John Masefield’s classic poem “Sea Fever” might well have been the mantra for the life of Sullivan’s Island’s Edward Theodore Grisillo, who died in August at age 99. According to Msgr. Lawrence B. McInerny, at the time of his death, Grisillo was the oldest … [Read more...] about Remembering Edward T. Grisillo: An Original Sullivan’s Island Resident
