CCPL Announces Cynthia Graham Hurd Award Winner
from Staff Reports This year’s winner of the Charleston County Public Library’s Cynthia Graham Hurd Staff Award is Sheila Heyward. This award honors the memory of Hurd, a 31-year veteran of CCPL, who was killed in the Mother Emanuel AME Church shooting in 2015. The...
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Sticking It to Hunger
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West Ashley's (un)official Tree
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Condon(ing) Same-Sex Marriage
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The Oldest Church in the Holy City
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