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An Archive of Greenville News Highlights August / September 2008 These items were formerly in home page highlights. Local newspaper, The Beat has permanently shut down if you're wondering when the next copy will hit newsstands. It will not. Editor & Publisher James Shannon annouced on Friday, February 1.
New Photos: A new series of photos of the Historic Reedy River Park, Liberty Bridge have been posted! Click here to see the pictures.
Posted sometime 2007: Greenville BLOGS of special note
BLOG The Green Stripe forums are online and carry discussions similar to the interests of the IGNITE blog. Go to thegreenstripe.com NEWS: TheBeat, a local Greenville newspaper, featured in a recent issue an article about GIBA. GIBA, a group of independent Greenville businesses has formed to promote the cultural and economic benefits of shopping locally. The group is brand new and developing. GIBA is "Greenville Independent Business Alliance." A startup website is online at www.ibuygreenvillesc.com Upstate House & Woodland Garden, both a demonstration project -- promoting more environmentally friendly living -- and a fundraising project to promote the EarthCraft House green building standard in the upstate. In the outdoor section
Posted 12-06 NEW HOTELS are coming to downtown. The Peacock Hotel & Spa is a $60-million project already begun at the corner of Spring Street and McBee Avenue. See the GSABUSINESS article "Upstate makes room for hotels." Also, try these links for more downtown development info: NEWS: Posted 11-01-06 Greenville --- GIBA, a group of independent Greenville businesses has formed to promote the cultural and economic benefits of shopping locally. The group is brand new and developing. GIBA is "Greenville Independent Business Alliance." A startup website is online at www.ibuygreenvillesc.com Greenville's Jeff Sumerel is interviewed in the summer issue of Filmmaker Magazine, NEW! The new website for Greenville's theater scene. UpstateOnstage.com has been announced. The site serves as a meeting point for a variety of theater people, be they backstage, onstage, or in the seats. Visit upstateonstage.com
2. Shelter, water & food! An outdoor dog's life can be tough in winter, make them a warm place to rest out of the wind and wet weather. Feed them before bedtime, their bodies make better heat with food in their stomach. 3. Watch for animals being neglected and see if you can help somehow. Greenville Humane Society (864) 242-3626. Did you know about Wildlife Rehab of Greenville? South Carolina Historical Markers: Find out about historic buildings, structures, sites, objects and landscapes in our state as reported in the Greenville News July 10, 2005. Links are found on the History page of this website. News: Back on May 12, 2006 (Vol. 8 #19), Greenville Journal featured a fabulous article about Sterling High School, which burned down in 1967. I only wish Greenville Journal would archive selected stories such as this one and leave them posted on their website. Call the Greenville Journal at for a copy of that issue and encourage them to create an online archive of special stories. The Sterling High School article was titled "From the ashes, Sterling High holds a special place in the life of our community." Written by Lyn Riddle. News: Chautauqua Festival June 2006: GREAT AMERICAN JOURNEYS was held in June. A celebration of the Cherokee, Song and Dance. To learn more about this group, visit chautauqua.rrci.com News: The Greater Greenville Scottish Games and Highland Festival held its first games on June 10, 2006, at Furman University. For more info on this organization, see ggsghf.org
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Greenville area info | Memo-News | Area photos Art news | History | Outdoors | House & Garden | Pets & wildlife | Links | Homepage | E-mail | Site Map More Archived Memo News Greenville Authors: From Simon and Schuster: Mark Johnston's book, Secret Agent, is out. In the book, Kyle Parker and his friends go undercover in New York City and become secret agents to try to get Kyle's dad's book published to save Kyle's parent's marriage. Booklist calls it "...a quirky tale about resourceful young people and an amusing and elaborate sting operation at its core." For a review of Johnston's book, search kidsreads.com or simonsays.com Also, The Garden Angel, a novel by Greenville author Mindy Friddle is available. Look for the novel and pick up a copy by this downtown Greenville writer. ISBN 0-312-32674-2. Mindy Friddle.com Author George Singleton is author of Novel, These People Are Us, and more. Read a interview with Singleton at booksense.com "...I know that NYC is a melting pot, but it's kind of a melting pot here. There are just a whole different set of animals getting boiled down. And they're fun to write about, or thinly disguise."
Food News: The Bohemian Cafe-Restaurant-Bar celebrated its first year cookin' at the corner of Main Street and Stone Avenue, the Bohemian Café is the in-house neighbor of Horizon Records. 10/06 News: McBee Station, A major grocery store project is planned for downtown, beginning later in 2005. The news hit the streets in an article in The Greenville News, on Saturday, June 11. According to the article, written by Rudolph Bell, plans include a grocery, luxury apartments, condos, a bank branch other development on 14 acres along McBee Avenue. This will be located just to the west side of the Church Street Bridge and will require the Senior Action Center and residents at the McBee Apartments to relocate. See the story on The Greenville News website here. Music News--Have you heard? - Greenville's undercurrent radio station, WPCI-1490 Stereo AM, is being discovered by more and more folks everyday in
Meanwhile, this webpage carries on as a tip of the hat to Jim, and to hold a place online in case Jim wants to add something new. Thanks, Jim, that was a great nine year run and we know it was a heap of work and devotion. Nine years -- wow. . . . News: A collective of Greenville galleries present a gallery tour called First Fridays, Experience the Did you know? The Art Museum is open Thursday evenings until 8:00 pm to give you more convenient access to the programs and exhibitions. Parking is free after 5:00 pm and all day Saturdays and Sundays. Invite: The Fine Arts Center invites you to visit their Web site at www.fineartscenter.net SYNSK - Support your neighborhood soup kitchen.
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the downtown area. Word is spreading about the station's definitive rhythm and blues format, which is actually pretty broad; you never know what to expect. No advertising, just solid music all the time. Tune in and let it play, you'll be amazed at the variety. Call and give 'em a word of support - leave a message, they love to hear from people about it. Phone: 864-370-1490.
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