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VOLUME 18 ISSUE 2
Quality Health Care on the Way
APRIL 19, 2024
Sunrise on Easter Morning Draws a Crowd
TRIDENT MEDICAL CENTER COMING TO JOHNS ISLAND BY THERESA STRATFORD
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For The Island Connection
s Johns Island, Kiawah Island and Seabrook Island see an influx of new residents and visitors, the need for quality health care in the area also increases. Both Roper and MUSC will be closer to the entrances of Kiawah and Seabrook, and now Trident Medical Center is coming to Johns Island — at the corner of Maybank Highway and Zelasko Drive. Trident Medical Center’s Chief Operating Officer Landon Smith presented preliminary plans to the Kiawah Island Town Council members on April 2. Although the long-term plan is to one day have a full-fledged hospital on Johns Island, the shortterm plan is to build a freestanding emergency center on the property. This would be Trident’s fifth freestanding ER in the Lowcountry. They also have emergency (continued on page 3) departments in Centre
Working Together N E W LY- E L E C T E D C O U N C I L H AV E COMMON GOAL OF LIVING IN PA R A D I S E BY JENNY PETERSON
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For The Island Connection
radley Belt and Darryl May, Council Members from Kiawah Island and Seabrook Island respectively, have a lot in common. They both moved into their properties full time during the COVID-19 pandemic; they both were lawyers; and they both were inspired to run for council after seeing what they believed was a lack of transparency and communication with residents over large development proposals on Charleston’s beloved barrier islands. May was part of a group of five residents (council members and mayor) on Seabrook Island who specifically ran on a platform of more transparency and communication with residents, resulting in an almost entirely new council body in 2024. Developers are consistently showing interest in the barrier islands’ (continued on page 2)
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he Easter Sunrise service on Kiawah was sponsored by the Church of Our Saviour on Johns Island. On Easter Sunday, over 1,000 people arrived from all directions before sunrise. They came from the east and west, walking on the beach, and also from the Sanctuary Hotel and other beach paths. Many rode their bikes and also brought their dogs. It was a special event topped off with an awesome sunrise. The weather was ideal, and, following the service, more than 100 stayed for water baptisms in the ocean. PHOTOS BY MARAIDE SULLIVAN
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