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July 12, 2024
LOCAL NEWS
PRESORT STANDARD US POSTAGE PAID CHARLESTON, SC PERMIT NO. 137
SULLIVAN'S ISLAND ISLE OF PALMS GOAT ISLAND DEWEES ISLAND
POSTAL PATRON
THE SLAND EYE Seamon Whiteside Poe’s Tavern Launches Incentive Tackles Sullivan’s Program for Beach Island Flooding Cleanup
Loggerheads Face Nesting Challenges on Eroded Beaches
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Governor McMaster Town of Sullivan’s Island Reaches $1.1 Million Settlement with Charleston Vetos Plan That Water System Would Have Christian Senger Reimbursed Coastal By For Island Eye News Property Owners The Town of Sullivan’s Island has reached a $1.1 million agreement with Water System (CWS) over a contractual dispute. In addition to the Who Built Seawalls Charleston payment, the two entities signed a new 40-year contract that ensures water service By Christian Senger For Island Eye News On Tuesday, July 2, Governor Henry McMaster announced line-item vetoes for the fiscal year 2024-2025 state budget that were set to go into effect the following week. Among those vetoes was a measure that would have benefited some beachfront homeowners who built sea walls or similar structures to protect their properties from erosion. The vetoed item, Proviso 55.25, would have required regulators to let some property owners rebuild sea walls that the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) had ordered removed. Additionally, it would have required the state to reimburse some owners’ legal costs and repay them if they removed what DHEC deemed illegal sea walls. In a press conference on Wednesday, July 3, Governor McMaster said the measure was a “piecemeal attempt to address beach erosion and management through provisos, which are only in effect for one fiscal year.” (continued on page 2)
on the island won’t be interrupted.
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Sullivan’s Island’s annual fish fry, benefitting Sullivan’s Island Fire and Rescue, was held at the Fish Fry Shack on Saturday, June 29. The fish fry began in 1948 as a fundraiser and has become a popular event for the entire community.
Photo Credit: Rob Byko