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The Town of James Island is closely monitoring Tropical Storm Florence and has returned to OPCON level 5 and will resume normal operations Monday morning at 9 am. The Town participated in an Emergency Management call today with Charleston County and State emergency officials. The evacuation order has been lifted for Charleston, Dorchester and Berkeley Counties. Tropical Storm Florence is centered...
The Town of James Island is closely monitoring Hurricane Florence and is currently operating at OPCON level 1. The Town participated in an Emergency Management call today with Charleston County and State emergency officials. However, the Governor has not yet lifted the mandatory evacuation order and made a decision on re-entry. Please continue to be guarded. There is still a 20% change of tropical...
The Town of James Island is closely monitoring Hurricane Florence and is currently operating at OPCON level 1. The Town participated in an Emergency Management call today with Charleston County and State emergency officials. The Mandatory Evacuation order by the Governor still stands. The reversed lanes on I-26 will end at 6:00 p.m. Please note that bus pickup stops for James Island to take to...
The Town of James Island is closely monitoring the potential of Hurricane Florence and is currently operating at OPCON level 1. The Town participated in an Emergency Management call today with Charleston County and State emergency officials. The Mandatory Evacuation order by the Governor still stands and the lanes are still reversed. James Island is in Evacuation ZONE A. [MAP] After the lanes are...
NEWS RELEASE – TOWN OF JAMES ISLAND HURRICANE FLORENCE RELEASE #7 SEPTEMBER 11, 2018 The Town of James Island is closely monitoring the potential of Hurricane Florence and is currently operating at OPCON level 1. The Town participated in an Emergency Management call today with Charleston County and State emergency officials. The Governor held a press conference on yesterday and has issued...
The James Island History Commission meeting scheduled for tonight (Tuesday, Sept. 11) at 6:00 p.m. has been cancelled. Notification of rescheduling will be sent and posted on social media. Thank you.
Please note that the BZA Hearings scheduled for Tuesday, September 18, 2018 have been postponed one week until the following Tuesday, September 25, 2018 at 7pm due to the uncertainty of the weather conditions this week and into the weekend. Please contact the Town of James Island Planning Department for more information. These cases include: BZAS-7-18-016 TMS #425-16-00-126 Special Exception...
NEWS RELEASE – TOWN OF JAMES ISLAND HURRICANE FLORENCE RELEASE #6 SEPTEMBER 10, 2018 The Town of James Island is closely monitoring the potential of Hurricane Florence and is currently operating at OPCON level 2. The Town participated in an Emergency Management call today with Charleston County and State emergency officials. The Governor held a press conference this afternoon and has issued...
The following meetings are scheduled for the week of September 10, 2018 James Island History Commission, Tuesday, September 11, 2018 at 6;00 p.m. Find the agenda and meeting information here. For further information, please contact the Town of James Island Town Hall, 1122 Dills Bluff Road, 843 795-4141 for further information on these and other Town meetings.
NEWS RELEASE – TOWN OF JAMES ISLAND HURRICANE FLORENCE RELEASE #5 SEPTEMBER 9, 2018 The Town of James Island is closely monitoring Hurricane Florence and is currently operating at OPCON level 3. The Town participated in an Emergency Management conference call today with Charleston County and State emergency officials. The Governor is scheduled to have a press conference later this afternoon to...