On Thursday, May 14th, The Town of James Island hosted a Groundbreaking ceremony for Ben Road. The Charleston County Transportation Sales Tax Program, with matching funds provided by the Town of James Island, is improving Ben Road with a pervious asphalt pavement surface. Construction begins on Monday, May 18th.
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The JIPSD Budget is up for first reading at the Commission Meeting on Tuesday, May 12 at 7:00 at Signal Point Road. The current draft includes a property tax increase from 51.1 mills to 53.1 mills. That is a 3.9% increase. The draft budget includes pay increases for all JIPSD employees averaging 7.5%. The budget document forecasts property tax increases to 64.1 millls in 2020, a 25% increase over...
The tropical storm watch for coastal Charleston County ended Saturday night. Be prepared for next time!
Due to Subtropical Storm Ana, we have decided to CANCEL the Hurricane Expo for Saturday, 9 May at Lowes. We will have Emergency Preparedness events for the public in the coming weeks and months and everyone will be informed. Please use this ironic turn of events to check your personal preparations, check your evacuation plan, GO kits and emergency supplies. This is why I tell everyone to: BE...
.SUBTROPICAL STORM ANA NEARLY STATIONARY OFF THE SO. CAROLINACOAST.NEW INFORMATION---------------* CHANGES TO WATCHES & WARNINGS: - NONE* CURRENT WATCHES & WARNINGS: - A TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR INLAND BERKELEY.CHARLESTON & TIDAL BERKELEY* STORM INFORMATION: - ABOUT 150 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF CHARLESTON SC OR ABOUT 180 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF BEAUFORT SC - 31.6N 77.8W - STORM...
CANCELLED The James Island CERT and Lowes will sponsor the 8th Annual Hurricane Expo on Saturday, May 9th at the Lowes on James Island from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Volunteers are needed to help set up at 7:00 a.m. and man the booth from 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. Other volunteers are needed to man the booth from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. and then help take down the "pop-up" tents. Come out and bring the...
Charleston County School District would like to invite faculty, staff, parents and community members to discuss the future of Fort Johnson Middle and James Island Middle Schools. The forums will be held at the times and locations below: Tuesday, April 21 at 6:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. Stiles Point Elementary School 883-A Mikell Drive, Charleston, SC 29412 Thursday, April 23 at 6:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m...
Congratulations to Deputy Daniel J. Wilcox Island Sheriff's Patrol Officer of the Quarter for the Town of James Island. Deputy Wilcox (pictured with Mayor Bill Woolsey, Deputy Caroline Blau and Sgt. Shawn James) has done an outstanding job administering law enforcement in the Town of James Island. Thank you Deputy Wilcox for a job well done.
Trent Kernodle has filed a class action suit against the Town of James Island. Former JIPSD Chairman David Engelman, JIPSD Candidate Sandi Engelman, and former JIPSD Commissioner Rod Welch have signed onto the complaint. The suit seeks to force the Town to implement the policy Trent Kernodle proposed in his 2014 campaign for Mayor--mail the checks. The funds in question are those that the Town has...