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North Charleston, South Carolina Patch AM: a 4 min readHi North Charleston! We have the latest buzz right here. Let's keep you in the loop and get this morning started right! ☀️
In today's newsletter:
- Want the new CCPL Bookmobile to roll into your North Charleston neighborhood?
- Which bizarre North Charleston police calls made this week’s blotter?
- North Charleston shooting leaves Ladson man dead amid wider Lowcountry violence
Today's riddle: What do sweet potatoes wear to bed? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Friday: Sunshine and a few clouds, with a high of 95 and low of 77 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
- Saturday: A heavy t-storm in the p.m., temps: high: 98, low: 75.
- Sunday: Very warm; breezy in the p.m., with a high of 96 and low of 76 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
1. CCPL Launches New Bookmobile to Expand Library Access Across Charleston County (holycitysinner.com) — A new Charleston County Public Library Bookmobile just debuted at Park Circle Playground in North Charleston and will regularly bring books, Wi‑Fi, and programs into neighborhoods that lack easy branch access. The mobile library will visit senior communities, schools, rural areas, and more, and residents can even request a stop in their area online, by phone, or email. 
2. Blotter: Fowl play (charlestoncitypaper.com) — Recent police reports include a North Charleston officer whose patrol car mirror was clipped by a rogue bird and a local man who says a replica Chucky doll vanished from his car at a Northwoods Boulevard store. Another case details shoplifters at a Spruill Avenue clothing store, while other quirky incidents round out a lighthearted regional crime blotter.
3. IAAM to stay open despite money woes that bring furloughs (charlestoncitypaper.com) — A roundup of Lowcountry headlines notes that a Ladson man was killed in a North Charleston shooting, alongside another fatal shooting in Moncks Corner. It also highlights financial struggles at Charleston’s International African American Museum, local election results, and regional developments from evacuation planning to college housing and new memorials.
4. Berkeley Hospital doubles inpatient capacity, adds new services (postandcourier.com) — Roper St. Francis has doubled Berkeley Hospital’s inpatient capacity and dramatically expanded emergency, maternity, and specialty services to keep up with rapid regional growth. For North Charleston residents, the system also plans a new hospital campus in the city by 2029, promising closer access to advanced care in the coming years.
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🗓 Events Nearby
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Pathway Summer Session
Eagle Nest Elementary School Summerville, SC 29483
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Gateway Summer Session
Eagle Nest Elementary School Summerville, SC 29483
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Limitless Pickleball →
Summerville, SC Calendar, 301 N Hickory St, Summerville
5:00 pm -
BackBoy Sav VS. Yarda →
The Coan, 359 Treeland Dr Suite A, Ladson
10:00 pm -
Downtown Community Cleanup →
Charleston, SC Calendar Charleston, SC 29402
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Sippin In The South 2026 →
Ashley River Park, 200 Renken Rd, Summerville
4:00 pm -
Goose Creek →
Hood's Tax and Accounting Service, 105 Etling Ave, Goose Creek
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Planning Commission Meeting →
Summerville, SC Calendar, 200 S. Main St., Summerville
4:00 pm -
County Council Meeting
Dorchester County Council Summerville County Council Chambers, 500 N. Main St. Summerville\
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Committee on Traffic and Transportation →
Charleston, SC Calendar, 80 Broad Street, Charleston
3:30 pm -
Committee on Ways and Means →
City of Charleston - 80 Broad Street Charleston SC 29401
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Library Board Meeting →
Goose Creek Library Goose Creek
5:00 pm
Friday June 12
Saturday June 13
Monday June 15
Tuesday June 16
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💬 Chatter
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-- The Patch AM Team
P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Yammies! (Thank you Lynda S. for sending it in!)
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