Alright all you skaters in the house – now’s your chance to show off your skills and see who’s the best skater in Charleston – legally!

This Saturday is Free Skateboarding Day from 12-5 p.m. at Mount Pleasant Skate Park, behind the R.L. Jones Center where you can try MPRD’s SkateLite Pro Ramps for free.

Participants must bring their own skateboard and safety equipment (helmet, knee pads and elbow pads) and have a current, signed waiver on file.

All skate park rules and regulations apply. Check the Mount Pleasant Recreation Department website for more info, or contact Mark Friedrich at 856-2196.

For more skate park concepts going on around the country, check out Skateparks Start to Go Green.   Read more...

The 22nd annual Town of Mount Pleasant Blessing of the Fleet & Seafood Festival will be 11:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. April 26 at Alhambra Hall. As always, it celebrates the historic Mount Pleasant shrimping industry with the traditional Blessing of the Fleet ceremony and shrimp boat parade, and other activities. For the first time, several activities will be held the week leading up to Sunday’s main Blessing of the Fleet event.

2009 “Blessing of the Fleet” Schedule of Events

April 21 – 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.

Create a Masterpiece – The Week of the Fleet

Go to Bottles ‘N Brushes to paint a themed painting for the Week of the Fleet.
424 Broadway St. in Orchard Plaza, Mount Pleasant.
Reservations suggested: 345-7365. Fee: $35.
Refreshments available. Adults only.   Read more...

SPA terminals give S.C. “a great competitive advantage” – When an executive from Michelin’s N.A. upstate headquarters said that last year, who would’ve thought that by December, we’d learn Maersk is leaving Charleston.

To make things even more hectic for local longshoremen and truckers, the SPA CEO is leaving now too.

All this happened before President Obama gave his first weekly address Saturday. In that historical speech, he demanded increased security for our ports, so to say it’s the reason SPA management decided to not successfully renegotiate with the union, and that somehow the SPA’s CEO leaving office has anything to do with it, is totally without merit – although President Obama did mention port security in his earlier campaign pledges.   Read more...

Any company that can get a firm grip on recycling something – especially when it comes to used oil products – has my full admiration and support going forward.

SouthEastern Petroleum Systems will be opening a new manufacturing facility over in Chester County. Their $30 million investment is expected to bring 24 new jobs to SC, which is great news for that area, but it also suggests that someone has finally figured out a business plan for recycling used oil – I mean, $30 million is no pocket change, I don’t care who you are!   Read more...