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Using LinkedIn and Lynda.com for job seeking

Article Date
May 25, 2020

CHARLESTON, S.C. - What is LinkedIn? How could this be of value to me? These may questions you are asking yourself especially during this period of dealing with the pandemic COVID-19. These were some of the questions, I asked myself prior to creating...

SC Thrive offers rental assistance for those affected by COVID-19

Article Date
May 24, 2020

CHARLESTON, S.C. - The COVID-19 pandemic has changed our lives in a multitude of ways, and we at CCPL are here to present another valuable, local resource. As of May 20th, 2020, nonprofit organization SC Thrive is offering a Rental Assistance program...

Hucksters’ Paradise: Mobile Food in Urban Charleston, Part 2

Article Date
May 22, 2020

The business of peddling food through the streets is an ancient practice that became a part of Charleston’s culinary scene during the colonial era. The real “golden age” of local huckstering dawned after the Civil War, when scores of formerly...

A community of helping hands

Article Date
May 20, 2020

Many people are struggling right now during the coronavirus pandemic. Many are without jobs so the ability to obtain the basic needs of life like food, toiletries, medication, and diapers is extra burdensome. One day, they were providing for their...

Hucksters’ Paradise: Mobile Food in Urban Charleston, Part 1

Article Date
May 15, 2020

Vending food on the streets of Charleston was a major form of commerce for centuries before it all but disappeared in the mid-twentieth century. Mobile and musical hucksters, predominantly of African descent, carried food around the city in baskets...