Fred Merrill News Today

Redevelopment plans for the Union Pier site along the Cooper River in downtown Charleston had included a cruise ship terminal, but the mayor wants it cut out.

Union Pier’s new planning team is doing a lot of listening as it works to take the future of the 70-acre area in a new direction. They held the first round of public workshops Jan. 24 and Jan. 25 for what the team is calling “a reset” for the development.

The big takeaway from Union Pier feedback sessions: Charlestonians want water access. Other desires include green space, a marina and modestly sized structures.

Plans for a reimagined union go back to the drawing board Wednesday with the first of several community workshops.

Officials hope the attraction can bring in tourists and breathe new life into the mega development that defaulted on bonds from a controversial Kansas incentive program.

Prairiefire has paid only $130,000 on the principal of the $65 million bonds issued more than a decade ago.

WATSONTOWN — Greg Miller will again serve as president of Watsontown Borough Council, following his re-electionto the post during the council’s reorganization meeting on Tuesday night.

Officials studying interstate traffic patterns in 1998 were thinking that another lane on each side of I-20 as it runs south of Oxford and Anniston wouldnt be a bad idea.

WATSONTOWN — The proposed $1.665 million 2024 Watsontown budget is "bare bones," according to Borough Manager Jay Jarrett.

WATSONTOWN — Watsontown Borough Council rejected a proposed 2024 tax millage increase during a meeting held Monday.