MORNING HEADLINES  |  Afterschool care program Kids on Point is planning to build a new community center on Rivers Avenue in North Charleston, potentially doubling the number of families it can serve.

Kids on Point currently operates from the College of Charleston. About 500 kids take part in the program every year. But officials said with more families leaving the peninsula in recent years, the need for care is growing elsewhere in the Lowcountry. 

The new center will keep students who have moved to North Charleston in the program while opening the door to new students as well, officials said. 

“It means being able to open up those wait lists and being able to double the number of students and families served, maybe triple eventually,” Executive Director Lauren Herterich said. “We want it to be a community hub. We want kids and families to feel welcome and it to be a part of the fabric of the community and that’s our goal.”

The new campus is expected to open in 2029. Kids on Point is asking for the community’s ideas for the space in the meantime. 

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CP OPINION: If you want change, get out and vote. “A lot of voters — Democrats, independents and, yes, even some Republicans — are sensing the midterm elections across South Carolina are a real chance to knock some of the stuffing out of the ruby red establishment in South Carolina politics.”

CP COVER STORY: Waffles’ legacy lives through Rainbow Bridge. A Labrador-pointer mix dog named Waffles, long known for escaping her Mount Pleasant yard and making herself at home throughout the Planter’s Pointe neighborhood, inspired something that will stay in one place: a bridge.

CP NEWS: S.C. early voting turnout breaks record, tilts expectations. Voters on Nov. 3 will decide several key races in South Carolina, including every seat in the U.S. House of Representatives and S.C. House of Representatives. A pivotal U.S. Senate seat and the governor’s office are also on Palmetto State ballots. 

CP FOOD: City Paper’s staff eaters share tastes around town. Welcome to Tastings Around Town, Charleston City Paper’s new monthly column that shares some of the best bites that our staff has had — you guessed it — around town.

CP ARTS: Artful ‘I Voted’ student stickers spur early voting, streaming smiles. Early voting from Oct. 19 through Halloween yielded more than ballots cast for citizens to do their democratic due diligence. It also produced lots of smiles, thanks to artful “I Voted” stickers given to participants.

CP MUSIC: Edisto concert fights for the Lowcountry’s environment. The fight over the future of the Lowcountry’s natural landscape is coming to the stage at Music Farm on Nov. 4 when Charleston musicians gather for the finale of a concert series using music, poetry and community to rally opposition to a massive natural gas project on the Edisto River.

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Folly Beach History Museum to open its new exhibit, ‘Shifting Sands.’ Folly Beach History Museum is inviting the community to explore the island’s past, present and future at “Shifting Sands: The Ever-Changing Story of Folly Beach” on Thursday.

Mount Pleasant asking for input on traffic safety issues. Mount Pleasant said the Transportation Department is updating the Town’s Safety Action Plan to identify high-risk areas, prioritize improvements and help prevent serious crashes. The town is asking the community for input.

Charleston to pay $8M for land to build fire, police station in Berkeley County. The city has approved an $8 million offer to buy nearly 29 acres in Berkeley County for a new public services site as the area’s population booms.

New S.C. law closes child abuse homicide loophole. Gov. Henry McMaster signed a new bill into law last Thursday, expanding homicide-by-child-abuse protections to all victims under 18. Before the change, homicide-by-child-abuse charges could only be filed when the victim was 11 or younger. 

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