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Bishop England quarterback Quinn Mahoney, Philip Simmons kicker CJ Falotico, and the rest of the South squad didn’t get to celebrate a victory in the 78th edition of the annual battle of South Carolina's best upper and lower state football players in the Touchstone Energy Bowl, which was contested Dec. 13 at Doug Shaw Memorial Stadium in Myrtle Beach.

The North prevailed for a thrilling 35-27 victory, but that didn’t stop the Daniel Island student-athletes from savoring success.

The North led 28-10, but the South scored 10 unanswered points, including a field goal by Iron Horse standout Falotico, to make it 28-20 with just under nine minutes left in the game.

After the North returned a kickoff 95 yards for a score to push the lead to 15 points, Mahoney, the Bishop's star quarterback, led a 10-play, 52-yard drive that produced a touchdown when he scored on an 8-yard run with just over five minutes left in the game to make it 35-27.

But the South couldn’t convert its last drive into points as the North won for the second straight year and for the sixth time in the last seven games. The North leads the series 44-32-2.

The 6-3, 210-pound Mahoney missed the last three games of the season battling mononucleosis, and that probably cost him all-state honors. But the signal caller, who will matriculate to Campbell University, proved he belonged in the all-star game. He completed 4 of 9 passes for 23 yards and ran four times for 14 yards and a score.

Mahoney played in only nine games this fall and completed 102 of 183 passes for 1,446 yards and 14 touchdowns. In two years at Bishop England, he was 272 of 488 passing, for 3,907 yards and 37 scores.

“It felt great to be back on the field,” Mahoney said. “I had a blast all week, and scoring that touchdown felt great. It was the perfect way to end my high school career.”

Falotico, who is still open for recruitment, finished the day with two field goals, 25 and 22 yards, and was 3-for-3 on PAT attempts. He also had two kicks that went for touchbacks.

He was all-state and was also named to the South Carolina Football Coaches Association 2025 Palmetto Champions Class AA Lower State special teams player of the year.

Falotico connected on 13 of 18 field goals and converted 54 of 59 PAT attempts his senior season to account for 93 points.

Iron Horse head coach Eric Bendig was a member of the South coaching staff. He was named the Palmetto Champions Class AA Lower State coach of the year.

The all-star week also included the naming of South Carolina’s Mr. Football award at halftime of the game, which went to Tamarion Watkins of Northwestern High School.

Last weekend, Watkins, a 6-4 safety, helped the Trojans win the Class 5A Division II state championship for the second year in a row. He collected 80 tackles and three interceptions his senior season. Watkins has signed with Texas A&M and is expected to enroll later this month.

CHARLESTON — After nearly a year of off-island grocery runs, Daniel Island residents are finally getting their only full-service grocery store back — now twice the size with a pharmacy and a covered patio seating area.

The grocery store opened Dec. 3 bright and early at 7 a.m. following a ribbon-cutting.

The new 50,472-square-foot supermarket at Daniel Island Town Center at 162 Seven Farms Drive has about 70 percent more shelf space than the 27,000-square-foot store it replaced.

The original supermarket opened in 2002.

In the new store, aisles are wider, departments are expanded and shelves are stocked to capacity.

“This is not just a rebuild, it's a complete transformation,” said Kim Reynolds, community relations manager for the Florida-based chain, during a preview on Dec. 2. “A heartfelt thank you to our customers and our community for your patience and understanding throughout this process.”

The construction lasted nearly a year, leaving island residents without a grocery store for most of 2025.

George Renton, president of the Daniel Island Exchange Club, said many residents have been shopping at the Publix at Point Hope Commons on Clements Ferry Road, about seven miles away. The island’s other retailers helped fill the grocery gap, though, such as meat and grab-and-go-provisions from the upstate-based NY Butcher Shoppe.

The original Publix closed last Christmas Eve and was demolished soon after, although replacement plans have been in the works since 2017. The store held to its anticipated fourth-quarter 2025 timeline for reopening.

Customers will recognize many familiar faces at the new store, as the grocery store chain has brought back nearly half of its previous staff which were dispersed throughout other Lowcountry stores during the rebuild.

The Daniel Island Publix has 140 employees and held several job fairs before re-opening.

Opening day will be all hands on deck with support staff to help make shopping seamless.

“We have a lot of support team here for the opening, even people from North Carolina helping,” said store manager Christy Pfuntner.

More than two decades ago, Publix secured an exclusive agreement with the developer of Daniel Island, guaranteeing it would be the only supermarket within the master-planned community, which is now nearly built out.

The grocer purchased the 5-acre Daniel Island Town Center a decade ago for $13.8 million, according to public land records. It also owns an adjacent 1.2-acre parcel on Island Park Drive.

Charleston City Council member Mike Seekings, whose district includes Daniel Island, said the size and stature of the new Publix reflects the success of the community first annexed into the city in the early 1990s.

“I've been around long enough to remember when Daniel Island was just a sandbar and (buildings) were just coming out of the ground,” Seekings said. “To predict that you’d have a facility like this on Daniel Island 10 or 15 years ago, I never would have imagined that. This is a testament to how Daniel Island has succeeded.”

Publix’s roots trace back to 1930, when founder George W. Jenkins opened the first store in Winter Haven, Fla.

Since then, the chain has grown into one of the 10 largest-volume supermarket operators in the country — and the largest employee-owned company in the United States — with 1,423 store locations and more than 260,000 workers.

Here are the developments before the various City of Charleston boards and committees this week, as well as results, if any, from the prior week’s items specific to Daniel Island and the Cainhoy area. More detailed agendas and results can be found at charleston-sc.gov/agendacenter.

UPCOMING: TECHNICAL REVIEW COMMITTEE

Dec. 11: Thomas Island Subdivision – Proposed concept plan for 42-lot conservation development on 17.99 acres at 100 Sands Preserve Drive, Cainhoy. TMS: B2750000004. Owner: Clouter Creek Reserve LLC. Applicant: Seamon, Whiteside & Associates, Inc. Contact: Zak Wortman, zwortman@seamonwhiteside.com. Results: Revise and Return.

Dec. 11: River Landing at Seven Farms Drive Roundabout – Proposed conversions of existing intersection to a roundabout on 2.1 acres. Daniel Island. Owner: City of Charleston. Applicant: Berkeley County. Contacts: Reeves Connelly, reeves.connelly@kimley-horn.com and James Wallace, wallacej@charleston-sc.gov.

RESULTS: DESIGN REVIEW BOARD

Dec. 1: 606 Brooking Square Lane, Cainhoy - Requesting preliminary approval for building #4 only. Other buildings to be submitted at a later time. TMS: 262-00-00-028. Owner: SLS Development, LLC Applicant: The Middleton Group/Karo Wheeler. Results: Preliminary approval, 5-0.

RESULTS: BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS - ZONING

Dec. 2: 714 Swan Dr., Cainhoy – Request variance from Sec. 54-824 to allow lot frontage for the subdivision of the property into two single-family residential lots to be less than required (63’ and 0’ proposed, 485’ required). TMS: 263-00-04-026. Owner: Kimbrell Family Trust. Applicant: Maurice Wilder. Results: Approval with conditions, 7-0.

RESULTS: TECHNICAL REVIEW COMMITTEE

Dec. 4: Atlantic - St. Thomas Site Plan – Proposed 71-unit multifamily townhome development on 7.28 acres at 2815 Clements Ferry Road, Cainhoy. TMS: B2710002169. Owner: MSP SRE LLC. Applicant: Sitecast, LLC. Contact: David Yowell, dyowell@middlestreet.com. Results: Revise and Return.

DANIEL ISLAND — A bright, white shooting star blazed across the dark night sky this week in a video captured by a local resident who started his quest with the intent of spying on furry-tailed rodents.

Charlie Truesdale purchased an outdoor camera to record squirrels nesting under the solar panel on his roof. The camera didn’t do a good job catching the critters in the act, he said. He had the camera aimed at the roof, but at some point it was knocked over, pointing at the sky instead.

“Maybe the evil squirrels did it, I don’t know,” Truesdale told The Post and Courier.

The camera was in this position for about a month. He left it there because its night vision captured the constellations better than his eyes, he said. He made a few time lapse videos of the stars rotating around the Earth.

On Nov. 17, he got a phone notification that the camera detected activity. He said that was surprising, considering the camera was aimed at the sky.

He pulled up the video, taken at 3:30 a.m., to find he captured a large meteor streaking across the Lowcountry sky.

“It was originally put there to spy on squirrels,” he said. “It ended up spying on the sky.”

The night he caught the meteor on video was the peak of the annual Leonid meteors. This major meteor shower is known for Earth-grazer meteors and fireballs that persist longer than an average meteor streak, according to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.

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Though the show is now past its peak, stargazers can still spot the Leonid meteors through early December.

For the best chance to view the shooting stars, NASA offers these tips:

The Leonid shower is not the only celestial event viewable in the Charleston area. The Taurid meteor shower is active now, with the Southern Taurids visible through Nov. 20 and the Northern Taurids (which peaked Nov. 11-12) visible to Dec. 10.

The American Meteor Society predicts the Geminid meteor shower will offer a unique chance to view colorful meteors, depending on the types of minerals and materials that make them up, The Post and Courier previously reported. The cosmic event is likely visible from Dec. 4-24 with the peak predicted Dec. 13-14.

Press Release

News provided by: Home Telecom

Home Telecom, the company that first brought fiber to Daniel Island in 2004, is proud to introduce their Tech Giant Internet Plan, designed for households and businesses that demand ultimate performance for work, streaming, security, and gaming—now with fiber speeds up to 5 gigabits per second (Gbps).

This launch reaffirms Home Telecom’s role as the community’s original and most trusted technology leader.

“Home Telecom was the first to bring fiber technology to Daniel Island, and we’re proud to continue that tradition of innovation with the Tech Giant Plan,” said Gina Shuler, vice president of Marketing at Home Telecom. “As a local company with an office and technicians located right here on the island, we’re committed to delivering the best technology and an exceptional experience for customers who need the fastest, most reliable connectivity for work and play.”

The Tech Giant plan is built for power users who stream in 8K, game competitively, or run demanding cloud-based workflows. With symmetrical speeds up to 5 Gbps and capacity for multiple devices, it ensures seamless connectivity for homes and businesses alike.

This future-ready fiber infrastructure enhances lifestyles, supports work-from-home productivity, and adds long-term value to properties while attracting new businesses to the area.

Every Tech Giant Plan includes advanced smart device prioritization via Home Telecom’s managed Wi-Fi app, whole-home coverage with up to three MESH units, and complimentary access to SmartTown Community Wi-Fi—so you stay connected everywhere, inside and out.

About Home Telecom

Home Telecom is an innovative communications provider with a history that spans more than 120 years headquartered in Moncks Corner, SC. Home Telecom provides multi-gig internet, app-based video, next generation security services, home automation, and voice over IP telephone services to residents and businesses in Berkeley, Charleston, and Dorchester Counties of South Carolina. They utilize a variety of state-of-the-art technologies, most notably FTTP technology, making them a leader in providing the fastest broadband internet services in the state.