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More new houses are headed to a Berkeley County mega-development that’s projected to have more residents than the city of Spartanburg.

Starlight Homes, a division of Ashton Woods Homes, recently paid $4.08 million for 50 acres in the former Wildcat Tract that is now part of the expansive Cane Bay Plantation off U.S. Highway 176.

A Starlight representative did not immediately respond for the number of housing units it is planning for the site.

Starlight’s website shows it has one subdivision in Cane Bay already called Pender Woods. The company also is developing homes in Watson Hill in North Charleston off S.C. Highway 61 in Dorchester County.

About 10,000 homes are permitted for the 4,500-acre Cane Bay tract off U.S. Highway 176. The neighboring 2,000-acre Wildcat Tract was bought by Cane Bay developer Gramling Brothers Real Estate & Development in 2016 and will have 5,700 homes at build-out.

Cane Bay has about 7,000 homes on the ground in the combined tracts, according to a spokeswoman. About half of the planned houses have been built in the developing unincorporated community that will have almost 40,000 residents at full buildout. That’s more than the current population of the city of Spartanburg, the state’s 12th largest municipality.

More multifamily

A new apartment development is in the works for North Charleston.

A 264-unit multifamily complex is planned on about 26 acres off Dorchester Road near Franchise Street, east of the Patriot Boulevard intersection.

The property is owned by DHI Communities, an affiliate of homebuilder D.R. Horton. The Arlington, Texas-based company paid $1.74 million in August for a 34-acre parcel on Dorchester Road, just inside the county line.

The property sits in front of a 52.5-acre parcel purchased for $8.25 million in June by an affiliate of industrial property developer Robinson Weeks Partners of Atlanta.

A traffic study by Short Engineering & Consulting LLC of Columbia references the site as the Whitfield Residential Apartment Project.

An access driveway with a right-turn lane off Dorchester Road is needed for the planned apartment development that will include eight buildings, a clubhouse and pool. Most of the complex would be located on the northeast corner of the site next to the Charleston County line because of wetlands throughout much of the property.

Upgrading

A Moncks Corner-based rehabilitation agency now has a new facility to house more men as they recover from drug addictions.

Changing Lives Ministry snipped the ribbon Dec. 9 on a nearly 5,000-square-foot facility at 470 Reid Hill Road near Walmart.

The $1.2 million structure includes two one-story buildings with space for 14 men and four staff members, who also live on site, according to spokesman Tommy Turpin.

The facility replaces a double-wide mobile home where 10 men and two staff members had previously lived.

The nonprofit does not charge its residents a fee for the 13-week rehabilitation program. It relies on donations. Proceeds raised at the CLM Resale Store at 502 E. Main St. help to support the program as well. The ministry bought the former Central Hardware shop in June for $765,000 after outgrowing its previous leased resale shop space at 506 E. Main St.

BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C. (WCBD) – A family living in one Berkeley County community said they have not been receiving their mail on a regular basis, even after contacting postal officials. That’s when they reached out to News 2’s Raymond Owens.

“We moved here about a year and a half ago and over the past year or so we have had problems with sporadic mail delivery,” said Cane Bay resident Tim Jacintho. “It doesn’t show up when it’s supposed to; it now has gotten to where we’re getting mail maybe two or three days a week.”

He said a lot of people depend on the mail for prescription medications, Social Security checks, and other items. He said everyone is frustrated with the situation.

Jacintho said he and other Cane Bay residents have reached out to the Summerville Post Office with their concerns.

“She’s been telling me what’s going on- they’ve had a lot of turnover with contractors, and they’re shorthanded. She said that the growth in the Cane Bay/Nexton area, which they serve, has put too much stress on the post office. They don’t have the staff or the facility to handle it.”

He contacted Congressman Nancy Mace’s office, and his state representative and state senator. He has not heard back from them. He said Berkeley County Supervisor Johnny Cribb returned his message.

“He, like, within a few hours, and said no thanks for reporting it. He said he can’t really do anything. It’s at the federal level.

Finally, he reached out to News 2 for help.

“I reached out to you because certainly I’m frustrated with the situation here and I know that my fellow neighbors and residents are also very frustrated,” he said.

News 2’s Raymond Owens called Congresswoman Mace’s office. Their office called Jacintho back and told him they would look into the problem.

We also called the postal service – their spokeswoman said she is researching the issue to learn more and will get back to us. They later provided the following response:

“The Postal Service appreciates its customers and always strives to provide the best possible service. We apologize for any inconvenience that may have been experienced by customers living in the Cane Bay and Nexton communities. Local management is currently working with all stakeholders to ensure any delivery concerns are resolved. We can confirm the Summerville Post Office, like many businesses, is experiencing staffing challenges; however, through successful hiring efforts we have increased our workforce significantly. The Postal Service will continue flexing our available resources to match the workload, in addition to hosting more hiring events until all positions are filled. Interested applicants should log on to http://usps.com/careers frequently to check for new postings. We appreciate the patience of our customers and the efforts of employees as conditions change on a day-to-day basis. We urge any customers with concerns or questions about their mail delivery service to contact their local Post Office, so that we can look into and resolve their concerns promptly. Customers may also visit our website at www.usps.com/help.”

News 2 will continue following this story and bring you updates as we learn more.

GOOSE CREEK — Two boys basketball powers of Region 6-AAAAA clashed on Tuesday night as Class AAAAA third-ranked Goose Creek hosted No. 8 Cane Bay.

Goose Creek got the leg up on the region title with a 57-47 win, improving to 17-2 overall and 2-0 in region play. Cane Bay, the defending region champion, falls to 14-5 overall and 2-1 in 6-AAAAA.

“I’m not real pleased with our performance overall,” Goose Creek coach Blake Hall said. “It’s good to win ugly, but we have to get a lot better. We left a lot of meat on the bone tonight. We have to learn how to finish games.

“We had control most of the night but we really didn’t play that well. We have to be better if we want to be a team that makes a run in the postseason.”

Due to its edge in size, Goose Creek held a decided advantage on the boards, often getting two and three shots at the basket.

Goose Creek was led by Elijah Dates, who scored 16 points. Justin Britt added 11 points and Shane Potts chipped in with eight points.

Curtrell Dixon’s 15 points paced the Cobras, while Chauncey Capers added 14 points.

After a competitive first quarter, which ended with Goose Creek leading, 12-10, the Gators turned up the pressure defensively and the Cobras did not respond well.

Gabe White’s basket inside gave the Gators a 26-18 lead with two minutes left in the first half. Goose Creek put together a 15-5 run over the last 6:45 of the second period and held a 31-19 lead at the break.

The Gators were up 35-26 with three minutes left in the third, and Jordyn McKeen’s 3-pointer with 30 remaining brought the Cobras to within seven at 38-31.

Britt, however, hit a driving layup just before the buzzer to give Goose Creek a 40-31 advantage after three quarters.

Goose Creek answered every Cane Bay attempt to close the gap in the fourth quarter.

Even with six players signed or committed to Division I college baseball scholarships, winning a state championship can have its challenges.

The Oceanside Collegiate Landsharks withstood the challenges and capped a 28-5 season with the Class AA state championship. The Landsharks defeated Gray Collegiate, 4-2, in game two of the best-of-three series to sweep their way to the title. Oceanside won game one, 1-0, on Saturday night.

The Landsharks are repeat state champions, having won the Class AAA state title last season before realignment pushed them back to Class AA.

“We don’t just roll the ball out there and say ‘let’s go,’” OCA head coach Richie McCullough said. “We work hard, every single day. These guys put in the work. I’ve never seen a group with their type of work ethic. It doesn’t happen by accident. They work at this really hard. This is really special, It’s so amazing to see how much love the game and how much they love each other.”

OCA got all the runs they needed in the first inning, stringing together a two-run single by Chase Jarnagin around a hit batsman, two errors, and a sacrifice fly from Jackson Sobel.

Jarnagin, the starting pitcher, made that lead stand. He did not allow a hit until the sixth inning when he allowed the only two runs for Gray. He left allowing two singles.

Sobel, as he did often this season, came in relief and stranded the bases loaded in the sixth. He set the side down in order in the seventh.

“This means more, just being able to grind out the season and watch it all come together,” said Sobel, the Class AA pitcher of the year. “We had some ups and downs, some adversity we had to work through, but we put it all together in the playoffs,

“It has been a challenging season, just going in with high expectations and everyone on the outside thinking we should win every game. Every team we played treated their game against us like a world series, but we found a way to focus and just play the game one at a time.”

McCullough says losing a lot of the top talent from this team makes winning all the more special for him as a coach.

“It feels good, feels real good,” the coach said. “Here lately we were winning games 1-0, 4-2, 2-0, nothing was easy. They tested the heart but its good to have it done. We’re gonna miss these guys.”

In Class AAA, Hanahan saw its bid for a state title end with a 5-4 loss at Clinton. The Hawks (26-9) fell behind 4-0 in the first inning but rallied to tie the game. Clinton scored the go-ahead run in the bottom of the sixth inning.

Hanahan lost game one of the AAA series, 17-3, on Saturday night. Twice during the playoffs, the Hawks had to win two games in one night to remain alive. They beat Marlboro County twice to win the district title and beat Brookland-Cayce twice on last Friday to win the Lower State title.

GOOSE CREEK — Drew Moore has helped guide the Goose Creek Gators to two of their last three region crowns.

The senior quarterback kept the Gators on track for a possible fourth straight title with a big-time performance against visiting Cane Bay Friday night. He threw for three touchdown passes and ran for another in Goose Creek’s 36-21 homecoming victory on John Fulmer Field.

Goose Creek scored 29 straight points after falling behind by a touchdown in the first half to pull away, and Moore accounted for more than 300 total yards.

“All the credit in the world goes to our kids,” Gators coach Jason Winstead said. “They punched us in the face real hard in the first quarter and our kids responded. We’ve still got plenty things to work on, but it was a good night for us.”

The win was the second straight region victory for the Gators (2-6, 2-0 Region 6-AAAAA) after going 0-6 against a brutal non-region slate. They host Wando on Oct. 21 with more work to do in pursuit of the region title.

Cane Bay falls to 5-2 overall and 2-1 in the region after missing an opportunity to seize region supremacy from the Gators. The Cobras step outside region play Oct. 21 with a home tilt against Stall.

The regular season ends Oct. 28.

Moore sparked his clutch showing by hooking up with receiver Troy Reid for 51 yards on Goose Creek’s opening drive. Moments later, the two connected again on a 27-yard reception with 9:58 remaining in the first quarter. Maya Gonzalez’s extra point put the Gators on top, 7-0.

Cane Bay also landed a blow on its opening possession, methodically marching 66 yards in almost five minutes to reach paydirt on a 5-yard run by Arvonte Miles. Lawson Thorn’s extra point tied it with 4:49 on the clock.

Moore hit on a couple nice passes on Goose Creek’s next drive and had the Gators at the Cane Bay 3 with under three minutes left with a chance to take the lead. Cane Bay linebacker Cameron Avery thwarted the drive, though, with an interception just outside the goal line.

Again, the Cobras were able to ground and pound their way down the field.

They went 99 yards in more than 10 plays, aided by a pair of personal-foul penalties on the Gators, to retake the lead on an 8-yard run by Deontae Wheeler with 10:15 left in the first half. Thorn’s extra point upped the Cobras’ advantage to 14-7.

It was Cane Bay’s last lead. The better part of the next three quarters belonged to the Gators as the defending champions got rolling.

After an exchange of punts, Goose Creek went 70 yards to tie it, 14-14. The big play was a 57-yard bomb to receiver Maurion Scott to Cane Bay’s 3, and Moore plunged in from the 1 on fourth down with 2:10 remaining in the half. Gonzalez’s extra point evened it up.

Like Cane Bay earlier, the Gators were able to turn a Cobras gaffe into points.

Cane Bay lost a fumble at its own 45, recovered by Gators defensive lineman Jaden Roper, to begin the ensuing drive and Moore hit receiver Evan Daniels in the back of the end zone on a 7-yard touchdown pass with 45 seconds left in the half. Cane Bay blocked the extra point, though, to only trail 20-14 at the break.

In the third quarter, the Gators gained some breathing room on a 30-yard field goal by Owen Freres with 5:17 left and Moore’s 18-yard touchdown strike to Reid in the back corner of the end zone less than three minutes later. In between, the Gators stymied the Cobras on fourth and 2 inside their own 35.

Gators running back Meliq McGowan finished off the Cobras on an 8-yard touchdown run with 4:57 remaining, extending the lead to 36-14. McGowan also had some key runs earlier in the game.

Cane Bay running back DeShawn Tompkins punched one in from three yards out with 3:37 left for the final margin of victory.

Even with six players signed or committed to Division I college baseball scholarships, winning a state championship can have its challenges.

The Oceanside Collegiate Landsharks withstood the challenges and capped a 28-5 season with the Class AA state championship. The Landsharks defeated Gray Collegiate, 4-2, in game two of the best-of-three series to sweep their way to the title. Oceanside won game one, 1-0, on Saturday night.

The Landsharks are repeat state champions, having won the Class AAA state title last season before realignment pushed them back to Class AA.

“We don’t just roll the ball out there and say ‘let’s go,’” OCA head coach Richie McCullough said. “We work hard, every single day. These guys put in the work. I’ve never seen a group with their type of work ethic. It doesn’t happen by accident. They work at this really hard. This is really special, It’s so amazing to see how much love the game and how much they love each other.”

OCA got all the runs they needed in the first inning, stringing together a two-run single by Chase Jarnagin around a hit batsman, two errors, and a sacrifice fly from Jackson Sobel.

Jarnagin, the starting pitcher, made that lead stand. He did not allow a hit until the sixth inning when he allowed the only two runs for Gray. He left allowing two singles.

Sobel, as he did often this season, came in relief and stranded the bases loaded in the sixth. He set the side down in order in the seventh.

“This means more, just being able to grind out the season and watch it all come together,” said Sobel, the Class AA pitcher of the year. “We had some ups and downs, some adversity we had to work through, but we put it all together in the playoffs,

“It has been a challenging season, just going in with high expectations and everyone on the outside thinking we should win every game. Every team we played treated their game against us like a world series, but we found a way to focus and just play the game one at a time.”

McCullough says losing a lot of the top talent from this team makes winning all the more special for him as a coach.

“It feels good, feels real good,” the coach said. “Here lately we were winning games 1-0, 4-2, 2-0, nothing was easy. They tested the heart but its good to have it done. We’re gonna miss these guys.”

In Class AAA, Hanahan saw its bid for a state title end with a 5-4 loss at Clinton. The Hawks (26-9) fell behind 4-0 in the first inning but rallied to tie the game. Clinton scored the go-ahead run in the bottom of the sixth inning.

Hanahan lost game one of the AAA series, 17-3, on Saturday night. Twice during the playoffs, the Hawks had to win two games in one night to remain alive. They beat Marlboro County twice to win the district title and beat Brookland-Cayce twice on last Friday to win the Lower State title.

Two of the state’s top senior basketball players from Berkeley County were on the floor together on Nov. 30 in Cane Bay High School’s home opener.

One reached a career a scoring milestone. The other poured in a career high for her squad.

Cane Bay senior Alaina Nettles, a Charleston Southern signee, led three Cobras in double figures with 17 points as they pulled away from visiting Timberland High School, 64-41, in a girls basketball game. Nettles also grabbed 15 rebounds.

Lady Wolves senior Amiyah Ferguson, a guard signed with Cal State Northridge, paced Timberland with a game-high 21 points and tracked down six boards. Ferguson became a member of the 1,000-point club last winter and now has company.

It was Nettles’ time to shine Wednesday. The guard needed eight points to reach 1,000 for her career and hit it in the first half as Cane Bay built a 27-18 halftime lead. She’s poured in 33 points in two games, picking up where she left off last winter. Cane Bay improved to 2-0.

“Alaina is ready for every game,” Cane Bay coach Ira Owens said. “I’ve never known her not to be ready for a game. This is my fifth year coaching her. Even as an eighth-grader when she was getting three points or six points she was always ready. As she has grown, she’s gotten stronger and her skill level has gone up exponentially. She’s able to finish things. She’s just so smart. She really understands the game, when to speed things up and when to slow things down.”

Timberland (1-2) cut the deficit to five early in the third quarter but the Class 5A Cobras were able to fend off the Class 2A squad. Cane Bay seniors Lauren Thomas and Samantha Mullen added 13 and 11 points and the Cobras pushed the lead over 20 in the fourth quarter.

Junior Da’Sani Kinlaw was Timberland’s second leading scorer with nine points.

“It was two great basketball players out there tonight,” Timberland coach Allen Gethers said about Ferguson and Nettles. “Any time you’re playing a rival or another great player in the state of South Carolina, just even in your district, you’re going to show up and try to put on for your team. I think Amiyah fought and kept playing.”

Both Nettles and Ferguson were region players of the year and all-state selections in 2021-22.

In the boys game, Cane Bay coasted to a 72-28 victory. The Cobras led just 8-7 after a quarter before breaking it open with a 26-4 run in the second quarter.

Thirteen players scored for Cane Bay (2-0), led junior guard Isaac Smalls with 11 points.

Berkeley boys 57,

West Ashley 50

Josh Youngblood led three Berkeley Stags in double figures with 19 points to power the home team past visiting West Ashley on Nov. 30. Josh Hazelton and John Cleveland added 11 and 10, respectively.

The Stags improved to 1-1.

In the girls game, West Ashley pulled out a 21-17 victory.

Berkeley’s girls dropped to 0-2.