Mobile Home Sales in McClellanville, SC

“How long have you been in business here?” I asked the proprietor of T.W. Graham & Co., an unassuming seafood restaurant located in a historic storefront on the oak-shaded main street of the coastal village of McClellanville.

“We’ve been in business since 1894” he said, and then, with a grin that made it more than an afterthought, “but I’m not the original owner.”

Do tell.

I was speaking with Patrick Runey, who busied himself greeting patrons and chatting with friends as the Saturday evening crowd began to gather for dinner and conversation.

T.W. Graham & Co. is a fixture in the small fishing village, and being only a stone’s throw from docks crowded with shrimp boats, it serves up an offering of fresh seafood for lunch and dinner almost daily. With my plate covered with freshly prepared shrimp, hand-shredded cole slaw, fries and hushpuppies, Patrick described how all of this came to be.

“I am from Charleston, and when the owners were looking to sell, I told them our plans and they knew we were the right buyer. They had other offers but did not want it to go to just anyone.”

Originally a general store, T.W. Graham & Co. has served the people of McClellanville in many ways during the 128 years it has sat on Pinckney Street. Today, it continues to be place where villagers and out-of-towners alike gather, and life for the little waterfront community rolls on.

McClellanville lies on the edge of a vast network of marshy creeks and rivers that stretches to the horizon, where the old lighthouse stands on the point of Cape Romain. Founded in the 1850s as a seaside escape for the swamp-haunted plantation owners of the Santee River region, the town quickly became a productive fishing village.

Today, it has become a destination for day tourists and overnight visitors who come to the little settlement between Charleston and Georgetown, with a desire to escape the ordinary and enjoy the peace and quiet of life under the live oaks.

When you visit McClellanville, you will encounter a place that is like a picture of Lowcountry days gone by. A network of quiet streets connect frame houses that range from two-story farmhouse-style to small, comfortable cottages. A dozen classic storefronts stand along Pinckney Street, where you can purchase hand-made local gifts and items of coastal decor, while being welcomed by friendly locals who are glad for your visit.

A crossroads in the center of the village is home to neighborhood churches, including the historic chapel of ease for the parish church of St. James Episcopal. The gingerbread trim reflects the 19th century Lowcountry style. Here, the congregation worships each Sunday, and also maintains the old brick church of St. James Santee near Hampton Plantation.

A drive to the end of Pinckney Street brings you to the Village Museum, a cultural center where the history of the town and region are preserved. A town dock will give you a view down Jeremy Creek to the vast marshy wilderness stretching to the Atlantic, or upstream to the spires and nets of the shrimp fleet, docked at the seafood company off Oak Street.

The boats form a backdrop for the Seaman’s Memorial, dedicated to the memory of those who lost their lives while working the coastal waters of South Carolina. It’s a reminder of the cost of braving sea and storm to bring home each day’s catch.

You can cap off your visit with a delicious meal at T.W. Graham & Co. or at one of the other great restaurants in town, local institutions like the McClellanville Diner, The Bent Rod, and Buckshots provide an array of seafood, comfort food or more adventurous fare to please any palate.

As I finished my meal and prepared to return home, I only wished that I had more time to explore and enjoy this quiet, beautiful town. Whether you stay in McClellanville for a day, or simply visit while passing through, you will feel very much at home.

McClellanville is located off US. 17 between Charleston and Georgetown.

A drive of a little over two hours will take you through Charleston and along the wide, lonely coast highway. McClellanville is located 30 miles above Charleston and just before you cross the Santee River. As you come within the town limits you will see three of the popular local restaurants, each open at various days and times to accommodate your appetite or itinerary.

To enter the village proper, take a right onto Pinckney Street, and follow its winding track into town. You will soon come to the business district where shops and T.W. Graham & Co. welcome you, or you can continue beyond to visit the museum, churches and the often-busy waterfront along Jeremy Creek.

There are many things to do and explore nearby as well. You can explore nature at Santee Coastal Reserve, discover history at Hampton Plantation State Historic Site, or arrange for an excursion by boat to visit the historic lighthouse at Cape Romain National Wildlife Refuge.

For more information on the town and its offerings, visit the town of McClellanville homepage at https://www.mcclellanvillesc.org or call T.W. Graham & Co. at (843) 887-4342.

McCLELLANVILLE, S.C. (WCSC) - People who live in the McClellanville area say mosquitoes are becoming a real frustration as Charleston County works to get their volume under control.

Jon Loveland, the assistant manager for the Charleston County Mosquito Program, says they’re getting calls countywide, but McClellanville is the worst spot right now.

“As soon as you open the car doors it’s like 10 million of them,” Aziarae Green said. “They eat you into the car, they just eat you alive.”

Joe Blake has lived in McClellanville for 65 years. He said he’s never seen the mosquitoes this bad.

“I can’t get out to mow my yard,” Blake said. “My grandson couldn’t go to school this morning because the mosquitoes are so bad.”

Blake said he bought 10 cans of bug spray in two days just to come outside.

McClellanville resident John Kooper said the bugs are aggravating, but he also worries about the disease that the bugs can carry.

“I stay covered up and I spray what I’ve got exposed, hands, face, neck whatever,” Kooper said. “Put a hat on, beat them to death when I can and that’s basically all you can do.”

Loveland said they’re aware of the situation and put up an airplane Sunday morning to treat what they could, and they also had ground trucks in the area Sunday night spraying. He says they will be out again Monday night.

McClellanville is particularly challenging to treat because there are certain areas that are restricted and cannot be treated, like thousands of acres of protected wetlands, he said. They’re also restricted to using one product in the Francis Marion National Forest. Mosquitoes can build resistance to that.

Loveland said a lot of the issue stems from Hurricane Ian and a large amount of rainfall.

“Most of these mosquitoes we’re seeing in the northern part of the county are saltmarsh mosquitoes,” Loveland said. “So really the only thing they’re going to be able to do is wear long sleeves, try to avoid being outside at dusk and dawn and use a repellant with Deet in it.”

Charleston County residents can click here to request spraying or call 843-202-7880. Residents can also text “hello” to Citibot at 843-800-4121 and ask to request a mosquito control spray.

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McClellanville, S.C. (WCBD)- People who live near the Francis Marion National Forest are concerned about the amount of mosquitos that are in their communities after Hurricane Ian came through the Lowcountry.

“You fight to get into your car. You fight to get into your home. You fight to get into your place of work or wherever you are in the National Forest area,” said GQ Lewis, who lives in McClellanville. “People are used to mosquitos around this area, but they’ve never seen this level of mosquitos. It’s at an unprecedented level.”

“It is terrible running in from the outside because they swarm around you like you’re bait,” said EJ Milligan, who is from McClellanville.

Charleston County Mosquito Control is aware of the issue and has been spraying the area. But, there are roadblocks to getting some of the mosquitos to go away.

“There are challenges with that area as Mosquito Control is only allowed to use a specific chemical in the Francis Marion which we have been using for 40 years, so there is some resistance. There are also areas that are protected, and we are not able to spray at all,” said Kelsey Barlow, the county’s public information officer.

According the the Department of Health and Environmental Control, the increase in bugs is because of the flooding left behind from Hurricane Ian that causes eggs to hatch into young mosquitos.

“There are mosquito eggs that have been in the soil. After floodwaters come through it allows the mosquitos to hatch,” said Dr. Jonathan Knoche who is with the Divisions of Immunization and Acute Disease Epidemiology at DHEC. “They don’t necessarily have disease because they did not have the opportunity to bite somebody, or a bird rather, that might’ve been carrying a disease.”

Neighbors are calling for Charleston County to take the necessary steps to curb the mosquito outbreak.

“The ditches should be cleaned out and there should be more mosquito abatement for this area,” said Lewis.

“County officials need to make sure that mosquito abatements and cleaning ditches are taken care of. We’re tax paying people and we should see that our money is being used for the care of our community. We don’t see that right now,” said Milligan.

Is Gus a good boy?

To his 79-year-old Marine veteran owner, the 130-pound German shepherd is a calming force who helps him keep his balance and live a life that feels closer to normal. To his neighbors in McClellanville, the dog is a good reason to avoid Baker Street. More than once, he has charged toward people out on walks with their dogs to attack. One man and his pet required stitches after. Another said she cracked a rib falling after Gus latched on to her small dog.

Doug Holsclaw said receiving the notice in April that Gus was banned from living in town hit him almost as hard as losing his brother 42 years ago. He is suing to bring Gus home.

The case will largely boil down to which description of Holsclaw’s 5-year-old companion sticks.

Gus is a service dog. Gus is a vicious dog. He can’t be both.

McClellanville, a small fishing town of about 600 people about 40 miles north of Charleston, allows dogs to roam freely. Rutledge Leland, who has been mayor for more than 40 years, said the town’s dog laws come up in meetings nearly every year.

The town has long considered a leash law, holding referendums on the matter over the years, Leland said. But most residents remain opposed.

“We tend to be a community, we wanted people to have dogs, but obviously we don’t want them to interfere with people’s day-to-day activities,” he said.

Rutledge declined to talk about Gus because of the pending lawsuit, but said his behavior has been an ongoing problem.

“It’s just a bad situation,” he said. “We’ll try to be fair.”

After a resident asked the town to reconsider a leash law in May 2021, Cecil Mills told Town Council about his encounter with Gus as he was walking on Baker Street. Mills pursued charges. Holsclaw paid restitution and the case was ultimately dropped. Mills said he doesn’t doubt Holsclaw’s claim that he needs a service dog. But he doesn’t believe Gus qualifies, and he still doesn’t allow his grandchildren to walk in that direction because he’s afraid of what might happen if Holsclaw’s other dog got loose.

“Gus came and attacked me. He bit my arm. Bit my dog. I required stitches. My dog required stitches,” said Mills, who said he knows of other attacks. “I don’t understand how anybody thinks it’s not a vicious dog.”

By August, the council had settled on a new dog law. Leashes still wouldn’t be required. But any dog deemed an ongoing threat to safety could be banned from town limits.

Cheves Leland and a friend were walking their small dogs, Amos and Stevie, one morning in April. They saw Gus loose in Holsclaw’s yard and turned back. The next thing she knew, Amos was in Gus’ mouth. He escaped with four fang marks, and Leland was injured from falling during the attack.

“I’m all for veterans, and I’m all for them having service dogs,” Cheves Leland said. “I don’t think that’s what a service dog would do. We were not on his property. We were walking away from the dog.”

The town decided to enforce its new law, giving Holsclaw a week to find a new home for Gus.

Holsclaw and his supporters say Gus’ behavior has been overblown by neighbors. He said he frequently takes Gus to stores with him and has never had a problem.

“If he was vicious, there would be significant damage to whatever he went after. He’s never gone after anybody,” Holsclaw said. “If you met Gus, you’d like him from the moment he came up and wagged his tail and looked at you.”

Service dogs aren’t required to have any special certification to qualify under the law. They just need to be helping in a specific way that helps with a disability.

Holsclaw said he has total hearing loss in his left ear that affects his balance and vision problems in his left eye, injuries he suffered as a Marine. Holsclaw said he lives with that part of his past every day, but never talks about it.

With a cane in his right hand, Gus walks to Holsclaw’s left and “knows exactly what to do to keep me up straight.” Gus also helps during Holsclaw’s struggles with post-traumatic stress disorder.

“He’s an expert at what he does,” Holsclaw said. “I depend on Gus for a lot.”

State law forbids interfering with the use of someone’s service dog, a law that Holsclaw’s lawsuit accuses McClellanville of violating, along with fair housing law and the Americans with Disabilities Act.

“Forcing a nearly 80-year-old veteran to be separated from his service dog when there are a number of other in-between steps that could be taken is unconscionable to me,” said Ted Corvey, Holsclaw’s lawyer. “To paint Gus in any sort of picture that he is a vicious or violent or dangerous animal is patently untrue. ... This is a real overreach on the town’s part.”

Gus has been living at Ziggy’s Dog Parlor in Mount Pleasant since April 26. He weighed 130 pounds when he arrived. He’s down to 107, business owner Kristin Villa said, something she attributes to depression.

Holsclaw visits three or four times a week. They can’t go home, so Holsclaw takes him on drives, sometimes stopping in at Tractor Supply or Lowe’s.

“When he sees this dog, he turns into a different person. He’s happy, relieved. And the dog is over the moon excited to see him,” Villa said.

Villa said Gus may be a little territorial, but he isn’t vicious. She said he will let her pry open his mouth to take away a bone or a treat.

Corvey, a former Charleston County prosecutor, adopted Caitlyn the dog after securing a guilty plea from the man who had duct-taped her mouth closed. He said Holsclaw would agree to a rule that Gus has to stay in the house or the fenced-in backyard.

Skeptical neighbors point out that volunteers from a nearby church built Holsclaw’s fence a few years ago in an attempt to help contain Gus.

The lawsuit claims the town’s ordinance is at odds with state law protecting service animals. Scott Bauries, a University of South Carolina law professor, said it may be difficult to win with an argument that state law protects a dog deemed dangerous.

“That’s a stretch,” Bauries said. ’I just think it is not trying to accomplish protecting service dogs that are themselves vicious.”

Holsclaw’s lawsuit says removing Gus from town “represents an ongoing health and safety hazard.” That is what neighbors say about letting Gus stay.

GREENVILLE — A former bursar of Greenville Technical College is facing charges that she embezzled more than $10,000 in college funds for her own personal use.

The State Law Enforcement Division alleges in an arrest warrant that Jennifer Leigh Price of Seneca embezzled the funds for a five-month period between April and September. As bursar, she was tasked with safekeeping, transferring and disbursing the money.

SLED agents arrested Price, 53, on May 18, according to a SLED news release. She was booked into Greenville County Detention Center and later released on a $10,000 recognizance bond.

In an emailed statement, Greenville Tech spokeswoman Becky Mann said that Price had been employed at the school from August 2021 to November 2022 and didn’t elaborate further.

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCIV) — Plans are finally in motion to replace the old Lincoln High School with a brand new school in McClellanville.

It's been nearly a decade since Lincoln High closed. At a board meeting Wednesday night, there was finally talk of what a new school would bring the community.

Charleston County School District leaders presented a slideshow detailing the future of the new high school and middle school in northern Charleston County.

CCSD considering magnet program for future high school in McClellanville area. (WCIV)

Since the closure of Lincoln High School, kids are waking up earlier to make the bell at Wando High and returning home late because of the long drive.

The constituent school board said a new school will bring relief to the people living in Awendaw and it will provide help to the schools already reaching capacity.

The district is looking at attendance lines within the area while looking at creating a magnet program.

"I do believe a partial magnet or magnet program of some kind might be within the programming options and given that it's going to have a size of 1,000 students it will probably need to pull in some areas other than just the McClellanville and Awendaw area," said Pamela Jouan-Goldman, Chair of the District 2 Constituent School Board.

Scenarios of possible zoning were shown during the meeting.

The methodology was based off the fiscal year 2022 data.

Parents voiced their concerns of drawing the line further down into Mount Pleasant.

"You do not want to force a family who is living right next door to a school go up the road to another school if at all possible so that's why were looking at the magnet as an opportunity to attract families that want to go there despite any increase in distance then they would have," Chief Operating Officer of CCSD Jeff Borowy said.

The district's goal is to get 500 students in both the middle and high school.

Thomas Colleton, Chair of the District 1 Constituent Board, said the school will need to offer something enticing.

“It is important to this build the school but at the same time let's figure out what were going to be doing inside. The curriculum means a lot," Colleton said.

“I don't know how much it would make sense to drive by Wando High School to get on (Highway) 17 to go up to Awendaw, but it does sound like they are going to have different specific programs at their school. So for example if they have got a great art program and my daughter is really into art, that sounds like a nice option to have," said Jonathan Mars, a parent of students at Carolina Park.

Colleton said it's crucial everyone is transparent throughout this process.

Their next steps will be to develop a blue-ribbon committee to review these options and create a draft to be presented to the constituent boards in October.

"I'm hopeful this blue ribbon commission will ease some of this tension, and let people know going to another school, which would be a state of the art school, why wouldn't you want your child to go there," Colleton said.

The Kaiser Farm Tract property was leased in December of 2021 to the former owner to be used as a hay farm.

The three-year lease agreement is able to be terminated at any time with a 90-day notice.

It's also possible a park and library could be built on the property in the future.