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Top Clicks: Here’s what you loved in CHStoday last month

We keep an eye on your clicks to make sure CHStoday is always filled with content you love.

A group of volunteers in green shirts kneel and work together, planting and gardening in a public park area. They use tools, buckets, and gloves, contributing to a community beautification project.

The weather is cooling down, and the opportunities to volunteer are heating up

Photo by CHStoday

Did you know we keep tabs on what you engage with the most to make sure our newsletter is always packed with what you want to see? Think of this like a monthly Spotify Wrapped.

In addition to tracking clicks — we read all your emails. Let us know what you want us to cover in October.

September

Top City Guide
Lending a helping hand. Our list of 40+ volunteer opportunities was clicked on the most and includes everything from helping at the hospital to donating to Lowcountry causes.

Runner up: A guide to $15 lunch deals in Charleston

Boone Hall Pumpkin Patch

Boone Hall Pumpkin Patch | Photo by Jon Puckett

Top Article
You like to plan ahead, our curated list of events taking place each month topped the charts.

Runner up: It only makes sense our list of new and coming-soon restaurants and Chef Daniel Humm’s resturant at The Charleston Place were clicked on the most — we are a foodie city after all.

A smiling man in a white chef’s coat stands indoors by a window, leaning casually against a wall with brown curtains behind him, creating a warm, relaxed, and inviting atmosphere.

Daniel Humm Hospitality is led by Chef Daniel Humm, the visionary behind the three-Michelin-starred Eleven Madison Park.

Photo by Blake Shorter

Top News Note
Boeing is growing. The aerospace company’s North Charleston campus has a few expansion projects in the works that are set to be finished around 2028. Here’s a peek at what things will look like once construction is complete.

Runner up: You could soon call Awendaw home. This Paradise Island home sits on the Wando and feels like a resort. It offers a saltwater infinity pool, hot tub, fire pit, putting green, and an infrared sauna. Plus, it has a three-car garage with extra golf cart and water toy storage
Top Mansion Monday
Who needs a Barbie Dreamhouse when you can have the real thing? Take a look around this 5,683-sqft colonial estate on James Island.

Runner up: Nearly 7,000-sqft Kiawah Island home nestled on nearly five acres with ocean, river, and marsh views.
Top Post of the Day

Runner up: Rebecca Illustrated opening her new store on King Street.

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Global, national, and local leaders from Volvo took time to answer any questions folks had about the plant, plans, and production.

Photo by CHStoday

Top Asked
Volvo plans to expand both volume and financial growth, while fully utilizing its Ridgeville plant. That includes producing the hybrid XC60, which is a mid-size SUV, late next year — plus several new models by 2030. Currently, how many cars per year can the Ridgeville plant produce?

Runner up: Mount Pleasant’s Boone Hall was used as the setting for which character’s home in “The Notebook?” Take a guess.

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Photo by CHStoday

Editor’s Pick
In September, we started a game in The Wrap section of the newsletter called “Guess Where This Photo Was Taken.” It was so much fun reading all of your responsed. Congrats to readers: Brady C., Susan D., Ella N., Audrey L., Carrie J., and Mikaela M., who all guessed the photo above was taken at Beautiful South by Kwei Fei; you nailed it.

I was sipping on “This Side of Paradise” — a mocktail, featuring coconut orgeat, dragonfruit syrup, orange and pineapple juice, and ginger beer.

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