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Q&A: Melly Blankin, Personal trainer and Mom

  • May 6, 2013
  • By Kinsey Gidick
Melly Blankin, personal trainer


The role of working mom takes on many forms, but the one that Melly Blankin, independent trainer with East Shore Athletic Club, finds herself playing more often than not, is that of cheerleader. Whether encouraging her high school junior son Conner with his homework, or helping her fitness clients to meet their health goals, Blankin knows a...

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Make fitness fun!

Want to get kids excited about fitness? Trying getting them involved in some of Charleston’s many big-name sporting events. Here Jacob Duncan (facing page), 6, navigates an obstacle course during The Kids Run and Wonderfest held at Charleston’s Hampton Park in April.

Back in 2007, Mount Pleasant dad Noah Moore had an “aha moment” when it came to his family’s health and wellness. The 36-year-old realized the pizza delivery man knew the family by name, his son could name more fast food restaurants than U.S. presidents, and somehow since getting married and having a child, he himself had...

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Charleston’s most inspiring homes—and how to create your own

  • April 1, 2013
  • By Katie Hurst
Lowcountry Parent April 2013


For our Home and Garden issue, we searched high and low for the perfect inspiration — families with inviting, stylish interiors and exteriors right here in the Lowcountry. They’ve managed to reclaim toy-cluttered rooms and take their family spaces from functional to fabulous.

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Better weather, lots of kids events draw crowds to first day of Family Circle Cup tennis tournament

Australia Anastasia Rodionova gives souvenir tennis balls to Brody and Chase Tonon of Daniel Island after a warm-up at the Family Circle Cup tennis tournament on Saturday. David Quick/postandcourier.com

Sisters Sherry Monroe and Helen Whatley admit it: They are tennis addicts, and they sure demonstrated it at Saturday’s opening day of the Family Circle Cup tennis tournament.

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Berkeley unveils proposed attendance lines for new elementary school

About 125 families whose children could be among the first to attend a new elementary school in Berkeley County got a glimpse Monday at where the attendance lines may be drawn.

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Charleston store brings candy to life, looks for new location

Lisa and David Perrett own Robot Candy Co. in downtown Charleston and at Belle Hall Shopping Center in Mount Pleasant. They are looking to move their King Street store elsewhere downtown.

A 9-foot, blow-up T-rex greets customers through the window of Robot Candy Co. on King Street. Wind-up toys, pop rocks, cherry pie mint and toxic waste bubble gum sit among hundreds of sugary concoctions inside this tasty wonderland.

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PJ Library sends Jewish-themed books to local children for Passover

Books received by the Rieck family of Mount Pleasant have turned into a collection.

Like many families celebrating Passover this week,Hilary Rieck will share with her young daughters the traditions and stories of the Jewish people, including the exodus from Egypt.

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