Charleston celebrates Mayor Joe Riley as family shares health concerns

Charleston’s Dock Street Theatre felt especially warm inside Tuesday night. And it wasn’t just because of the blast of winter weather that blew people in.

It was the warmth of a community that came together to celebrate a man who led the city for 40 years, former Charleston Mayor Joe Riley.

Hundreds of people filled the theatre for a sold-out event entitled, “Riley Forty: Joe Riley and the City He shaped.” It was meant to promote the mayors recently released memoir, “Windows on Washington Square.”…

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