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 EcoHealth Wellness Center & Detox Spa, the Lowcountry’s new premier holistic wellness center, is celebrating their new location at  at 1051 Johnnie Dodds Boulevard, Suite B, in Mount Pleasant, with a Grand Opening Party on Saturday, April 26 from 4:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. The event is open to the public and guests can enjoy live music of Beyond The Rhythm, healthy food catered by Madeline Lytton, free giveaways and guided tours the new wellness facility.  Wellness services offered include: personalized nutrition programs, Migun relaxation massages, Infrared Sauna Therapy, Alkaline Kangen Water, Eminence organic skin care, massage therapy, detox/body cleanse programs, detox foot baths and body wraps, thermography, chiropractic services, organic spray tanning and a teaching kitchen.  The center is the brainchild of Tiffany Jackson, who holds a doctorate in Naturopathic Medicine from the Southwest College of Naturopathic Medicine in Tempe, Arizona. Jackson, a local mom and wife,

Annually on Tax Day, April 15th, Americans are either celebrating their tax return or drowning their tax day sorrows with a cocktail. This year on April 15, 2014, Firefly Distillery is celebrating for a sweeter reason as Firefly Sweet Tea Vodka turns six years old. This milestone is one that its creators, Jim Irvin and Scott Newitt, are proud of, and invite the public for rare “behind the scenes” VIP distillery tours to fans once an hour from 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. at the Firefly Distillery on Wadmalaw Island. These free tours will be given by Firefly co-creator Jim Irvin and production manager Jay Macmurphy. Created in a small still in 2008, Firefly became the world’s first hand-crafted sweet tea vodka. Firefly is distilled four times, infused with tea grown at the Charleston Tea Plantation, and blended with real Louisiana sugar cane. Firefly is a favorite around the nation and continues to “fly” off store shelves locally, nationally, and internationally. Nationally, Firefly D