A Couple of Bad Aces

An amateur tennis team based at the St. Andrew’s Parks & Playground facility won a state championship in Aiken over the Memorial Day weekend. Captained by local plumbing and gas contractor Mark Riling, The East Coast Bad Aces defeated a team from Anderson 3-2 to...

The Owls Whist Club

This story is almost 100 years old and a really amazing piece of West Ashley history, but the story begins on the peninsula of Charleston on Feb. 14, 1914. According to the website, the history of the club does not explain why this romantic date was chosen as the time...

Sowing The Seeds of Love

Every Saturday morning, now through September, Fields Farm of Johns Island brings their freshest picks to John Wesley United Methodist Church’s front lawn on Savannah Highway. From 9 a.m. to 12 noon, anyone can come check out the produce and purchase it in exchange...

Have a Literary Summer

Even though summer unofficially kicked off on Memorial Day, students throughout Charleston County will finally celebrate the last day of school this Thursday, June 6. And while many will be enjoying sunny days of fishing, swimming, hiking, arts & crafts and other...

Numbers Show South Carolina Still Has A Long Way To Go

The news on poverty in South Carolina isn’t good:  We’ve overtaken Mississippi. The Great Recession has taken its toll here.  South Carolina now ranks third highest in poverty in the country, according to the detailed Current Population Survey (CPS) of the U.S. Census...

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