A Bumper Crop

Thanks to West Ashley High School’s refocused academic structure, the school’s athletic class of 2014 is turning out to be one for the record books. This year, for the first time in anyone’s memory, there are already five student-athletes who have signed national...

A Safe Route To School

Last week, students, parents, teachers at Stono Elementary School celebrated the culmination of a eight-year-long project involving poured concrete during the ribbon-cutting ceremony for the new sidewalk that sits along its front on Garden Street. According to...

Happy National Recycling Day

It just got a little bit lonelier for trash at the Bees Ferry Landfill, thanks to the good work of the Charleston County Environmental Management Office. Last week, as part of the national annual America Recycles Day, county officials collected more than 5,200 items...

The Original Social Network

Facebook, Instagram, Twitter. These are the conduits of modern social networking. Jump back a few decades (maybe 5 or 6) and the newspaper was the main conduit to get information about the social workings of the community. The News & Courier, Charleston Evening...

Lighting a Fire Under Holiday Tradition

The Little Match Girl is a Christmas story that isn’t often read this time of year. During a time of warmth, family and sweet indulgences, Hans Christian Andersen’s short story about a penniless child trying to sell matchsticks on the last day of the year is a...

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