Jan 8, 2014
Errica Watkins has spent the last two months watching her 10-year-old daughter, Sylvia, heal and get closer and closer to being her old self. In November, Watkins, who owns Bashful Boutique in the Avondale Point business district, gave one of her kidneys to Sylvia,...
Jan 8, 2014
Looks like the West Ashley High School has another award to be very proud of. Recently, the South Carolina Association of School Administrators named Andre Dukes as its 2014 statewide assistant principal of the year. This is Dukes’ first year at WAHS, having just left...
Jan 8, 2014
“A Wheelmen’s Retreat. A Club House In St. Andrew’s Parish For the Cyclists” is an intriguing headline from the January 4, 1897 edition of The News and Courier discovered while researching “Pleasure Grove” (the subject of a future West Ashley Flashback). A few months...
Jan 8, 2014
When should you start reading to your child? Now! Right now and as much as possible. It doesn’t matter if your little one is a day old or three years old, reading is one of the most important activities parents can do with their child. And to make this...
Jan 8, 2014
As a new year opens up, many of us strive to change our ways, to do things differently than we might have last year. Why not drink better beer this year and really enjoy it. If you’re new to the craft beer game, resolve to find and enjoy the good stuff. I know...
