Jul 24, 2014
“Finally after 10 years of begging and waiting!” began a Facebook post last week by Heather K. Powers, president of the Byrnes Downs Neighborhood Association. Powers was celebrating the announcement by state officials that work had begun to enhance the dangerous strip...
Jul 24, 2014
The following were taken from actual incident reports filed last week by the City of Charleston’s Police Department. These are not convictions and the names of businesses, complainants, and suspects have been left off to protect the innocent. All suspects are innocent...
Jul 24, 2014
Last week, Charleston City Council voted not to allow for a chimney and a fireplace that were once part of a World War II prisoner-of-war camp, located on Colony Road along the Ashley River, to be included in a municipal historical overlay zone that would have...
Jul 24, 2014
Matt Baer grew up participating in the Charleston Jewish Community Center (JCC) and finished his service in the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) paratrooper’s brigade in August 2013. On Tuesday, July 29 at 7 p.m. Baer will discuss his experience as a Lone Soldier (in...
Jul 17, 2014
By the time you read this, a cornerstone of Lowcountry Jewish life may be up for sale. The board of the Jewish Community Center (JCC) voted earlier this month to sell its large facility on Raoul Wallenberg Boulevard. Mosha Kalinsky, the board’s current president,...
Jul 17, 2014
A modern occurrence can stimulate a historic memory — like the construction of the new St. Andrew’s Elementary School on the site of the original school nestled between the neighbors of Byrnes Downs, South Windermere, and Olde Windermere. The short little road of...
