Turning Wrenches, Changing Lives
West Ashley CAS students breathe new life into emergency vehicle bound for Honduras from Staff Reports Students in the West Ashley Center for Advanced Studies’ Automotive Technology program recently completed a repair project on a donated ambulance, which is destined...
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The Battle Rages On
State, county fight continues over I-526 completion There’s an old saying that applies to the ongoing fight between Charleston County and the state over funding for the I-526 completion project: Romance without finance is a nuisance. For those in West Ashley in love...
‘Minor’ Natural Disaster A Major Problem
Heavy rains put the focus back on flooding issues West of the Ashley Last month, David Griffin stood in front of his new home on Magnolia Avenue and watched his personal items being removed by workers from a local water damage restoration company. A rainstorm the...
Oh, For Art’s Sake
West Ashley Public Schools Have A Glaring DeficitIn Visual Art Teachers Local parents and art lovers are fed up with the tiny visual arts offerings at West Ashley High School. The school currently has no visual arts teachers on staff and is advertising for only a...
Linkin’ Parks
Planning West Ashley’s greener future Ongoing planning to enhance West Ashley’s greenway and bikeway are focused largely on the various meanings of the word “safety.” Last month, the Charleston Parks Conservancy brought together over a dozen landscape architects and...
A Life-Long Legacy
Portrait unveiling celebrates the life and legacy of Cynthia Graham Hurd On the evening of June 17, 2015, a 21-year-old white supremacist walked into the “Mother” Emanuel A.M.E. Church in downtown Charleston and murdered nine African-Americans. He claimed he did it...
Shahid Only West Ashley Council Member To Vote For Slavery Apology
Council issues official apology without strong support from West Ashley councilmen Last month, Charleston City Council voted to officially apologize for the role it played and how it profited from the institution of slavery. But Council’s apology carried only a single...
Two Churches, One Difficult History
A Local author reveals what he discovered in an antebellum church registry and what it tells us about race and reconciliation in West Ashley
What’s to Become of the Dead Pig?
Demolition of former Piggly Wiggly raises more questions
Some Gave All
Memorial Day Ceremony at Live Oak Park honors those who served and sacrificed for our nation
2018 Westie Awards
When discussing West Ashley, the term “revitalization” gets bandied about quite frequently. But our beloved parish is in the midst of something much greater than a revitalization. It’s going through a renaissance! This is a cultural rebirth, people. And you can’t have...
