Exploring Our Local Roots
Hurd/St. Andrew’s Library hosts West Ashley History Series this winter from Staff Reports History lovers and curious neighbors alike are invited to step back in time with the West Ashley History Series, a free community lecture series hosted by the Charleston County...
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Get Wild at Caw Caw
Get your running shoes ready — it’s time to get wild. The Charleston County Park and Recreation Commission (CCPRC) hosts its annual Where the Wild Things Run, a 5K run and walk on Saturday, March 3 at Caw Caw Interpretive Center in West Ashley. Like many of the...
Mug Shots
The following were taken from actual incident reports filed last week by the City of Charleston Police Department. These are not convictions and the names of businesses, complainants, and suspects have been left out to protect the innocent. All suspects are innocent...
Oh, For Art’s Sake
West Ashley’s nascent art scene is taking a hit, as one of its most ardent supporters and exhibitors is losing her space on Wappoo Road. Almost three years ago, artist and educator Susan Irish took a big risk and opened Fabulon, an art and education gallery in a...
West Ashley Flashback — The History of Our Water (part 2 of 4)
In the 1939 edition of The Year Book Charleston S.C., which is a record of the annual official business of the city of Charleston, under the section entitled “Water Works Improvements and Extension” the following short description of this initiative was recorded: “St....
Addressing the State of West Ashley
Everyone has seen those videos online of guys shooting basketballs off the sides of mountains or from atop buildings into baskets hundreds of feet below in a ravine or a parking lot. There are two factors that make that ball go in that basket. One, editing – the guys...
Seeking Westie Nominations
West Of, West Ashley’s weekly community newspaper, is out to honor a handful of people who’ve made the biggest, most positive effect in our part of town this past year. But to think that we here at West Of know about all the good being done out there in West Ashley is...
West Ashley Flashback — The History of Our Water (part 1 of 4)
Water is arguably an important influence on the course of history. Enter ‘water influence on history’ in the Google search engine and the top link is a journal devoted to this subject entitled “Water History”, of which volume 1 issue 1 is dated July 2009. Whether one...
Snowpocalypse Wow!
Snow may be a rare and beautiful thing here in the Lowcountry, but it can play havoc with West Ashley residents and the stores that they rely on. Except, that is, if they both live in a handful of “interconnected nodes” on this side of the river. Well, the first...
West Ashley Man Awarded State’s Highest Civilian Honor
After decades of working to better his native Charleston and South Carolina at large, James Julian “Jimmy” Bailey was awarded the Governor of South Carolina’s highest honor for civilians. The SC Order of the Palmetto recognizes an individual’s lifetime achievements...
West Ashley Flashback — A Celebration of Progress
Late in 1941, H. A. Petit of Windermere had the idea that the time had come to form an Exchange Club in St. Andrew’s Parish. This type of club could act as a service club, a chamber of commerce and a community club. With the threat of war, it would provide a mechanism...
