A True Friend to the Community
Byrnes Downs resident Donna Jacobs receives Robert Ballard Award for Excellence in Volunteer Service by Lorne Chambers | Editor In 1998 the City of Charleston’s Excellence in Volunteer Service Award was created to honor a single citizen whose selfless contribution to...
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Memorial FirEhouse Delayed
Hot construction market and limited supplies cool construction at future Station 11 site by Bill Davis | News Editor Work is several months delayed on the new firehouse on Savannah Highway that overlooks the Charleston Nine memorial through one window each for the...
A Potential Park For Parsonage Road
St. Andrew’s Parks & Playground makes a pitch for Church Creek Plaza site by Bill Davis | News Editor For years, Church Creek Plaza was a neglected, decaying shopping strip at the corner of Ashley River and Parsonage roads. Then five years ago, the county moved to...
West Of Turns 15
West Ashley’s newspaper continues to cover our ever-changing community special to West Of Free Press On Feb. 1, 2005 the first edition of West Of hit the racks. “My main goal was to give West Ashley a voice, to help us not be overlooked and overshadowed,” said editor...
Score One for the Home Team
Local BBQ restaurant is all fired up about giving back by Lorne Chambers | Editor Fourteen years ago Home Team BBQ opened it’s first restaurant in an old gas station along St. Andrew’s Boulevard in West Ashley. The arrival of Home Team marked a shift in the South...
A Vision for 2020
Three new councilmembers help steer West Ashley into the next decade by Bill Davis | News Editor For years, it’s been reported that it’s West Ashley’s “time.” Four years ago, a neighbor won the mayor’s office and West Ashley enjoyed its first plurality on City...
Picture Perfect
Charleston Police Departrment wins Community Policing In Action Photo Contest for December 2019 from Staff Reports For the sixth year in a row, the U.S. Department Of Justice’s Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) asked state, local, territorial, and tribal...
Teck Wins Second Term
Beyond mayoral race, November’s election solidifies Tecklenburg’s power base by Bill Davis | News Editor Mayor John Tecklenburg’s cakewalk over City Councilman Mike Seekings in a special election last month was fraught with meaning, especially for West Ashley. Let’s...
Bridge Over Troubled Funding
Money for bike/walking bridge over Ashley River flows by Bill Davis | News Editor Looks like West Ashleyians will finally get a way to ride a bike or walk to the peninsula, just like Mt. Pleasanter have over the Ravenel Bridge. Last month, as it was first reported by...
City Breaks Ground On Forensics Building
22,000-square-foot West Ashley facility will be completed in 2021 from Staff Reports Charleston Mayor John Tecklenburg, members of City Council, Police Chief Luther Reynolds, and Parks Director Jason Kronsberg broke ground Wednesday, Oct. 30 on the Charleston Police...
Let There Be Light
Magnolia Plantation lights up its historic gardens for the first time in 300 years with world-class Chinese lantern festival by Bill Davis | News Editor For the first time in 300 years, more than the moon will illuminate the gardens at Magnolia Plantation. In fact, it...