A Cut Above
Area business helps raise money for hometown hero from Staff Reports Drew Leilich, Founder and President of Carolina Exterminating, in West Ashley, is calling on the local community to support one of West Ashley’s unsung heroes—Rick Fowler, a longtime resident and...
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Remembering The Unforgettable
What a difference a decade can make. Last Friday evening and everything is calm at Fire Station 10 along Savannah Highway, just down from Gene’s Haufbrau. Firefighters are talking amongst themselves as they down heaped plates of grilled pork loin, mashed potatoes, and...
West Ashley Flashback — Return To The Old Fort
On the 1916 plat prepared by Rene Ravenel for Joe Harrison prior to Harrison’s purchase of the land that is now Moreland, Moreland Shopping Center, Westwood, and Byrnes Downs there is an illustration of an “Old Fort” at the bend in the “Public Road” as it comes off...
Community Pride
Frann Carlton of HLA, Inc. was just awarded the Gene Ott Award from Community Pride, Inc. of Charleston County at the organization’s annual Community Pride Awards presentation. This award is given to an exceptional businessperson who has improved his/her business...
Councilman Rodney Williams Announces Re-Election Run
Last week, West Ashley City Councilman Rodney Williams filed his initial election report of the 2017 election signaling that he will seek re-election to the District 2 seat. “I’m proud to say that I have a 100% record of supporting Mayor Tecklenburg’s plan to...
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...
The Most Dangerous Man in West Ashley
How has this guy not yet been fired? Or reassigned to a different school? Or roughed-up? For the past seven years, Drayton Hall fifth-grade teacher and West Ashley resident Patrick Hayes has been a one-man wrecking ball, wreking havoc with his bosses at the Charleston...
Oh Spoleto, Where Art Thou?
Blink too long and the Spoleto and Piccolo Spoleto arts festivals will be over, especially in West Ashley where there is only one scheduled event before the June 11 finale at Middleton Gardens. One of the enduring complaints about the internationally heralded Spoleto...
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...
A Wish Come True
“An Evening of Jazz Under the Stars” raised more than $65,000 for Make-A-Wish South Carolina, a statewide charity that grants unique experiences for children with life-threatening medical conditions. During the gala on Sunday, May 21, donors heard the emotional story...
West Ashley Flashback — Getting Over It
“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 another West Ashley Flashback). A few months...
