Gene’s Cracks the Safe
For West Ashley bar, it’s what’s outside a decades-old safe that’s the real treasure by Lorne Chambers | Editor For decades, the old metal safe sat just to the left of the entrance of Gene’s Haufbrau, looking like something straight out of a movie set. It was such a...
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The New Sheriffs in Town
Among the 10 public schools in West Ashley, around one-third of them will have a new leader to start the 2017-18 school year, with at least one other to get a new principal at some point in the year. Brant E. Glover has been named the new principal West Ashley...
West Ashley Flashback — A Well-Polished Show
Mr. Hester’s musicals were the cultural event of the spring season in St. Andrew’s Parish High School. Known to his students as “Fess,” short for Professor, Mr. Hester honed his directing skills through his acting in Footlight plays. His summers would be spent in New...
Capturing a Killer
Robert Maniscalco stared into the eyes of a remorseless sociopathic last fall and tried to capture part of a murderer’s soul. And in a show at the Fabulon — Center For Art & Education in West Ashley, he is sharing what he learned. Maniscalco was initially hired by...
Immortalizing Gratitude
Proposed improvements to the Charleston 9 Memorial is forcing city leaders to strike a delicate balance between vibrancy and solemnity. City parks director Jason Kronsberg recently met with members of the city fire department and family members of the nine firemen...
A West Ashely Gem
The vision of one of Charleston’s great preservationists — the late Emily Ravenel Farrow (Miss Em) — is a reality. To honor Miss Em’s wishes to preserve her lands in perpetuity for the benefit and enjoyment of the citizens of Charleston, Mrs. Farrow bequeathed her...
We’re Not in Kansas Anymore
Following a thread of local history can sometimes take you to Kansas. Jack Eades, the “owner, developer” of Sylvan Shores, was born in Stockton, Kansas a self-proclaimed product of the dust bowl. He studied Botany and Ecology at Fort Hays State University where he met...
West Ashley Revitalization Keeps on Truckin’
Don’t get the wrong idea. 4 Wheel Parts is a great store, located at the corner of Wappoo Road and Savannah Highway. It’s busy. It’s air-conditioning is on full blast. Its blacked-out, tricked out 4x4 add-ons and equipment on the walls look cool as all get out, even...
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...
West Ashley Flashback
A path leaves Folly Road, runs parallel to the Atlantic Coast Line railroad track until it takes a left turn and ends in a clump of trees situated in the center of a field owned by the Harrison family. All of this is easily seen in a 1950s aerial of West Ashley. The...
High Recommended
When the editors at USA Today wondered which attraction in each state could properly be called top-rated, they turned to TripAdvisor, the highly respected travel review website with more than 315 million members and more than 500 million reviews and opinions of...
