The Dividing Line
SCDOT’s plans to install a concrete median and chain-link fence on Hwy 61 met with strong resistance from residents, business owners, and local leaders by Lorne Chambers | Editor Local business owner Julia Jacobs didn’t set out to be a community activist. But when she...
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A Baaaaa-d Hair Day
It’s time for a haircut for the Gulf Coast Sheep that roam the Greensward at Middleton Place. On Saturday, May 6 from 10am-3pm, the Plantation Stableyards will be the site of the annual shearing using traditional steel blade hand shears. Costumed interpreters will...
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...
Phoning It In
Two members of the West Ashley’s District 10 Constituent School Board attended a meeting last week on their phones. No, they weren’t glued to social media, they were literally calling-in to the meeting. Jennifer Osteen and Henry Copeland were present only...
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...
Protecting Ardmore
Ardmore, the West Ashley neighborhood better known for low-rent houses and higher crime, is fighting to change everyone’s perceptions of it. And just in time, too, because the white wave of gentrification is about to crash into it. Racially mixed and mostly poor,...
Planning The Future of West Ashley
West Ashley’s history is unique. The home of Charles Towne in 1670, West Ashley is the founding site for the City of Charleston and State of South Carolina. With a history spanning more than 300 years, it has been witness to nearly the entire past of the United...
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...
Able and Dependable
Before there were City Council members representing Districts west of the Ashley, there were Aldermen representing Wards. When the decision was made to annex a large section of St. Andrew’s Parish into the City of Charleston, the landscape was divided into two Wards –...
Ground Breaking
Development has become a double-edged shovel in West Ashley. On one hand, everyone is excited about the new Whole Foods Market development along Savannah Highway, which broke ground recently. The move will mark an upgrade in perception and property values in its...
Seeds of Success
Starting next Wednesday, the city-run West Ashley Farmers Market will reopen for what is hoped to be the first of at least 25 weeks at Ackerman Park off Sycamore Drive. Last year, the city ran an eight-week pilot farmers market program which at its peak attracted more...
