A Spa for the Soul
New Mikvah at Dor Tikvah marks milestone for West Ashley’s Jewish community from Staff Writer Last month, congregation Dor Tikvah in West Ashley celebrated the grand opening of the new Drs. Miriam & Felix Glaubach Mikvah, the first mikvah built in Charleston in...
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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...
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...
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...
Unsettled
There’s a new development fight roiling in West Ashley, with the battleground beginning at the doorstep to the oldest plantation on the Ashley River. Roll down Ashley River Road like you’re headed to Drayton Hall, but turn onto Ashley Hall Plantation Road right before...
City Council Race Already Heating Up
With strong encouragement from business and community leaders, West Ashley businessman Kevin Shealy announced today that he will seek Charleston City Council’s District 2 seat in November to offer ethical, professional, business leadership to city government. “As a...
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...
Who’s Got the Principal’s Back?
On Monday, a busload of concerned West Ashley High School parents went downtown to join an even larger protest at 75 Calhoun St., to stop their principal, Lee Runyon, from being run-off. WAHS moms and dads accompanied by their kids went to the headquarters of the...
West Ashley Bank Robber Charged With More Crimes
A 20-year-old Hollywood man already charged with robbing a West Ashley bank last week, now faces additional armed robbery charges. At about 1 a.m. on May 1, a man was robbed in the parking lot of his apartment complex on Bonieta Harrold Drive. The victim was unloading...
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...
Planning West Ashley’s Future
Hundreds and hundreds … and hundreds of West Ashley residents filled the first two community input meetings last week that could help shape the future of this part of town. Hosted by the city, the meetings were the first step of what has been named Plan West Ashley, a...
