Renovations Set for Two West Ashley Parks
W.L. Stephens Aquatic Center and Mary Utsey Playground to get major upgrades by Matt Poust | Contributing Writer Major improvements are on the horizon at two West Ashley Parks as the City of Charleston begins planning significant renovations to the W.L. Stephens...
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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...
Magnolia Easter Egg Hunt
More than 15,000 plastic eggs have been stuffed with candy and prizes for the 8th Annual Magnolia Easter Egg Hunt on Saturday, April 15 at Magnolia Plantation and Gardens. Children will be divided into four age groups for the 30-minue hunts on the lawn at the main...
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...
Garden Center Dedicated at Magnolia
For many, many years a cabin has stood unused near the ticket booth at Magnolia Plantation & Gardens. It has always been referred to as Tena Gilliard’s Cabin. Gilliard was a greeter at Magnolia in the early 1900s and she lived in the cabin. “In recent years, we’ve...
Big Hats, Fast Horses Come To West Ashley
A new race meet, The Steeplechase of Charleston at Stono Ferry Racetrack in West Ashley, will join the National Steeplechase Association’s 2017 spring racing schedule on Saturday, April 8. Tickets are now on sale and can be purchased online for $40 and children 12 and...
Randolph Park: Then & Now
West Ashley Flashback gives the reader stories of St. Andrew’s Parish from an earlier period of time. However, sometimes the story can be told best by connecting the present with the past. A “Now and Then” perspective can create this interesting dynamic for 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...
Signs of Improvement
This is not an infomercial. Ben and Erika Greco are not paid actors, and they have not been compensated for their testimony. They are just a nice young couple, happy they could get the obscene graffiti message washed off the wall and driveway of their home in the East...
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...
Painting The Town
DB’s Cheesesteaks will open in the next few weeks in the former Papa Murphy’s spot in the Avondale Business District, that long-timers will remember as the old Krispy Kreme that had been replete with spinning stools and starburst linoleum counters. Inside the color...
