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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County Agrees To Take On I-526 Funding
Charleston County Council voted to reaffirm its intention to pay its part, whatever that turns out to be, for the completion of Interstate 526 beltway. But don’t start a naming contest for the new section of roadway that would bend from where it terminates near...
West Ashley Flashback
The Charleston Savannah Railroad, The Atlantic Coast Line, and The West Ashley Greenway are all names that have a place in the history of a linear path from the Ashley River that heads south paralleling the road that has been known as Savannah Highway, The Public...
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...
Rooted In Family
When asked three years ago to talk about his oldest son, Brian, being diagnosed with an aggressive brain tumor, City Councilman Bill Moody said, “Now isn’t the right time.” When Brian got sicker, Moody held firm. “It’s not time.” When Brian died early Easter morning...
2017 Westie Awards
West Of started The Westie Awards in 2010, highlighting 25 people who we felt had the most positive impact on West Ashley during the first decade of the 21st Century. Every year since then, we’ve let our readers nominate people who they felt went above and beyond to...
If You Need a Jerk, Call The Turk
Werner “Turky” Burky’s first memories of life in St. Andrew’s Parish were of the home his father, Howard F. Burky, built at 9 Penn Ave.. As a very young boy Burky explored the marsh along the banks of the Ashley River behind his home. Soon the heavy machinery and road...
Where The Wild Things Run
Where do wild things run? At Caw Caw Interpretive Center! The Charleston County Park and Recreation Commission (CCPRC) hosts its annual Where the Wild Things Run, a 5K Run and Walk on Saturday, March 4. Nature lovers get a little slice of heaven as they make their way...
State of the Art
Recently, Mt. Pleasant City Council voted 4-3 to have a mural by a renowned international artist removed from the exterior wall of a locally-owned business. It wasn’t the only piece of public art that council targeted either. So as Mt. Pleasant continues to whitewash...
Through Their Eyes
Magnolia Plantation and Gardens will present in February the first in a series of demonstrations in 2017 by living historians to vividly depict the contributions of enslaved people before and after the end of chattel slavery. “Living History Through the Eyes of the...
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...
