A Name Ingrained in Charleston Tennis
The newly-named Peggy Bohne Tennis Center is a tribute to a local legend by Matt Poust | Contributing Writer For nearly half a century, Peggy Bohne’s name has been synonymous with tennis in Charleston. Now, it will be etched permanently into the very courts where...
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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...
Something Is Brewing
West Ashley's beer culture continues to grow by Lorne Chambers | Editor Charleston’s beer scene has been booming over the last couple of years. With nearly 30 breweries either currently in production or in the works, it was long overdue for West Ashley to land one …...
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...
Recycle. Reuse. Restore
Doors typically have only one lifetime. Rendered from trees far off, planed into slabs closer by, and then hung by local hands on a home. A lifetime of slams and clicks later, and a new owner shows up with a little cash in the pocket and the yearning to improve their...
West Ashley’s Own National Champion
West Ashley tennis pro Brian Burke has brought back a national championship for the sixth time in the past 10 years. Burke, the current manager of St. Andrews Family Fitness, traveled with four other local players and one from Atlanta to Las Vegas for the annual U.S....
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
In the Fall issue of the South Carolina Historical Society’s Carologue Executive Director Faye Jensen poses the question: “What’s In Your Attic” in her Director’s Notes column. Funny she should ask that question. Several scrapbooks, rich with the modern history of...
Rising From The Ashes
It has been a long 14 months since a fire closed Manny’s Neighborhood Grill. Most of the employees had to find other jobs. Multiple insurance battles had to be fought. And a dumpster was parked outside where diners’ cars used to sit. But last week, the Northbridge...
Fixing Up West Ashley
While many anxiously await the opening of Whole Foods on Savannah Highway, and many others cling to every Facebook rumor that a Trader Joe’s is coming to our side of town, it was an grand opening last week that put a smile on the faces of all men (and most women) all...
Joining the Fold
A headline from the Sept. 23, 1959 edition of the Charleston Evening Post read: “Parish Incorporation Questions Answered by Association Members.” Gene Risher, a staff writer for the Evening Post, lead the long Q&A article with: “The movement to incorporate St....
