Connectivity and Compromise
Pedestrian pathway added to Main Road Project, roadway construction nears by Matt Poust | Contributing Writer As preliminary clearing and grubbing work begins throughout the Sector A section of the Main Road Corridor Project, a recent vote by the Charleston City...
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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...
A True Gathering Place
Gathering Place. This has become a contentious phrase in our community’s modern time, as it is associated with a zoning designation that has not been favored by the community. However, it has not always been this way. Gathering places are very important in the...
The Most Important Vote You Will Cast This Year
Only residents of West Ashley will get to vote on the most important local race on the Nov. 8th ballot — and even then, not every resident of West Ashley. Democrat Ruth Jordan and Republican Brantley Moody’s campaigns to take over Colleen Condon’s former Dist. 7 spot...
A Flood of Concern
Flooded homeowner after flooded homeowner went before City Council last week to ask for help fighting the continuously rising water in their Bridgepointe neighborhood. Council met last week at Grace on the Ashley Baptist Church on Bees Ferry Road. The special meeting...
Behind The Curtain
Because it’s a Presidential election year, there will be more mudslinging than normal, more partisan bickering than ever, and more of a threat of voter fraud. There will also be more activity at the polling stations and thus a need for more volunteers than a normal...
Facing the Weather
Resilient. There’s not a better adjective to describe this community. The ability to withstand difficult conditions has been constantly tested over time during each hurricane season. The impact of Matthew’s recent visit to town will be the subject of many stories for...
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...
Storm Troopers
After pummeling Haiti, The Bahamas, and the east cost of Florida, Hurricane Matthew huffed and he puffed but was relatively kind to the Lowcountry other than knocking out power to more than 750,000 homes in South Carolina, flooding in some areas, beach erosion, and...
It’s Hammer Time
Early last year when Charleston True Value hardware store on Wappoo Road shuttered it’s doors after half a century in business, many in West Ashley mourned. Not only was it closer for a lot of people than dueling big box home improvement giants Lowes and Home Depot,...
Mug Shots
September 28 INJURED PARTY For the second time in a week, police responded to the same room at a Savannah Highway hotel where the same man had apparently overdosed on heroin, again. Police entered the room and found the man lying motionless but breathing facedown on...
