Rooted in All of Us
Magnolia Integrative Medicine brings affordable holistic health care to the West Ashley by Hanalei Potempa | Contributing Writer A new medical practice located in West Ashley is redefining healthcare access with a mission to deliver holistic medical care that’s also...
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West Ashley Takes a Bite Out of the Big Apple
West Ashley will be well represented when a coterie of Lowcountry chefs host a special dinner at one of the most exclusive spots in New York City next week. A magnificent seven of culinary professionals will deliver a $175-a-seat Taste of Charleston event Tuesday...
Keele Home is a Slice of Local History
The intersection of Orleans Road and Sam Rittenberg Boulevard is a bustling one. On one corner is Harrell Square Center, the home of several retail establishments just in front of the Citadel Mall. However, step back 80 years prior to Sam Rittenberg Boulevard, 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...
Turf War
A prominent West Ashley neighborhood is now subdivided from within, with some residents clamoring for the complete removal of all board members from its homeowners association (HOA). Two weeks ago, a group looking to “take back Shadowmoss” launched a protest website,...
Mug Shots
August 22 | DRUG VIOLATION Police ticketed a driver who had parked his car in a handicap spot in front of an Old Towne Road store for possession of marijuana. An officer had just exited the store and noticed that the car didn’t have handicap tags, and went to go ask...
Rollin' It All Together
Charleston Parks Conservancy executive director Harry Lesesne has envisioned a new future for West Ashley’s Greenway and Bikeway as a conjoined linear park, replete with event areas, basketball courts, and picnic spots. “And community gardens, smaller farmers markets,...
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...
The Magic of Nostalgia
“History of Building Development at Wappoo Heights” is a unique document prepared in 1994 by a group of residents described as the “History Committee”. Mrs. Barbara (Alward) Polk, Miss Lorena Nash, Mrs. Leonard Fortunato (Maxine) Mrs. Malcolm McCrae (Ena Mae), Mr....
Greenway or 'Grey'way?
Local landscape architect Bill Eubanks proudly says he has a “vested interest in Byrnes Downs.” For more than a decade, Eubanks has called the up-and-coming neighborhood home. Imagine his excitement when his Mt. Pleasant-based landscape architecture and civil...
A West Ashley ‘TIF’ District Closer to Reality
After years of unfulfilled promises during the Riley administration, Mayor John Tecklenburg is close to providing West Ashley with its own self-improvement tax vehicle. City staffers have been at work for months working on the creation of a TIF, or tax increment...
