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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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...
The State of West Ashley
When Charleston City Counciliman Keith Waring speaks Wednesday, Aug. 24 to the West Ashley-James Island Business Association (WAJIBA), he’ll present four bullet points. First of all, Waring expects to kick off a thorny questions-and-answers session after he talks...
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...
We Can DuWapp It!
For decades, if the Crull family hardware store on Wappoo Road didn’t have it, you didn’t need it. Or so it said on the store’s receipts. Nearly two years ago, its last owners, the Metz family closed up shop for good and posted a simple goodbye note in the front-door...
A Night To Remember
In an effort to provide ongoing recreation and social opportunities for community members with disabilities, the Charleston County Park and Recreation Commission (CCPRC) and the City of Charleston Therapeutic Recreation Division invite people with special needs to a...
