A Legacy Worth Preserving
St. Andrew’s Parks Legacy Foundation aims to keep the heart of St. Andrew’s Parks and Playground thriving from Staff Reports Founded in 1945, St. Andrew’s Parks & Playground (SAPP) has been more than just a place to play here in West Ashley. For nearly a century,...
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Preserving West Ashley’s Water Access
Joe Riley may be gone from public office, but his legacy is living large along the banks of the Ashley River. Riley had for decades fought to preserve public access to the water on his beloved peninsula, carving out parks from the grasp of developers that probably...
Winter In Bloom
It has been a trying season for the beautiful camellias at Magnolia Plantation and Gardens. First the 1,000-year floods of October and then an unseasonably warm December, followed by consecutive nights of below freezing temperatures have posed challenges for the...
“Hart” of West Ashley
Roy Hart. This name evokes food memories like no other. If you ask the question: “Do you remember Roy Hart’s?” A discussion will ensue about barbecue, or ham salad sandwiches, or grilled pimento cheese sandwiches, or chili, or milkshakes, or first dates, or gathering...
Mug Shots
January 19 Larceny by false pretenses A young couple from France found themselves without a place to stay after the “Airbnb” apartment they had rented for several days on Verdier Boulevard was padlocked on their arrival. After checking into a local motel, they met...
I'll Be Back
F. Scott Fitzgerald once wrote that there are “no second acts” in American lives. Try telling that to Mark Sanford. Or Robert Ford. Three years ago, former state Sen. Robert Ford (D-Charleston) resigned from the office he’d held for more than 20 years. At the time, he...
Tecklenburg to Speak to Local Business Community
Last week John Tecklenburg was sworn in as the new mayor of the City of Charleston. It’s the Holy City’s first new mayor in 40 years. Many are excited to hear Tecklenberg’s plan for continuing to keep Charleston not only as a world class city to visit, but also a...
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...
Not in ‘Harmony’
Phone trees and social media lit up across West Ashley last week in response to a national builder asking permission to fill in 5 acres of wetlands near Church Creek. Locals, with the recent memory of the flooding associated with Hurricane Joaquin still floating in...
A Growing Interest
City of Charleston staffers have unveiled an online survey to gauge interest in a farmer’s market being held somewhere in West Ashley. Mandi Herring, the West Ashley-specific planner at City Hall said that the community wants a farmer’s market, and that City Council...
Keeping the Avondale 5K in Place
Supporters of the Avondale 5K have begun a petition drive to block the City of Charleston from moving its route through several West Ashley neighborhoods to the nearby West Ashley Greenway. Over the past six Octobers, the race has raised over $350,000 for the Charles...
