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Breakfast With Santa
On Saturday, Nov. 14, Santa arrives at the Citadel Mall to host Breakfast with Santa, an event benefiting Toys for Tots. For a donation of one unwrapped toy, each child will receive a free Chick-fil-A biscuit plus entertainment, crafts, a balloon artist and more. 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...
Magnolia Gardens Gears Up For Holiday Food Drive
In November and December, bring one or more non-perishable healthy food items to Magnolia Plantation and Gardens to receive special discounts off the garden admission and nature train ride. Magnolia will collect food until Dec. 31 to benefit the Lowcountry Food Bank....
Avondale Turns Turquoise
On Saturday, Nov. 14, the American Lung Association in South Carolina will host the annual Lung Force Run/Walk on Folly Beach to support the nationwide Lung Force initiative. Now in its second year, this initiative seeks to make lung cancer in women a public health...
A Basketfull of Hope
Carolina One’s Charleston Central office on Orleans Road hosted a fundraiser last week, benefitting the Charleston Basket Brigade, a 501(c)3 dedicated to bringing the community together to feed families in need at Thanksgiving in the area. According to Karena Sturgis,...
WEST ASHLEY FLASHBACK — Hunting In West Ashley
If it was closer to the turn of the century one might be sitting in a deer stand or walking the banks of the Ashley River looking for deer tracks in roughly the place where I sit in a comfortable chair listening to Oscar N. Vick III talk about an earlier time of...
Election Guide — Filling Riley’s Shadow
For the first time in four decades, Charleston will soon elect a mayor not named Joe Riley. Next Tuesday, voters from all over the city will file into poling places and cast their lot from a choice of seven candidates, six of whom have strong ties to West Ashley....
Election Guide — City Council, District 5
In Dist. 5, Brian Byrd, a local attorney and business owner, is challenging incumbent Marvin Wagner. Wagner, elected in 2011, is an accountant with a career working with the military. INCUMBENT: Marvin Wagner City Councilman Marvin Wagner is a retired Chief Resource...
Election Guide — City Council, District 7
In Dist. 7, Joe Johnston is challenging incumbent Keith Waring. Johnston is City of Charleston Fire Department captain with 32-years experience working for the city. Waring is a financial planner who has served on a host of local and regional boards. INCUMBENT: Keith...
Election Guide — City Council, District 9
In Dist. 9, local attorney Peter Shahid is challenging incumbent Aubry Alexander. Shahid’s family has been prominent in the Charleston business community since the early 1900s. Alexander has strong West Ashley ties, he graduated from Middleton High School and is a...
