Connecting to the Past
Wassamasaw Tribe of Varnertown Indians exhibit on display at Charles Towne Landing through spring by Jenny Peterson | News Editor A hand-sewn beaded regalia dress, woven baskets, quilts, musical instruments, pottery and artifacts from the Wassamasaw Tribe of...
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Music Through the Years
It’s a late September evening in West Ashley. The air is beginning to have a cool feel to it. It’s about to get hot though. Pick a venue and you just may encounter a “guaranteed to be awesome" live music experience. Live music is popular in the Charleston area and...
STILL #1
“Will you look at Big Boobie Nash!” yells out a former defensive lineman as he throws his arms around the still-tall shoulders of Bruce Johnson outside the West Ashley High School cafeteria Friday night. Inside the cafeteria, WAHS principal Lee Runyon was doing his...
Know Your Candidates (Part 2 of 6)
This is the second in a several-week series of profiles of the six candidates to succeed Joe Riley as mayor of Charleston. The candidates are Ginny Deerin, W. Dudley Gregorie, Toby Smith, Leon Stavrinakis, John Tecklenburg, and Maurice Washington. John Tecklenburg is...
A Class Act
University of South Carolina freshman Brandon Holmes was recently awarded this year’s $2,000 West Ashley Optimist Club Charles B. Carlisle Scholarship. The scholarship is awarded each year to a West Ashley resident who demonstrates a commitment to high academic...
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...
Thrown A Curve Ball
Public outcry over decisions to change the youth baseball and softball programs at St. Andrews Parks & Playgrounds (SAPP) has grown louder than any umpire’s third strike punch-out call. SAPP executive director Kevin Walsh put out a statement last week that at a...
Know your Candidates (part 1 of 6) — Leon Stavrinakis
This is the first in a several-week series of profiles of the six candidates to succeed Joe Riley as mayor of Charleston. The candidates are Ginny Deerin, W. Dudley Gregorie, Toby Smith, Leon Stavrinakis, John Tecklenburg, and Maurice Washington. Leon Stavrinakis is a...
Candidates Face Off
On Wednesday, Sept. 23 the West Ashley-James Island Business Association (WAJIBA) will host a special luncheon and candidates forum for the four seats representing West Ashley. Moderated by respected newsman Warren Peper, four incumbents and four challengers will be...
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...
Going Back to the Market
The West Ashley Flashback, “Going Back to the Market”, ran in the August 7, 2013 edition of the West Of. It dealt with the construction of the Charleston County Market building along the Seaboard Air Line Railroad and a brief history of truck farming in St. Andrew’s...
