VOTE WEST ASHLEY!
District 7 Incumbent Brantley Moody faces challenger Sydney van Bulck on Nov. 5 by Jenny Peterson | News Editor While the Tuesday, Nov. 5 general election is high-profile due to the presidential candidates on the ballot, local elections are also important. On the...
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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...
Mmmm … New School Smell
There’s nothing better than new school smell. It’s better than pulling off the top of a magic marker and sticking the felt tip deliciously close to your nose and taking in a big honking whiff. It’s better than when you take in that first rush of escaping air from a...
It's Harvest Time
As an integral part of its educational programming, Middleton Place will celebrate Low Country Rice Culture Days again on Friday and Saturday, Sept. 18-19 at the Outdoor Educational Center in the Middleton Place Stableyards. All activities associated with this event...
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...
