West Ashley Screams
Popular neighborhood haunt is bigger and scarier than ever by Elise Lusk | Contributing Writer Years before West Ashley residents Michael and Karen LaMar ever dreamed of opening a haunted house, they were the family that was famous for their over-the-top Halloween...
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WEST ASHLEY'S MOST WANTED
Attention West Ashley residents: Be on the lookout for the following businesses. As part of the 2015 Summer Double Issue, West Of is highlighting 16 Most Wanted businesses in West Ashley. Every one of these businesses has an extensive record. Consider them armed with...
To Destroy Is To Create
Two West Ashley shopping centers are getting improvements, one via its destruction. After years of handwringing, letters, threats, and fines, demolition crews finally attacked the moribund Church Creek Plaza at the corner of Parsonage Road and Hwy. 61. Big, heavy,...
Mother Emanuel Benefit Concert Held in West Ashley
Ashley River Baptist Church in West Ashley is hosting a special memorial concert to honor the victims of the Emanuel AME shooting at 4 p.m. on Saturday July 18. The concert will feature members of Colour of Music Festival Orchestra, the Charleston Spiritual Ensemble,...
Magnolia Celebrates Lowcountry History
Last weekend, on the nation’s birthday, Magnolia Plantation and Gardens celebrated Lowcountry history and culture during its third annual History Fair. “The History Fair is an opportunity to interact with the staffs of some of the Lowcountry’s historic sites and...
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 off to protect the innocent. All suspects are innocent...
The Missing Piece
No longer will all the attention for revitalizing West Ashley be trained solely on saving Citadel Mall or rejuvenating the Sam Rittenberg Boulevard commercial corridor. Last week, city and county officials held a preliminary presentation of their joint planning...
Beads of Courage
On Tuesday, June 16, the West Ashley Optimist Club of Charleston donated $500 to the Beads of Courage program at MUSC Children’s Hospital. Dr. Al Eads, past SC Optimist District governor and board member of West Ashley Optimist Club, joined Melissa Kubu, MUSC Manager...
Honoring Fallen Librarian, Hero
Cynthia Hurd may have passed on, but her name will live for quite some time in West Ashley and beyond. Not only did Charleston County Council vote this week to rename the St. Andrews Library branch in her honor, but a fund has been set up in her name to benefit the...
Come On Inn
There are numerous passing references to restaurants, cabins, guest homes, and clubs that were opened in St. Andrew’s Parish in the early 1900s. Some establishments have been easily researched as family members have great personal archives. Others are known at this...
Every Hero Has A Story
A strained sense of normalcy returned Saturday to the St. Andrews Regional Library off of Sam Rittenberg Boulevard three days after its manager, Cynthia Hurd, 54, was shot to death by a 21-year-old white supremacist with a checkered past. Hurd was one of nine black...
