The Don of Time
West Ashley pooch celebrates 20th birthday with a huge party and parade by Lorne Chambers | Editor Twenty years is a long time. In dog years, it’s an eternity, an improbability, almost an impossibility. Yet, sometimes, things defy convention. And some dogs deny...
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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...
Stavrinakis Announces Run for Mayor
West Ashley state rep Leon Stavrinakis officially launched his campaign for Charleston’s Mayor on Monday, Feb. 2, pledging to be a “hands-on mayor,” focusing on the day-to-day concerns of city residents, like traffic, crime and our public schools. “I was born here. I...
West Of Turns 10
This week’s issue marks the beginning of Volume 11 for West Of, which means that 10 volumes (or 10 years) are in the books. While I’m proud to reach this landmark and fully appreciate just how hard it is for any small business to simply survive a decade, especially...
This Place is For The Birds
On Dec. 6, 1932 ground was broken on property along Wappoo Creek in The Crescent for the construction of Alexander Sprunt Jr.’s home. Sprunt would name his home Siskaya, a term that was an alteration of the Cherokee Indian term Tsiskwahi meaning “A Place of Birds.”...
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...
Traffic Stop Leads to End of Crime Spree
A tip from a citizen led to a traffic stop and the arrest of two men in reference to five burglaries in the Bairds Cove, Grand Oaks and Sandhurst neighborhoods. The men also were charged for possessing narcotics, the unlawful carrying of a handgun and burglary tools...
Is West Ashley Becoming Park City, USA?
Everywhere you look, it seems a new waterfront park is popping up in West Ashley. Over the past year, multiple county and city parks have either opened, had major work done to them, or land for them has been purchased. It’s getting so that the part of town formerly...
Shedding New Light
Owners of the former site of a longtime West Ashley vegetable shed are preparing for that property’s second life. Jack Limehouse, owner of Limehouse Produce, last year tore down his family business’ vegetable distribution facility near the corner of Wappoo Road and...
Mug Shots
The following were taken from actual incident reports filed last week by the City of Charleston Police Department and County of Charleston Sheriff's Department. These are not convictions and the names of businesses, complainants, and suspects have been left off to...
Hard to Part
The moveable letter sign outside of the now-closed Charleston Hardware still reads, “It’s leaf time.” But inside, it was time to leave. For the past 50-plus years, Charleston Hardware on Wappoo Road had been one of the best spots to pick up the odd plumbing fixture,...
