Rethinking, Rewriting, Reshaping
Can changing the City of Charleston’s zoning codes help make West Ashley’s corridors more appealing? by Jenny Peterson | News Editor Over the years, residents have often been asked and have long provided input on ways they felt West Ashley could be improved. But in...
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2015: The Year in Preview
One can never truly predict what the future may hold. But it’s a pretty safe bet that 2015 will be another big year for West Ashley. So for the first issue of the new year we peered into our crystal ball, broke out our Ouija boards, shook the magic 8-ball, and had our...
Looking For the Best of the West
West Of, West Ashley’s weekly community newspaper, is out to honor a handful of people who’ve made the biggest, positive effect in our part of town this past year. But to think that we here at West Of know about all the good being done out there in West Ashley is...
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...
Go West (Of), Young Man!
Horace Greeley was pretty succinct and direct when, in 1865, he issued his now-famous admonition, “Go west, young man!” The famous editor and author thought young men about to commence their adult lives should leave the nation’s dusty and morally deplorable capital,...
Flashing Back on West Ashley Flashback
Three years ago this West Ashley Flashback column was born out of the research done for the book “West Ashley” published by Arcadia as part of their Images of America series. This series focuses on photographic history, but during the process of discovering...
Brother From Another Mother
Bradley Adams didn’t have any brothers growing up. He had a little sister, but never a brother … until this year. That’s when the 34-year-old West Ashley man met his “Little Brother” Daijon through the Carolina Youth Development Center (CYDC), which pairs caring adult...
Reaching A Milestone
On the cover of the Jan. 23 issue of West Of there was an article entitled “Countdown to 500,” anticipating the 500th career win for West Ashley High School head boys’ basketball coach Ronnie Dupre. There were a couple more games left in the 2013-2014 season and it...
On The Waterfront
It’s not hard to see why the City of Charleston — or a host of developers — would pay hundreds of thousands of dollars for 1065 Bender St., an overgrown property along the Ashley River in the Ashleyville neighborhood. Or, in the city’s case, recently launch an effort...
Bees Ferry Widening Completed
On Tuesday, a ribbon-cutting ceremony was held by local politicos to mark the completion of the Bees Ferry Road widening project between Highways 17 and 61. The project, begun in January 2012, was supposed to have been finished in the spring, but weather 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...
