Honoring our Ancestors
Juneteenth celebrations at Magnolia Plantation & Gardens by Jenny Peterson | News Editor Juneteenth acknowledges the date of June 19, 1865 and the issue of “General Order No. 3,” which informed the people of Texas that all enslaved people were now free. The date...
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The Case of the Missing Tow Truck
Tow truck operator Dave Ferrara Jr. knows what it’s like to have the shoe on the other foot, or the hook on the other fender, or … whatever. Two weeks ago, Ferrara exited his Sam Rittenberg Boulevard apartment and walked to where his tow truck was supposed to be. Only...
Local Optimist Club Honors Heroes
Recently, the West Ashley Optimist Club of Charleston held its annual event honoring local law enforcement heroes. The event, held at the St. Andrews Parks and Playground gym, recognizes officials who made the community a better and safer place. This year’s Community...
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...
Closing Time?
Like it or not, West Ashley’s hospitality industry could soon be directly affected by the ongoing fight to limit bar openings and their business hours on the peninsula. On Tuesday, Sept. 23 City Council approved a one-year moratorium on new bars between parts of King,...
R U Running?
Next weekend marks the fifth anniversary of one of West Ashley’s favorite annual family-friendly fun-runs, the Avondale 5K. Last year, more than 400 runners took part, and a host of local businesses chipped in, with proceeds going to benefitting the West Ashley-based ...
Heeling Dogma
For those people who would do anything for their pets, this Saturday will offer a special chance to tap into the infinite. For the second year in a row, St. Francis Episcopal Church in West Ashley will be hosting a “Blessing of the Animals” at West Ashley Park,...
A Bus Ride Down Memory Lane
Bob Zobel remembers that three school buses served all of St. Andrew’s Parish in 1936 and that Mr. Lamar of Lamar’s Service Station had the contract to run the buses. The first stop for one of the Lamar school buses was the Zobel home at 55 Folly Road. Bob Zobel would...
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...
Defacing Darwin
On Friday night, someone vandalized one of West Ashley’s most beloved works of art — “Darwin’s Secret,” a mural, located on the outside back wall of Avondale Wine & Cheese in Alycia Alley. Now covered in bright red graffiti, the outcry from the local artist...
'Jived' Turky's
Saturday was supposed to be an opportunity to release some of the pressure that has built up, to give cooler heads a chance to weigh in on the proposed Turky’s Towing property and to create a better sense of community. City Councilman Bill Moody had arranged a meeting...
