Council Sinks Plans for the Dead Pig
Former Piggly Wiggly site remains a slab of concrete after City Council fails to pass development plan by Jenny Peterson | Staff Writer Getting anything done by consensus in West Ashley has been a struggle.” That line, said by Charleston City council member Peter...
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West Ashley Sees Influx of Ladies
If the turnout at Magnolia Planation and Gardens’ Ladybug Release this past Saturday is any indication, these tiny speckled red bugs are more popular than SpongeBob, Dora the Explorer, and Sesame Street combined. Hundreds of children lined up at the ladybug booth to...
Dysfunction Junction
It will be at least eight months before the South Caroliana Department of Transportation (SCDOT) begins construction on a new intersection between Main Road and Highway 17 South (aka Savannah Highway). And at least a year before the work is completed. And yet, most...
Avondale Point Project Begins … Finally
“Finally after 10 years of begging and waiting!” began a Facebook post last week by Heather K. Powers, president of the Byrnes Downs Neighborhood Association. Powers was celebrating the announcement by state officials that work had begun to enhance the dangerous strip...
Mug Shots
The following were taken from actual incident reports filed last week by the City of Charleston’s 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...
Moving On
Last week, Charleston City Council voted not to allow for a chimney and a fireplace that were once part of a World War II prisoner-of-war camp, located on Colony Road along the Ashley River, to be included in a municipal historical overlay zone that would have...
Their Stories, Their Lives, Their Struggles
Matt Baer grew up participating in the Charleston Jewish Community Center (JCC) and finished his service in the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) paratrooper’s brigade in August 2013. On Tuesday, July 29 at 7 p.m. Baer will discuss his experience as a Lone Soldier (in...
JCC Heading To The Sales Block
By the time you read this, a cornerstone of Lowcountry Jewish life may be up for sale. The board of the Jewish Community Center (JCC) voted earlier this month to sell its large facility on Raoul Wallenberg Boulevard. Mosha Kalinsky, the board’s current president,...
From Community Controversy to Community Pride
A modern occurrence can stimulate a historic memory — like the construction of the new St. Andrew’s Elementary School on the site of the original school nestled between the neighbors of Byrnes Downs, South Windermere, and Olde Windermere. The short little road of...
Hoops From the Heart
Monday morning, West Ashley High school assistant boys’ basketball coach Shaun Haggerty will tip-off a basketball camp that will honor the short life of his daughter and the help and compassion his family has received since her passing. Diagnosed with a rare condition...
Four WAHS Students Selected in Apprentice Program
Eleven juniors and seniors from six Lowcountry high schools officially became apprentices June 25 during a signing ceremony for the inaugural class of the Youth Apprenticeship Program in Manufacturing. Four of those students attend West Ashley High School (WAHS)....
