A History of Caring
Charleston Animal Society Celebrates 150 Years by Joe Elmore | Charleston Animal Society President and CEO As South Carolina’s first animal organization and one of the oldest in the nation, Charleston Animal Society will celebrate its 150th anniversary in 2024. As CAS...
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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)....
Welcome to Dog Town USA (Southeast)
Dog Fancy, the world’s most widely read dog magazine, has named Charleston the winner of Dog Town USA's Southeast Region in 2014. The publication’s annual award is given in recognition of America’s best cities for dogs and their human champions. Each year Dog Fancy...
WESTOPOLY
Every year, during the first week of July, West Of publishes our Summer Double edition. This issue stays on the racks for an extra week and is our annual “Guide To West Ashley Living.” Each time there’s usually some fun but nonsensical theme that goes throughout the...
Had It Up To Here!
Dawn Balsam has had it up to here. Here being, metaphorically, about as high as her eyebrow: physically, a little above her ankle. For the past nine months, Balsam has fought City Hall … and Charleston County … and the State of South Carolina — all over a few inches...
Origins of the Charleston Skeet Club
The view east from the banks of the Ashley River in West Ashley delight many tourists and locals who dine at the fort like structure that houses California Dreaming. Step back a few years and the view was just as pausing, but the people on the banks were not dining,...
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 ...
The Man With "The Plan"
A funny thing happened along the way to the first public forum on the city’s plan to revitalize West Ashley last week. First, the plan was never meant to be a “West Ashley-wide” improvement plan. Months ago, city fathers and officials began meeting to figure out a way...
New-To-You Playground
“They got new playground stuff over here,” says an excited Maddux Amatangelo, 4, to a reporter just getting out of his car at the municipal Mary Utsey Playground on Orange Grove Road. “The entrance is right over here; c’mon, I’ll show you,” says Maddux, running the...
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 ...
Socializing Business
On Wednesday, June 25 local social media expert Katie Wells will speak to area business owners and professionals at the monthly meeting of the West Ashley-James Island Business Association (WAJIBA). Wells, who’s a former columnist for West Of, is an adjuct professor...
