Birding in West Ashley
From the Greenway to County Parks, there are lots of feathered friends to meet by Jenny Peterson | Staff Writer Bird watching increased in popularity during COVID as a safe outdoor activity and more and more people continue to discover the charm of observing and...
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The Early Days of the Westwood Subdivision
“Westwood — Charleston’s Newest Subdivision” was the title of the ad that ran on March 26, 1950 in the News and Courier. “City water and sewerage, paved streets, sidewalks, garbage disposal, and mail delivery. These lots are going fast. Just opposite Byrnes Downs on...
Movin’ On Up
Mary Runyon is not the retiring type. Far from it. So when she told her staff at West Ashley High School recently that she was stepping down, many expected the tiny dynamo with a shock of white hair was leaving for good. She is. Leaving. For good. The greater good....
Bees Landing Adds New Wrinkle to Offerings
Two years can be a long time to wait for a senior citizen, and not every one of them can wait until 2016 for the West Ashley Senior Center to be built. And some are moving ahead with plans of their own. Mayor Joseph P. Riley Jr., has shoehorned several million dollars...
Where the Wild Things Run
Where do wild things run? At Caw Caw Interpretive Center in Ravenel. The Charleston County Park & Recreation Commission (CCPRC) hosts its third annual Where the Wild Things Run on Saturday, April 26. This 5K is another in a series of trail runs offered this year...
A Good Follow Through
Another sold-out field participated in the annual St. Andrew's Parks and Playground Scholarship Golf Tournament last Thursday, April 17 at Shadowmoss Plantation Golf Club. The popular annual event benefits the St. Andrew's Parks Foundation Scholarship Fund, which...
Art for chART’s Sake
Just when you thought it was safe to walk down an alley again … BOOM! Avondale salon owner and local art-o-phile Geoffrey Richardson puts on another art walk. This Sunday, April 27 from noon-6 p.m., Richardson will present chART-Aid, a fundraising block party in the...
A New Chapter
Lovers of the Charleston County library located in South Windermere have spoken: “leave us be.” Sunday, County Councilman Colleen Condon and Janet Segal, chair of the board of trustees for the county library system, met with more than 60 area residents to discuss...
Where the Wild Things Run
Where do wild things run? At Caw Caw Interpretive Center in Ravenel. The Charleston County Park & Recreation Commission (CCPRC) hosts its third annual Where the Wild Things Run on Saturday, April 26. This 5K is another in a series of trail runs offered this year...
Returning to Pleasure Grove
In 1916 Rene Ravenel surveyed a tract of land along the Ashley River known as the “Crafts Tract” for Joe Harrison. Included on the survey were four structures. One of these structures was to become Harrison’s home, but first it would need renovation from its previous...
‘Living Better Than It Presents’
City officials and local experts met last week in a downtown third-floor conference room to begin planning the future of West Ashley — and not just Citadel Mall. Called by the present Mayor Joseph P. Riley, Jr., and prompted by five City Councilmen representing this...
