West Ashley’s ‘Palace’
Proposed convention center could sharply improve inside 526 by Bill Davis | News Editor It is hard for a reporter to describe D.E. “Jimmy” Palassis’s plan to build a massive hotel/convention center in West Ashley without making a “palace” pun. This thing is going to...
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New I-526 Plans Throws Residents for a “Loop”
Looks like 526 will, pardon the pun, come “full circle” now that local greenies have voiced support for a design that will allow the embattled roadway to be completed. Under the new plan, a hugely deadly loop-to-loop section will be included, nearly ensuring the...
What’s in a Name?
Bowing to considerable pressure, local politicians are being forced to consider a name-change for West Ashley by local elderly groups who want the area to return a simpler, angrier time. Historically, West Ashley has been known by many names — St. Andrew’s Parish,...
‘Charm’ Finds a New Home
West Ashley will be getting it’s own nationally-broadcast reality television show, thanks in part to the outrageous success the Bravo TV cable channel has enjoyed with “Southern Charm.” Entitled “Worst Ashley Charm,” the show will follow six West Ashlians … Ashleyites...
Go Fish!
Enough was enough, according to the residents of Ashley Forest and Sherwood Forest neighborhoods. Something had to be done — and that “something” was to hold a celebrity “basss” fishing tournament at the always-flooded corner of Sycamore and Magnolia roads. Too often,...
Savannah Highway’s Crossroads
If West Ashley was its own U.S. state, its license plate motto these days might read, “Land of a Thousand Improvements.” It seems like everywhere you look these days, there are major projects starting, or renovation projects in the works. This week it was announced...
102 and Counting
Happy birthday to West Ashley resident Lucy S. Wall, who turned 102 years old on Monday, March 17th, St. Patrick’s Day. Wall was born in 1912 in Belton, S.C., and her first memory was being 2 years old, and walking barefoot across wood-plank floors, and her uncle...
For The Kids
Redeemer Children’s Center (RCC) hosts its annual Spring Social and Silent Auction on Saturday, April 5, at Mex 1 Coastal Cantina. Tickets for the event are $5. Also known as “The Preschool,” RCC opened its doors to children and families of the church and community in...
Swap ’til You Drop
Spring is sneaking back into the Lowcountry and with each sunny day we inch a little closer toward that inevitable, annual closet clean-out — a tradition shared equally by both rich and poor, young and old. So, clean out those closets, bring your gently used, decent...
Going The Distance
West Ashley High School’s boys’ track team is viewing this season as more of a distance race than a sprint. The season kicked off recently when WAHS hosted the Sandlapper Track and Field classic at Wildcat stadium. It was a good showcase for area runners as they get...
A Stroke of Fate
Where to start? That was the question that hung over West Ashley artist Bob Wilson Jr., about this time last year after being commissioned to paint the portrait of U.S. Army Capt. Kimberly Hampton, the first woman from South Carolina to die in combat, and the first...
