Local Track & Field Stars Shine on the Big Stage
Four St. Andrew’s Parks & Playground athletes head to Oregon for the National Toyota USATF Outdoor Championships from Staff Reports It was another great year for the St. Andrew’s Parks & Playground track and field team. It had approximately 70 boys and girls,...
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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...
Bruce Ellington To Visit Manny’s Neighborhood Grille
University of South Carolina football fans will have the opportunity to say “thank-you” and “good luck” one of the most exciting players for the Gamecocks over the last several years. Wide receiver and kick returner Bruce Ellington will be at Manny’s Neighborhood...
Renaissance Man
Cotesworth Pinckney Means was a man of grand pedigree. His ancestors played important roles in shaping not only the history of Charleston but of the nation. This heritage must have influenced Means, for he was known in the Greater Charleston community as “the father...
Envisioning the Future of West Ashley
Good news may be right around the corner for the embattled Citadel Mall and the Sam Rittenberg Boulevard commercial corridor, as City Hall is making rejuvenating them a top priority. Mayor Joseph P. Riley Jr., his staff and members of City Council representing West...
