The Future of the Auto Mile
What’s in store for West Ashley’s long stretch of car dealerships? by Bill Davis | News Editor Which way is West Ashley’s “Auto Mile” headed? On one hand, over a hundred acres of dealership parking lots could shrink and be repurposed for other commercial uses as...
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WAHS Knocks off Colleton County 35-28
West Ashley High School beat the Colleton County Cougars 35-28 last Friday night at Wildcat Stadium to reach a perfect 4-0 record for the first time in school history. The game was a story of two halves as the Wildcat defense held the Cougars scoreless in the first...
It’s Not [m]All Good
One of West Ashley’s main commercial cornerstones has apparently been shaken. This week, Citadel Mall, the 1.1 million-square-foot shopping and dining destination, has entered into foreclosure. According to multiple media reports, CBL & Associates, the mall’s...
Run Against Domestic Violence
A memorial run and crossfit competition will be held in Mt. Pleasant in honor of a fallen West Ashley woman. Two years ago, the body of Amanda Jo Kalman, 25, was found in her Forest Lakes subdivision home, the victim of a brutal stabbing. Her husband has been arrested...
Green Thumbs Up
Twenty volunteers from Blackbaud came to West Ashley on Friday to begin work on the planting boxes on what will be the Charleston Parks Conservancy community garden at the corner of Magnolia and Sycamore roads. The volunteers were taking part in the Untied Way's...
Old Flames
Infrastructure. The word doesn’t evoke the same warm community emotion as planting trees, landscaping neighborhoods, building schools, establishing service clubs or putting the spires on churches. But the basic infrastructures of fire service, police protection,...
Something Wicket This Way Comes
Understanding what’s happening during a cricket match doesn’t get any easier when everyone is yelling alternately in Hindi and Bengali and Punjabi. Or Gujarati, Marathi, Tamil, Bihladi, or Manipuri. The air is full of Indian languages and cricket balls nearly every...
Grain In Focus
What was life like for enslaved African Americans on a Lowcountry rice plantation at harvest time? For more than a decade the interpretive staff at Middleton Place has recreated the experience of planting, caring for, harvesting and processing the heritage-breed...
Scratch Up Another “W” For the Wildcats
The West Ashley High School offense looked nearly unstoppable against crosstown rivals James Island Charter High School as they racked up 460 yards in the 23-17 victory. last Friday night at Wildcat Stadium But WAHS had to hold off a scrappy Trojans team that made...
Scooting the Issue
Peninsular Charleston’s problem of striking the right balance between development and quality neighborhoods has really found a home in West Ashley. This week, several neighborhood associations are in full-action mode after they discovered that the owner of the...
Wildcats Make A Statement
After an impressive showing at the Sertoma Classic, the West Ashley High School Wildcats showed last Friday that they are for real. Coming off a one-win season a year ago, WAHS has already matched their win total in just one week. And they did it by routing the...
