Timbo Comes Back From the Brink
Community shows support for beloved West Ashley boiled peanut man by Bill Davis | News Editor It just rained and Tim “Timbo” Grainger is placing both of his hands on the handrail to help guide himself, one step at a time, down from his 52-year-old orange trailer on...
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Getting Centered
There are more wrinkles to the story of West Ashley getting its own senior citizen center than there are wrinkles in Tom Witman’s aging face. For the past five years, Witman, a retired Navy man and president of his local neighborhood association, has been meeting with...
Hot Nights and Holy City
Charleston summers are not for the faint-hearted. To combat the humidity-laden summer malaise, the Middleton Place Restaurant is presenting a new beer dinner. Hot Nights & Holy City will pair summer seasonal beers from Charleston’s Holy City Brewing with summer...
Checking Back Into The Old Town Motor Court
In 2013, Condé Nast Traveler declared that Charleston was the Best City in the World. Everyone knows that tourism is big business in the Lowcountry, but maybe you didn’t know that there was once a group called the “Charleston Colonels” who traveled to promote tourism...
Never Again, Never Forget
Raoul Wallenberg was said to have helped save the lives of close to 100,000 Hungarian Jews from the Nazis and fascists during World War II. Katherine Goldstein Prevost’s life was not one of them. But, she’ll tell you, she was lucky. Prevost was in her early 20s when...
Repaying The Debt
West Ashley will once again open its collective heart on Friday for a local firefighter who was severely injured in the line of duty earlier this year. “Concert for Kingery” will run from 7 p.m. until midnight at the Kickin’ Chicken at 1179 Sam Rittenberg Blvd. It...
Recycle. Reduce. Reuse. Re-Trend!
Re-Trend, a nomadic clothing swap started by local fashionista Lindsey Chambers (also this newspaper’s sales manager) will be setting up shop from 5-8 p.m. this Sunday, Aug. 17 at the Tin Roof in West Ashley. “It’s a fun way to keep your closet fresh, cute, and unique...
All Shook Up
After Elvis Presley’s second appearance on the Milton Berle show in 1956, critics tore him apart for the "suggestive and vulgar" way in which he danced, particularly the slow, grinding rotations of his pelvis. New York Times writer Jack Gould even wrote that "Mr....
Nature Lover Breathes New Life into Store
Nature lover Christina Fifer has injected new life into a West Ashley store. Since taking over Wild Birds Unlimited in early spring, Fifer has impressed customers and staff with the energy and dedication she’s bringing to the franchise. Many people say Fifer’s a...
Field of Dreams
A project that could transform a busy West Ashley neighborhood intersection has turned a major corner. Lowe’s, the national hardware retail giant, announced recently that it was donating $20,000 to help fund the Magnolia-Sycamore Community Vegetable Garden. Lowe’s...
Multicultural Immersion
Middleton Place is fortunate to have two international interns this summer. Gloria Simpson from Barbados and Florence Guinn from France spent the past month learning about the history of the plantation, the Middleton family, and what it takes to maintain “America’s...
