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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A Farm Fresh Idea
Stephanie Chambliss, 25, wants what’s best for West Ashley, and as such she’s running a petition drive for a new farmers’ market here. On Change.org, Chambliss has garnered 325 signatures asking City of Charleston Mayor Joseph P. Riley Jr. to bring another market to...
Call of the Wild
Endangered red wolves, which used to roam wild in these parts, have found a second home in West Ashley. In this case, a newly minted habitat located at Charles Towne Landing. In olden days, red wolves, so called due to their distinctive head and legs coloring, roamed...
Heart like a Lion
West Ashley resident Laura Deaton possesses a generous, honest spirit. Deaton is compelled to reach out to help, whether it’s a child who learns to swim, a dog in dire straits, or protecting native wildlife species. Her stellar record of service rises from the...
2013 West Of Almanac
This year's West Of Almanac is all about growing, gardening and American Gothic. Check out gardening tips from the Charleston Horticultural Society and see what West Ashley businesses are going out of their way to support the local economy. 2013 West of Almanac
The Girl with the Silver Thimble
Sigrid Rothchild is what you might call a clothing anthropologist. A graduate in Art History from the College of Charleston, Rothchild enjoys applying her seamstress skills not only to the everyday alterations and adjustments that make up her day to day business, but...
This Too Shall Pass
About this time next year, traffic will flow like poetic water along Bees Ferry Road, as county roadway widening projects there will have been completed, and the City of Charleston’s “circle” that borders it will also be finished. Well, “probably” by this time next...
Middleton Place Hosts Naturalization Ceremony
“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal; that they are endowed, by their Creator, with certain unalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness….” Those words, drawn from the Declaration of...
Fortitude: A Musician Rises
Despite a formidable start in life, local musician Daniel Walker has risen to life’s greatest challenges. “Pain can break you, or take you places you never imagined,” says Walker. “It’s how you roll with the punches that matters.” The nightmarish grist that could have...
At the Crossroads
A third pedestrian in the past 15 months almost lost his life recently at a West Ashley intersection where the S.C. Department of Transportation (SCDOT) had delayed a safety-improvement project. One city councilman has summed up the reason for the delay as “nuts”. In...
Bringing Joy To The Classroom
For Lisa Trott, this year’s Charleston County School District Teacher of the Year, it’s all about bringing “joy” into the classroom Trott teaches fourth grade at the Ashley River Creative Arts Elementary, and is twice a National Board certified teacher. Thankfully,...
