A New Life for the Dead Pig
Plan for former Piggly Wiggly site is finally starting to take shape by Bill Davis | News Editor Sometime this month, Charleston City Council is supposed to vote on turning over the redevelopment of the former Piggly Wiggly site, a 2-plus acre swath of concrete and...
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Expect Lane Closures on Bees Ferry Road This Week
In the never-ending battle with West Ashley’s growing traffic demands, drivers might experience some nighttime slow-downs this week along Bees Ferry Road between Main Road and Glenn McConnell Parkway. The ongoing county project will see road crews literally burning...
Exceptional, Dynamic Teacher
West Ashley resident Shirley Ford looks out at the world and sees its vast potential. As a social worker and educator, her strategy is to look around the bend, break through the limitations people encounter, and find the possibilities that exist. Ford is the executive...
A Fine Day On The Fairway
An annual event that didn't seem like it could get any bigger or better did just that last Thursday. The St. Andrew's Parks & Playground Scholarship Golf Tournament presented by West Of brought a record-breaking group of players out to Shadowmoss Plantation for...
Bridging the Gap for Children with Special Needs
If you find yourself looking for something to do this weekend as the weather warms up and outdoors become increasingly alluring, take a trip down to Forrest Park. You’ll find one of the areas most popular charities, the Charleston Miracle League, batting away in full...
Shrimp Curry
Gathering Café 124 Sam Rittenberg Blvd. (843) 297-8380 gatheringwestashley.com Gathering Café chef/owner Nathan Conkle features this dish as more evidence of his commitment to the “farm-to-table” ethos he’s championed since opening Gathering Café in a former bakery....
Riley’s Face Appears in Hamburger Bun
Jordan Tipley, 38, was just about to bite down on his hamburger at Triangle Char & Bar in West Ashley when the scorch marks across the top of the bun caught his eye. “I almost choked on a pickle slice, I was so shocked,” says Tipley. Recognizing the face of...
County Proposes “Chunnel” Solution to 526 Controversy
Alternative G is no longer Charleston County's top option for extending Interstate 526. In a wildly innovative plan presented to Council during a recent meeting, English-born architect Geoffrey Winebottom stunned council members with a road system designed to make...
Suicide Merge at North Bridge Solved With Tollbooth
For more than 20 years, West Ashley residents have fought to find a solution to a dangerous merge where Highway 171 and Sam Rittenberg Boulevard meet. Unregulated by any sort of traffic calming device, drivers tend to rocket into the merge, crossing their fingers that...
Rick Hendrick’s To Install Really, Really, Really Big Flag
As part of the launch of a Spring into Summer Sales Super Savings Spectacular Celebration event, Rick Hendrick’s of West Ashley announced that it will be replacing its current American flag with an even larger flag. “It’s gonna be so big they can see it from space....
Minotaur Spotted At Middleton Plantation
Police responded to Middleton Place this past Sunday after receiving a frantic call from a Wisconsin couple that had been picnicking in one of the plantation’s hidden gardens when they spotted by “a wild man beast.” According to Wisconsinite Yon Yohnson, they had just...
