Bringing Home the Bacon
West Ashley gets a proper butcher shop with the relocation of Burbage Meats by Bill Davis | News Editor Wappoo Rood just got a good bit more delicious with the opening late last month of Burbage Meats, a full-service butcher shop that migrated in from Ravenel. The...
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A Light Unto a New Path
In a historic vote on Sunday, February 24, Old. St. Andrew’s Parish Church elected to part ways with the Episcopal Church and formerly amend their church constitution to align with the Diocese of South Carolina. St. Andrews was first established in 1706, making it the...
Albemarle Rising
What now looks like an abandoned building and empty parking lot by the lower Ashley River bridges will soon be made-over into a 300-unit apartment complex. Georgia-based developer Flournoy Development Company recently entered into a development contract to purchase...
Where Does Your Water Shed?
The marine biology class from West Ashley High School has enlivened their after school routine. Instead of going home to relax on the couch or take a post-learning nap, these students are spending two additional hours at the end of their school day helping...
Former Middleton, WAHS Coach Dies
Jim Werden died last Thursday night of an apparent heart attack at the age of 64. Werden was a football coach in the West Ashley area for nearly 30 years, including 26 seasons at Middleton High School and later three at the newly-formed West Ashley High School. Werden...
The Yarn Lady
West Ashley resident Robin Tannenbaum is a very fortunate woman. She’s innately creative. Born in Elmont, New York to Eve and Bernie Bleicher, Tannenbaum was about 8 years old when she spied a basic how-to-knit book in a store. An only child, whose friends lived on...
THE GRAND DEBATE
An unexpected surprise came to the February 6 City Board of Zoning Appeals – Site Design meeting when several West Ashley residents showed up to express concern over a request to receive a variance allowing for the removal of 20 Grand Trees for an apartment complex development in the works at 1885 Ashley River Road.
A LIFE WELL LIVED
The Lowcounry lost a legend last month, with the passing of Greenhill Road neighborhood matriarch and entreprenuer Virginia “Evie” Smalls. Smalls passed away at the age of 87. Smalls' life was a life well-lived. Since “Evie,” as she was lovingly called, was born back...
MEMORIES OF MAGNOLIA
Fifty-four-year-old Isaac Leach walks back to the cabin he was raised in on the grounds of Magnolia Plantation. “This place never gets old,” he says, looking around at the Spanish moss dripping from live oaks. The scent of camellias that Leach has spent his life...
FROM SLAVERY TO FREEDOM
Stepping onto the grounds at Magnolia Plantation is like stepping back into time. Giant live oaks sprawl over the landscape with hushed memories of the Antebellum South. Bright pink camellias bloom around every corner. The plantation’s striking beauty captivates...
