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High Five For Mellow Avondale
In March of 1974 Richard Nixon was still president of the United States. Months later he would resign amidst the Watergate scandal. While Washington D.C. was wrapped in turmoil, 640 miles away in Atlanta, Ga. something far less scandalous but no less buzz-worthy was...
Welcome To World Music Café
After playing several gigs in Asheville, N.C. musician Peter Kfoury felt like Charleston needed a true “listening room,” a place where folks could come and simply listen to music without the distractions of pool balls clanging, beer bottles being dropped, or people...
Wildcats Orchestra Receives a Superior Rating
On March 10 and 11, West Ashley High’s Orchestra hosted and participated in the Lowcountry Orchestra Performance Assessment. West Ashley gave an excellent performance which resulted in a Superior Rating. This competition served as this year’s Regional Performance...
SeaPerch Team Performs Swimmingly
Two teams from West Ashley High School competed in the Charleston Regional SeaPerch Challenge on Wednesday, March 9 at the Danny Jones Pool in North Charleston. The WAHS SeaPerch Team took first place overall and will advance to the 6th Annual National SeaPerch...
A Springtime Dilemma
Spring has finally sprung. The weather is all over the chart, some good, and some bad. Warmer days, cooler nights, sun, rain, wind, we’ve got it all. During these wildest of pre-summer months, which beers are serviceable and which, if any, just don’t cut it. If you...
A ‘Win‘ For the Ladies of DuWap
Two years ago, Dale Aren, Meredith Demetre, Frances Waite, and Carmen Nash banded together to block the construction of an automobile tow-yard in the midst of their neighborhoods. Turky’s, a venerable local towing company, had purchased a street-to-street lot on...
The Best In The West
Mayor John Tecklenburg was not the first Charleston mayor to be recognized for doing something to make West Ashley a better place to live. His predecessor, some guy named Riley, received a Westie Award a couple years ago for his efforts to bring more parks to our side...
Condon Calling it Quits
County Councilmember Colleen Condon, who represents much of West Ashley, announced this week that she would not be running for re-election. Condon has served three consecutive four-year terms on council. Condon released the following statement, which reads in part: “I...
Mug Shots
The following were taken from actual incident reports filed last week by the City of Charleston Police Department. These are not convictions and the names of businesses, complainants, and suspects have been left out to protect the innocent. All suspects are innocent...
Every House Has a Story
“Housing Problem More Acute Here” ran the headline in the Sunday edition of The News and Courier in November of 1942. Many of the young families living in the area after World War II felt this acute problem. Camilla Blanton and her husband Samuel “Red” Blanton had...
