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Bringing Community Into Focus
This August, Draisin Vision in West Ashley is asking for you help. Swing by its Tobias Gadson Boulevard office with any new or used books and they will donate them to the Charleston Friends of the Library. In return for your donation, Draisin will be offering half-off...
Local Author Turns to Romance
Romance at 57? Well, why not? Local author Katherine McDermott had previously published in non-fiction and children’s literature, but decided at 55 to try her hand at writing romance. “At first, it was rather daunting. I started by sending manuscripts out to contests...
Happy Birthday Julia Child
On Saturday, Aug. 15, what would have been Julia Child’s 103rd birthday, The Glass Onion will host its annual celebration dinner in her honor. For $45 per person, dinners can enjoy a special three-course menu for the night. There will be optional French wine pairings...
Cream Soda Beer
I drank a lot of soda in my youth. I mean a lot. My soda of choice was Dr. Pepper, but Cheerwine, Cherry Coke, and some of the yellow fizzy ones that are now promoted as mild stimulant beverages. However, on a family trip one summer, I happened upon some mysterious...
West Ashley’s Music Man
On December 12, 1941, the students of St. Andrew’s Parish High School performed Blitzkrieg - A Musical Revue under the direction of their faculty advisor, E. Bernard Hester. This was just the first of Hester’s many musicals. Known to his students as “Fess,” short for...
Rock Stars of Jazz
The term “supergroup” is usually applied to rock bands, featuring members from other popular bands. But in the case of Gradual Lean, it’s a supergroup made up of some of Charleston’s most accomplished jazz musicians. And they didn’t really come from other big name...
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 off to protect the innocent. All suspects are innocent...
Unclaimed Dry Cleaning To Find New Homes
Each year, Low Country Laundry & Dry Cleaners in West Ashley cleans out all of the clothing that has not been picked up by customers in over a year. The Aged Inventory Sale began Monday, July 20 and will run until 6:30 p.m. on Friday, July 25. All unclaimed...
WEST ASHLEY'S MOST WANTED
Attention West Ashley residents: Be on the lookout for the following businesses. As part of the 2015 Summer Double Issue, West Of is highlighting 16 Most Wanted businesses in West Ashley. Every one of these businesses has an extensive record. Consider them armed with...
To Destroy Is To Create
Two West Ashley shopping centers are getting improvements, one via its destruction. After years of handwringing, letters, threats, and fines, demolition crews finally attacked the moribund Church Creek Plaza at the corner of Parsonage Road and Hwy. 61. Big, heavy,...
