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Avondale 5K, a Runaway Success
The recent 5th annual Avondale 5K was once again a runaway success, with more participants and money raised than ever before. On Saturday, Oct. 11, 510 runners, walkers, and in some cases, their dogs and children in tow took to the streets of several West Ashley...
West Ashley, First in Marriage
West Ashley resident and county councilwoman Colleen Condon has sued the state in order to be able to marry her girlfriend. Condon and her partner, Nichols Bleckley, applied this month for a state marriage license in the wake of a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision...
Going Down To The Crossroads
This 1943 ad appeared in the Celebration of Progress brochure. DuPont Crossing was a hub for community activity in St. Andrew’s Parish. It wasn’t a road but more of a conceptual area and very easy to identify. The Seaboard Air Line tracks crossed Savannah Highway and...
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...
Ending Reefer Madness
No matter where you stand on the issue of cannabis reform, West Ashley resident Ashley Condon wants you to come out and see a special one-night screening of the new documentary “The Culture High” and then make a decision for yourself what you think the future of pot...
Dissociative Identity Dram
As you probably already know, I love beer. I love discussing the subject, trying new styles and different brewery releases, even travelling for beer events. Beer really can and does bring folks together. Yet I’m often struck with just how varied our preferences are...
Student of the Month
Students like Stephen Maddy are the reason that people become teachers. “He is such an incredible student, always willing to help out in any way that he can,” says Donald Newton, spokesperson for West Ashley High School. Maddy became involved with WAHS’s Work-Based...
Linking Students With Careers
When West Ashley High School’s Sandy Pennekamp recently took a van-full of students to a “Hack Warz” competition at Trident Tech, half of the kids said they would never want to spend that much time in front of a computer again. Even if their lives depended on it. The...
The Case of the Missing Tow Truck
Tow truck operator Dave Ferrara Jr. knows what it’s like to have the shoe on the other foot, or the hook on the other fender, or … whatever. Two weeks ago, Ferrara exited his Sam Rittenberg Boulevard apartment and walked to where his tow truck was supposed to be. Only...
Have You Had Your Surcee Today?
West Ashley welcomes a new gift shop and cafe restaurant, the Charleston Surcee Company, in the Crab Shack plaza on Ashley River Road where In Good Taste was located for 32 years. In Good Taste closed April 19, and Charleston Surcee Co. opened on Aug. 1, as a cafe and...
