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Scooting the Issue
Peninsular Charleston’s problem of striking the right balance between development and quality neighborhoods has really found a home in West Ashley. This week, several neighborhood associations are in full-action mode after they discovered that the owner of the...
Wildcats Make A Statement
After an impressive showing at the Sertoma Classic, the West Ashley High School Wildcats showed last Friday that they are for real. Coming off a one-win season a year ago, WAHS has already matched their win total in just one week. And they did it by routing the...
Tall Tales & Tiny Fables
Oh, Jeremiah is the musical cocktail of the musings and tall tales of singer/songwriter Jeremiah Stricklin. Each of his songs are filled with the distinct characteristics of the Deep Southern culture that he’s called home for so long. The familiar people and places...
Divine Intervention
Holy City Pizzeria (HCP) is Citadel Mall’s latest addition to the reinvention of mall food. HCP won the Charleston edition of The Food Network’s new show Food Court Wars, hosted by Tyler Florence. HCP is the creation of 20-somethings Christopher “Topher” Pecora and...
A Little Taste Of Autumn
We've made it to September. This is the time of year I generally think of as the turning point. While the fall equinox may still be nearly three weeks away, what does that day really mean in the south. Late September could be scorching summer hot or chilly breezy...
A West Ashley Homecoming
Urban legends are strong in any community, particularly in situations where there is limited written and validated material. “J.C. Long built Byrnes Downs” is one such urban legend. Some of the particulars of this story are now lost, but occasionally someone comes...
Heavy Meddle
West Ashley resident Charlie Smith may have just succeeded in holding back the hands of time this week when he interrupted a permitted demolition of a piece of West Ashley’s history. Last Thursday, Smith, a local Realtor and preservationist, stopped the demolition of...
Wildcats Shine at Sertoma Classic
West Ashley High School had an all-around successful Sertoma Classic this past Thursday night. Not only did the Wildcat cheerleaders lead all competitors last and captured the coveted Spirit Award, but in the passing competition for the cheerleaders, Maddie Johnson...
Love of Animals
West Ashley resident Claire Boinest was a young girl when her Aunt Jo Fetzer showed up at Christmastime with a cobalt blue box. Inside, there was nothing, but on the outside, caricatures of her aunt’s three dogs were lovingly drawn. The personalized gift remains one...
Finding Finklestein's
The creatures from Finklestein’s Center aren’t sad, but the slightly low slant of the hand stitched mouths and the dark, Gorey-esque eyes make you want to cuddle them just a little bit more. That was more or less the idea behind their creation, according to artist and...
