West Ashley Year-In-Review 2023
After two years of being in a pandemic-induced funk, West Ashley got its groove back in 2023 by Jenny Peterson | Staff Writer Leading into 2024, West Of Free Press took a look back at some of West Ashley’s biggest announcements, news, and shakeups from 2023. What lies...
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What’s in a Name?
Looking at how some West Ashley streets got their name Ever wondered how the streets and neighborhoods of St. Andrew’s Parish got their names? The stories behind some of the names are well known, for instance the streets in Byrnes Downs were named for various...
Checking Out
Local icon Doscher’s IGA Grocery Store closing after 48 years in West Ashley by Bill Davis | News Editor All the cashiers are leaning on their elbows this late April afternoon, outnumbering the customers. The top and bottom dry shelves are empty on every aisle. Only...
High Water, Higher Standards
Charleston’s signature music festival delivers hometown pride and world-class sound by Lorne Chambers | Editor If there’s a weekend that proves Charleston can hold its own on the national music stage, it’s High Water—and the 2022 edition may have been its strongest...
A Helping Hand
West Ashley community rises up to assist families impacted by Palms Apartment fire by Jenny Peterson | Contributing Writer It’s been about a month since an early-morning fire tore through The Palms, a West Ashely apartment complex on Feb. 7, destroying five...
Off the Rails
Mex 1 Coastal Cantina will transform their front parking lot into an epic snowboarding jump on Jan. 15 from Staff Reports Forty-thousand pounds of snow will be falling in West Ashley on Saturday, Jan. 15. Specificially it will land in the parking lot of Mex 1 Coastal...
Poke Your Tastebuds
Creative twists on traditional Asian favorites are the trademarks of Poke Burri, which just opened in the new Victory building in Avondale by Lorne Chambers | editor The first tenant of the new Victory building in Avondale has officially opened its doors. The...
West Ashley Supper Club
Brand new column celebrates the joys of cooking and the importance of supporting local businesses Let’s take a quick survey. By a show of hands, how many of you have spent the last couple of months overindulging? That’s OK. And how many of you are super stoked about a...
West Ashley Flashback — 10 Years of Flashing Back
Looking back on a decade of collecting stories and photographs You are this community’s reservoir of information. You have been sharing your stories, beautiful memories, photographs, scrapbooks, and mementoes of St. Andrew’s Parish. Because of your generosity I have...
The Beer Snob — The Old Foghorn
A classic American Ale Of all the ‘recognized’ beer styles, one of the oddest may be barleywine. Originally created in England in the 18th century as an alternative to wine when supplies of the grape tipple might have been minimal due to inevitable strife with...
Foul Play
Violent crimes in West Ashley saw a sharp uptick in 2021 by Bill Davis | News Editor Twenty twenty-one has been a dubious year for violent crime in West Ashley. Phone trees light up whenever shots are heard in a neighborhood. Social media posts explode after every...
