I Scream, You Scream …
We all Scream for 50 years of Ye Ole Fashioned Ice Cream! by Lorne Chambers | Editor Time flies when you’re having fun. No wonder half a century has slipped by since Ye Ole Fashioned Café & Ice Cream first opened its doors in 1972. And what a better way for the...
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Avoiding Flint’s Misery
CCSD tests schools’ tap water, West Ashley Schools looking good by Bill Davis | News Editor Charleston County Schools has begun a system-wide check of the safety of its drinking water, with a special attention on the presence of lead, under the guidance of its new...
The Harmony in Hominy
Brukes Coffee & Music brings passion for music to your neighborhood coffee shop by Lorne Chambers | Editor It’s two days before Christmas and as people are zooming all over West Ashley getting last minute gifts and holiday preparations, Brukes Coffee & Music...
Art Matters — Christopher Murphy
Describe your art: It is an exploration of movement, composition, color, and text. It is a process of discovery never knowing when it will end. It is abstract. Biggest challenge: Some people are turned off by non-representational art. I work in a frame show, too. My...
Vegging Out
Introducing a new monthly column where a local vegetarian navigates the carnivorous world of West Ashley by Aaron O’Brien | Contributing Writer A friend once told me that bacon was so ubiquitous in the south, it appears next to the salt and pepper on every dinner...
Something New on Tap
House of Brews West Ashley a welcomed oasis down Highway 61 by Lorne Chambers | Editor Chris Filan grew up in West Ashley, not far from where the new House of Brews just opened on Ashley River Road. As the managing partner of the popular new beer bar, he has seen...
West Ashley Flashback — Pieces of the Parish
Part 8 in a series examining the early days of St. Andrew’s Parish Stories are like presents for me so Merry Christmas and thank-you for the e-mails adding to the “Pieces of the Parish”! Part 8 of this who-knows-how-many-part series where I have started at the...
Community Says Good-bye to Drayton Hall Patriarch
Charles Henry Drayton III passes away at the age of 101 from Staff Reports Last month, Charles Henry Drayton III peacefully passed away at the age of 101. Drayton, fondly known to friends and family as Charlie, devoted his lifetime of work towards the preservation...
Teck Wins Second Term
Beyond mayoral race, November’s election solidifies Tecklenburg’s power base by Bill Davis | News Editor Mayor John Tecklenburg’s cakewalk over City Councilman Mike Seekings in a special election last month was fraught with meaning, especially for West Ashley. Let’s...
Bridge Over Troubled Funding
Money for bike/walking bridge over Ashley River flows by Bill Davis | News Editor Looks like West Ashleyians will finally get a way to ride a bike or walk to the peninsula, just like Mt. Pleasanter have over the Ravenel Bridge. Last month, as it was first reported by...
Middle School Meddling
Many in West Ashley upset over district’s plan to combine middle schools by Bill Davis | News Editor Big changes are coming to both C. E. Williams Middle School for the Creative and Scientific Arts and West Ashley Advanced Studies middle schools, and many local...
