Council Sinks Plans for the Dead Pig
Former Piggly Wiggly site remains a slab of concrete after City Council fails to pass development plan by Jenny Peterson | Staff Writer Getting anything done by consensus in West Ashley has been a struggle.” That line, said by Charleston City council member Peter...
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Don’t Call it A Comeback
Highfalutin show marks the triumphant return of Kevin Harrison to Charleston’s visual art scene by Lorne Chambers | editor It’s been 20 years since protesters filled the sidewalks of Broad Street in historic downtown Charleston, holding signs and picketing an art...
West Ashley Flashback — A Walk in the Park
Parks played — and continue to play — pivitol rolls in communities throughout West Ashley Maps and Plats of the early neighborhoods in St. Andrew’s Parish have interesting features and often give us clues as to what the community desired when the neighborhood was...
Day Trippin’ — Charles Towne Landing
Annual Founders Day festivities at West Ashley landmark get a 21st century virtual overhaul this year In April of 1670, a single wooden ship called the Carolina sailed into Charleston harbor and at the behest of King Charles II, the occupants established the first...
WAHS Robotics Team Wins State Championship
Robotics Team 9623Z takes top spot at VRC High School State Championships from Staff Reports West Ashley High School’s robotics team, 9623Z - Zulu, competed at the VEX Robotics Competition (VRC) High School State Championship this past weekend in Greenville, SC, and...
Queen Bee
C.E. Williams’ Keerthana Samuel wins Spellbound! again, heading to National Spelling be in Disney World from Staff Reports Keerthana Samuel, a seventh grader at C.E. Williams Middle School was victorious for the second time in the Spellbound! regional spelling bee...
In the Eye of the Storm
Controversial City Councilman Harry Griffin keeps fighting by Bill Davis | New Editor It was an unforgettable year that no one wants to remember. Especially if you’re Charleston City Councilman Harry Griffin. Not all of 2020 was bad for Griffin, as he took his health...
A True Friend to the Community
Byrnes Downs resident Donna Jacobs receives Robert Ballard Award for Excellence in Volunteer Service by Lorne Chambers | Editor In 1998 the City of Charleston’s Excellence in Volunteer Service Award was created to honor a single citizen whose selfless contribution to...
Above and Beyond the Call of Duty
Sgt. Joseph Harvill named West Ashley Optimist Club’s Community Hero of the Year from Staff Reports Sgt. Joseph Harvill was recently honored by the West Ashley Optimist Club as the Charleston Police Department’s Community Hero of the Year. Sgt. Harvill is a 12-year...
CCPL Announces Cynthia Graham Hurd Award Winner
from Staff Reports This year’s winner of the Charleston County Public Library’s Cynthia Graham Hurd Staff Award is Sheila Heyward. This award honors the memory of Hurd, a 31-year veteran of CCPL, who was killed in the Mother Emanuel AME Church shooting in 2015. The...
Rolling Into West Ashley
Two semi-permanent food trucks offer area international flavor and variety by Lorne Chambers | Editor The Charleston food truck scene has been going strong for the better part of the last decade. The mobile restaurant concept offers chefs and budding restaurateurs a...
