Collaborating For Connectivity
County, City, citizens, and local advocacy groups are working together to improve West Ashley’s bike and pedestrian ways by Bill Davis | News Editor There is a fistful of transportation projects slated to get West Ashley’s traffic unclenched, that are unrelated to the...
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A Fighting Chance
Innovative program teaches skills that go far beyond the ring by Lorne Chambers | Editor Growing up in West Ashley, Beth Matenaer was a defiant kid. By her own admission she frequently butted heads with authority and often found herself in trouble in and outside of...
A Helping Hand in the Fight Against Flooding
West Ashley to receive $120 million of Charleston’s $2 billionfunds for flooding by Bill Davis | News Editor Two and half years ago, soon after Mayor John Tecklenburg came into office, a member of his administration was asked how much it would cost to fix Charleston’s...
The Flipside of Avondale
Major changes pending for the former Food Lion site by Bill Davis | News Editor For years, the Sycamore Center shopping center on St. Andrews Boulevard has been, let’s be polite, a bit of an eyesore. Unlined parking, aisles and aisles of it, have stood as a stark...
Use Your Head, Not the Earth
After a month of dumping all the county’s recycling in a West Ashley landfill, Charleston County’s recyling program is back on track by Bill Davis | News Editor Mind what you put in your recycling bins at home, it could end up buried in the county landfill on Bees...
Attainable Living
Mayor Tecklenburg cuts ribbon on new affordable homes in Ashleyville-Maryville neighborhood from Staff Reports Mayor John Tecklenburg, along with members of Charleston City Council and community leaders, held a ribbon cutting ceremony on Thursday, May 16 for seven...
Gore in 60 Seconds
A group of local filmmakers present the 60-Second Horror Challenge at Frothy Beard by Lorne Chambers | Editor * originally scheduled to be held at Craft Conundrum, the event has moved because of closure of that business. It will now be held at Frothy Beard...
Shear Madness Provides Sheer Fun
Charleston Stage’s interactive whodunit Shear Madness takes the stage at The Pearl this month by Lorne Chambers | Editor Charleston Stage officially debuts “The Pearl” theatre this month with its first full-length production when it stages the popular interactive...
Art Matters — Kurtis Lamkin
Kurtis Lamkin Musician, singer, songwriter, poet, storyteller, activist, teacher Kurtis plays the 21 stringed harp-like lute from Africa called the kora. His poems have been broadcast, animated, choreographed and recorded. He was Poet in Residence at the New School...
Having Her Cake and Eating it Too
Cake Bar owner Alexis Fussell is living the dream with her own custom bakery in West Ashley by Lorne Chambers | Editor Just a couple of months ago Alexis Fussell was running a successful custom cake company out of her home. With a traditional residential oven, the...
A Family Affair
Sisters lean on each other while earning degrees, managing families, volunteering, and writing books by Mikie Hayes | Special to West Of Free Press Best friends. Classmates. Authors. Sisters — in more ways than one. Since childhood, Roxanne Brown Johnson and Michelle...
