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North Charleston leap-frogs across river to grab West Ashley land, City vows to continue the fight by Bill Davis | News Editor City of Charleston Mayor John Tecklenburg and his administration remain committed to keeping 2,200 acres of county lands out of the hands of...
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From Music City to the Holy City
Nashville recording artist Matt Vrba plays Live Wire Wednesday at Home Team BBQ Perhaps the only working musician in the world whose resume includes walking 3,200 miles across America, Nashville-based artist Matt Vrba strolls into West Ashley on Wednesday, Aug. 15 as...
Oh, For Art’s Sake
West Ashley Public Schools Have A Glaring DeficitIn Visual Art Teachers Local parents and art lovers are fed up with the tiny visual arts offerings at West Ashley High School. The school currently has no visual arts teachers on staff and is advertising for only a...
Linkin’ Parks
Planning West Ashley’s greener future Ongoing planning to enhance West Ashley’s greenway and bikeway are focused largely on the various meanings of the word “safety.” Last month, the Charleston Parks Conservancy brought together over a dozen landscape architects and...
A Life-Long Legacy
Portrait unveiling celebrates the life and legacy of Cynthia Graham Hurd On the evening of June 17, 2015, a 21-year-old white supremacist walked into the “Mother” Emanuel A.M.E. Church in downtown Charleston and murdered nine African-Americans. He claimed he did it...
Shahid Only West Ashley Council Member To Vote For Slavery Apology
Council issues official apology without strong support from West Ashley councilmen Last month, Charleston City Council voted to officially apologize for the role it played and how it profited from the institution of slavery. But Council’s apology carried only a single...
An Elk’s Life
West Ashley Elks Lodge is raising money to “adopt” Clark the Elk at Charles Towne Landing A few of years ago folks in the upstate started spotting a large elk bull roaming the woods, golf courses, streets, and even their neighborhoods. Folks nicknamed him the...
The Art of the Roast
Local specialty roasters Broom Wagon bring coffee culture to West Ashley with new café Several years ago while traveling, Jeremias and Rachel Paul stumbled upon a café that served a cup of black coffee so sweet and full of flavor it changed everything they thought...
The Little Action Movie That Could
After a decade, locally-filmed movie Cold soldiers is finally completed Ten years is a long time to wait. For anything. But a handful of moviemakers and actors with West Ashley roots and addresses have waited long enough. Cold Soldiers, an action film that tells the...
Getting to the “Core” of West Ashley
Former City Councilman and current councilman team up at Urban Core Advisors Native Charlestonian Aubry Alexander has deep roots in West Ashley. Long before representing District 9 on City Council, he was mowing lawns in Ashley Forest at age 9. He attended Albemarle...
West Ashley Flashback
House that Radio Built The “House that Radio Built” is a popular story that has been passed down from several original residents of Avondale about one particular home on Oakdale in the neighborhood of Avondale. The details of the story were elaborated upon in a...
