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...
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‘Minor’ Natural Disaster A Major Problem
Heavy rains put the focus back on flooding issues West of the Ashley Last month, David Griffin stood in front of his new home on Magnolia Avenue and watched his personal items being removed by workers from a local water damage restoration company. A rainstorm the...
Painting with Passion
Local artist Patrick Prickett’s presence can be felt throughout Avondale Patrick Prickett is finally hitting his stride. After spending several years painting soul-sucking images of boats and bridges, the local painter has quit making “tourist art” and is following...
For Whom Does The Wildcat Bell Toll?
Principal calls on community to answer the bell for its local high school August in The Lowcountry has long been our transition month as a community. The days we spent in June and July enjoying the beaches and pools begin to creep backwards in our memories rather than...
The Roots of His Optimism
West Ashley teen Caleb Smith wins 2018 Optimist International Oratorical World title It truly has left me speechless. I cannot express enough how much of an accomplishment this was to my family and I,” says West Ashley resident Caleb Smith. Ironic that someone who...
If These Walls Could Talk
The Wall home in Magnolia was a hub of community activity If the walls of The Wall home on Anita Drive in the Magnolia neighborhood could talk there would be stories, and lots of them, for Lucy Ann Simpson (nee) Wall is known for her ability to craft a story with all...
Stay A While
New 112-suite hotel opens on Orleans Road Weary travelers have a new place to stay in West Ashley. Marriott International’s TownePlace Suites by Marriott Charleston/West Ashley opened for business on June 29. The new TownePlace Suites Charleston/West Ashley was...
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...
