A ‘New School’ Paradigm

Usually, when the Charleston County School District builds a new school on an old site, it tears down the original school before construction begins. But just off Ashley River Road, at the conjoined campus housing Springfield Elementary and Montessori Community...

Read it in the Personals

Researching and writing this West Ashley Flashback column has helped uncover a wealth of stories of the early 20th century history of St. Andrew’s Parish. At the end of each of these West Ashley Flashback columns is published the e-mail address for readers to...

Big In Japan

As a U.S. Air Force veteran and stand-up comedian, performing for U.S. Marines in Japan was a personal and professional highlight for West Ashley resident Brian T. Shirley. Recently Shirley traveled to Japan with House of Laughs comedy series to entertain at various...

A Different American Hop Bomb

Of all the styles of beer that are made by American brewers, IPA may be the most well known, with nearly every American crafter brewer offering their take on the style. And although the India Pale Ale is an historical English style of beer, we’ve certainly made it our...

Mug Shots

The following were taken from actual incident reports filed last week by the City of Charleston Police Department. These are not convictions and the names of businesses, complainants, and suspects have been left off to protect the innocent. All suspects are  innocent...

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