Bees Ferry Widening Completed

On Tuesday, a ribbon-cutting ceremony was held by local politicos to mark the completion of the Bees Ferry Road widening project between Highways 17 and 61. The project, begun in January 2012, was supposed to have been finished in the spring, but weather and...

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...

Successful Tree- Planting Year

10,000 Trees for Charleston, the municipal initiative begun in 2012 to improve livability, reported 80 new trees were planted in West Ashley over the last year. The most recent planting included seven Crepe Myrtles along the median of St. Andrews Boulevard and Old...

A Strong Dark Ale

What is it about Belgian beers that make them so unique? There are many hypotheses, and each may hold grains of truth. Some believe it’s the water in Belgium, soft and acidic, that lends itself to the creamy nature of the beer. Others believe that this velvety...

Fix South Carolina’s Roads Now

South Carolina’s highways are embarrassing. Pockmarked with potholes, cars and trucks shuck and jive to make sure they get from one place to another. On Interstate 95, vehicles bump along as if on an old washboard dirt road. When they slip into Georgia, however, it’s...

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