Blight Flight

Sometime in the next 75 days, Wong knows he will have to close his restaurant of the last 18 years and move on. When exactly will that be and where he will go? “I don’t know,” says Wong, the owner of Feng Lin Chinese Restaurant located in Church Creek Plaza at the...

Having A Cow

The winners of the 2015 Westie Awards turned out last Wednesday. Feb. 18 for a reception that brought together community leaders, local government leaders, civil rights leaders, business leaders, volunteers, and educators. The reception was held at Gala Desserts in...

Replacing Riley

The local organization Seniors of West Ashley will host an early-election season Charleston Mayoral Forum Sunday, March 8 at 3:30 p.m. at the Jewish Community Center, located at 1645 Raoul Wallenberg Blvd. County Councilmember Colleen Condon, who represents West...

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...

A Treasure Trove of Stories

The Dec. 19 West Ashley Flashback column was a random collection of questions, bits and pieces of stories, and perspectives from my research of the modern 20th century history of St. Andrew’s Parish. The last sentence of this column read: “One liners or paragraphs?...

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