Jewish Community Center Under Contract

The board of the Jewish Community Center (JCC) announced last week that its Raoul Wallenberg facility has gone under contract and the sale of which will be final in late August. The 50-year-old center going up for sale was first reported here in West Of Last year. The...

To Read or Not to Read?

West Ashley High School principal Lee Runyon announced last week his decision to pull and review one of the novels on the required summer reading list for 9th grade honors English. The award-winning novel, a very modern take on some of the most current issues facing...

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...

Miss South Carolina 1958

Gene Lenoir Wilson was the Charleston Civitan nominee to the Miss Charleston pageant held on June 23 of 1958. The 5 foot 7 1/2 inch brunette lived with her parents on Colleton Drive in Byrnes Downs. The beauty also had talent. She began expressing her singing voice at...

No Sugar Coating

What attracts listeners to singer-songwriter and instrumentalist Dave Desmelik tunes is the element of authenticity incorporated in them. There is no sugar coating involved. His songs are not wrapped in false smiles, rather they’re stark and open and tend to settle on...

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