Aug 18, 2016
Local landscape architect Bill Eubanks proudly says he has a “vested interest in Byrnes Downs.” For more than a decade, Eubanks has called the up-and-coming neighborhood home. Imagine his excitement when his Mt. Pleasant-based landscape architecture and civil...
Aug 18, 2016
After years of unfulfilled promises during the Riley administration, Mayor John Tecklenburg is close to providing West Ashley with its own self-improvement tax vehicle. City staffers have been at work for months working on the creation of a TIF, or tax increment...
Aug 18, 2016
When Charleston City Counciliman Keith Waring speaks Wednesday, Aug. 24 to the West Ashley-James Island Business Association (WAJIBA), he’ll present four bullet points. First of all, Waring expects to kick off a thorny questions-and-answers session after he talks...
Aug 18, 2016
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 out to protect the innocent. All suspects are innocent...
Aug 18, 2016
The cover of local yoga instructor-turned author Kate Smith’s debut novel Brine features a mermaid suspended in a crystal blue sea, bending backwards looking up at the sun’s rays shining down through the water. But this isn’t your typical mermaid tale. It’s grounded...