Nov 30, 2017
For many beer aficionados, fall to winter is the best time of the year. A large number of seasonal brews begin hitting the shelves over the holidays, and some of these are the best beers of the year. Snowy scenes adorn bottle labels, festive names are created and...
Nov 26, 2017
Every year during the week of Black Friday, when we are inundated with advertising from big box stores and national chains, West Of usually focuses an edition on small businesses that are in their infancies. Furniture makers. First-time restaurateurs. Bow-tie...
Nov 17, 2017
Election Day 2017 was not a good day for incumbents on City Council, and a less-than-perfect result for Mayor John Tecklenburg. In Dist. 2, which represents parts of West Ashley, insurance man Kevin Shealy absolutely swamped incumbent Rodney Williams by a close to...
Nov 17, 2017
In a small office suite on Carriage Lane in West Ashley, Camp Happy Days executive director and native Charlestonian Cindy Hay Johnson and her team are putting together the last minute details of this year’s Heroes of Hope Gala set for this Friday, Nov. 17. For the...
Nov 17, 2017
“Double Wedding in Pierpont” read the Sunday Sept. 15, 1940 headline on the page entitled News of Society and Accounts of Women’s Clubs Activities During the Last Week. Amelia May Clifton wed Ollie F. Flood Jr. Mable Leona Johnson wed Thomas Stoy Clifton. The ceremony...
