Dec 19, 2014
Bradley Adams didn’t have any brothers growing up. He had a little sister, but never a brother … until this year. That’s when the 34-year-old West Ashley man met his “Little Brother” Daijon through the Carolina Youth Development Center (CYDC), which pairs caring adult...
Dec 19, 2014
On the cover of the Jan. 23 issue of West Of there was an article entitled “Countdown to 500,” anticipating the 500th career win for West Ashley High School head boys’ basketball coach Ronnie Dupre. There were a couple more games left in the 2013-2014 season and it...
Dec 9, 2014
It’s not hard to see why the City of Charleston — or a host of developers — would pay hundreds of thousands of dollars for 1065 Bender St., an overgrown property along the Ashley River in the Ashleyville neighborhood. Or, in the city’s case, recently launch an effort...
Dec 9, 2014
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...
Dec 9, 2014
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...
Dec 9, 2014
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...
