Demolition Leading to Major Upgrade
Wappoo Road and Savannah Highway intersection improvements break ground by Jenny Peterson | News Editor A post by City of Charleston councilmember Ross Appel, who represents West Ashley, announced an exciting update to West Ashley’s curb appeal—the demolition of a...
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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 out to protect the innocent. All suspects are innocent...
Young Blood
Once you get over the idea that the newly elected City Councilman for Dist. 10, Harry Griffin Jr., is only 22 years old, the next hurdle is that he isn’t 23, yet. “It’s cool to be 22-year-old City Councilman, but it’s even cooler winning as a 22-year-old candidate...
A Time For Giving Back
During its monthly meetings at Bessinger’s Barbecue on Savannah Highway, the West Ashley-James Island Business Association (WAJIBA) typically offers local businesses and the public programs with a variety of speakers, who talk about issues important to the local...
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 out to protect the innocent. All suspects are innocent...
FACE OFF
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...
Heroes of Hope
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...
West Ashley Flashback: Back To The Big House
“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...
What Haunts Us
One day it just hit Paige Goldberg Tolmach: she had learned nothing about the sex abuse scandal that embroiled her alma mater, Porter-Gaud School, for years. That day came when she was in her West Coast home, cooking dinner, being a mom, when she flipped on the...
Speeding Citations Increased 53 Percent in 2017
The Charleston Police Department has been awarded a continuation grant for the ongoing City of Charleston Speed Enforcement Initiative. The amount of the grant awarded is $139,465. This is the second year the City of Charleston has been awarded grant funding for the...
Plantation Days are Back at Middleton
The Middleton Place Stableyards is a living outdoor museum for interpreting 18th and 19th century plantation life. On Saturday, Nov. 11 and Sunday, Nov. 12, from 10am to 4pm each day, The Middleton Place Foundation presents Plantation Days — an opportunity for...
