Set In Stone
Great-granddaughter of the builder of Savannah Highway’s historic “Stone House” honors her Appalachian roots through music by Bertha Booker | Contributing Writer Local musician Lane Gregory’s small Avondale cottage is built in what she likes to call the “Lowcountry...
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Greenway or 'Grey'way?
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...
A West Ashley ‘TIF’ District Closer to Reality
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...
The State of West Ashley
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...
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...
We Can DuWapp It!
For decades, if the Crull family hardware store on Wappoo Road didn’t have it, you didn’t need it. Or so it said on the store’s receipts. Nearly two years ago, its last owners, the Metz family closed up shop for good and posted a simple goodbye note in the front-door...
A Night To Remember
In an effort to provide ongoing recreation and social opportunities for community members with disabilities, the Charleston County Park and Recreation Commission (CCPRC) and the City of Charleston Therapeutic Recreation Division invite people with special needs to a...
West Ashley Flashback — Going Back To School
August is the month where the freedom of summer vacation fun turns to back-to-school preparation. Today there are many schools involved in the education of the students living in West Ashley. But step back to the 1930s and the main school for many of the students in...
Mug Shots
July 31 | SIMPLE ASSAULT At approximately 1 a.m. an officer responded to an Ashley River Road bar in response to a physical altercation between a male and female. The female’s friend said they were at the bar when she and her friend were approached by the suspect and...
From Hoop Dreams to Community Leader
Born and raised in West Ashley, Odell Cleveland was a star basketball player at Middleton High School when they won the State Championship in 1977. He then went on to become captain of the National Champion Division II University of South Carolina at Spartanburg (now...
Honoring a Local Legend
Dave Spurlock has been the athletic thread that has held together Charleston County schools for more than four decades and he is a coaching legend in West Ashley. Spurlock retired in June, but his impact is still felt all over the county and especially in West Ashley...
