Read in Color
The Cynthia Graham Hurd Foundation and Reading Partners team up for Book Drive from Staff Reports The Cynthia Graham Hurd Foundation and Reading Partners recently announced that they are kicking off their 6th annual book drive to promote literacy in memory of Cynthia...
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A Trip Across The Pond
Most 9 and 10-year olds make toy boats and sail them proudly down the creek behind their house or in the pond down the street. But a group of 4th graders at St. Andrew’s School of Math & Science sailed a boat across the pond … The Big Pond … the large, volatile,...
Mug Shots
February 15 | Aggravated assault Police responded to a report of an assault at a Tobias Gadson Boulevard healthcare office. When an officer arrived, he spotted a man and a woman in a car, where it was “clear a struggle was ensuing.” The officer reported the man was...
The Hunt For The South Windermere Scrapbook
It all started with a statement made in passing during an interview with Julian Keil about his knowledge of the beginnings of South Windermere. Julian and his wife Barbara purchased their lot in the new West Ashley neighborhood of South Windermere in 1953. W.L. Riggs...
And So it Begins …
The first phase of construction of the Ashley River Bridge bike and pedestrian lane began last Friday. Charleston County spokesperson Shawn Smetana said earlier that day that construction of the first phase, enhancements to the new dedicated left turn lane onto...
Mug Shots
February 7 | Criminal domestic violence An Ashley River Road woman told police that she and her husband got into a fight over past relationship troubles when he became “enraged” and pushed her into their tub and struck her in the face several times. The woman had a...
Where the wild things REALLY are
All the visitors clad in fluorescent orange and camouflage crowding downtown to ogle pricy paintings of wildlife this week should just come to West Ashley and see nature up close and personal. You can just about name it, when it comes to animals, and West Ashley’s...
Growing A Community
The Charleston Parks Conservancy donated a literal ton of produce to local food pantries in 2015. The community beds at each of the Conservancy’s three community gardens are used for demonstration and classes. Volunteers help tend the beds and harvest the produce for...
Combing the Caw Caw Wilderness
Charleston County Parks is offering a new tour of Caw Caw Interpretive Center as part of this year’s Southeastern Wildlife Expo (SEWE). The Combing the Caw Caw Wilderness Tour will be offered to SEWE participants and the general public on Saturday, Feb. 13 from 1-4:30...
Remembering Joseph M. Harrison
Joseph M. Harrison was “one of the most conspicuous figures in the present-day history of South Carolina.” Quite the description for a man who was born in Norfolk, Virginia in September of 1871. A brief history of Harrison published in the “History of South Carolina”...
‘Centering’ on Avondale
Avondale just got a little bit hotter. Local attorney and developer John Hagerty just paid a bunch of money for a former school at the corner of Sycamore Avenue and Magnolia Road, and is promising to turn it into an “accelerator” for local businesses, both for- and...
