A New Life for the Dead Pig
Plan for former Piggly Wiggly site is finally starting to take shape by Bill Davis | News Editor Sometime this month, Charleston City Council is supposed to vote on turning over the redevelopment of the former Piggly Wiggly site, a 2-plus acre swath of concrete and...
MORE NEWS
City Issues West Ashley Survey
City Hall wants to know: What does the community at large think about West Ashley? To find out, the municipal Business and Neighborhood Services Division is conducting a survey to better understand local perceptions of West Ashley and what makes this part of town...
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 off to protect the innocent. All suspectsare innocent...
Pssst … Hey, Buddy, You Wanna Buy a PSD?
Lucre. Pot sweetener. Payola. Greasing the palm. Moolah. Lettuce. Inducement. Bait. Whatever you may call it, City Councilman Bill Moody has a plan to use money to encourage more homeowners and businesses in the St. Andrews Public Service District (PSD) to annex into...
Jewish Community Center Under Contract
The board of the Jewish Community Center (JCC) announced last week that its Raoul Wallenberg facility has gone under contract and the sale of which will be final in late August. The 50-year-old center going up for sale was first reported here in West Of Last year. The...
To Read or Not to Read?
West Ashley High School principal Lee Runyon announced last week his decision to pull and review one of the novels on the required summer reading list for 9th grade honors English. The award-winning novel, a very modern take on some of the most current issues facing...
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 off to protect the innocent. All suspects are innocent...
Miss South Carolina 1958
Gene Lenoir Wilson was the Charleston Civitan nominee to the Miss Charleston pageant held on June 23 of 1958. The 5 foot 7 1/2 inch brunette lived with her parents on Colleton Drive in Byrnes Downs. The beauty also had talent. She began expressing her singing voice at...
Welcome to West Ashley 2.0
It’s 8:18 p.m. Friday night and the last of a line of subcontractor vans is leaving Rutherford Way, the cut through road connecting the Essex and Carolina Bay neighborhoods. Workers throw trash into rented dumpsters in the yard of one of many uncompleted homes along...
Big Brothers Big Sisters Program Saved By Local Donor
Less than a week after Big Brothers Big Sisters announced its closing, a significant contribution from an anonymous local donor came in. This investment will allow BBBS to keep its doors open and continue to offer support services to all 114 of its existing matches...
ELLE Gives Lava More Love
For the second year in a row, West Ashley-based Lava Salon was named to fashion, beauty, and lifestyle magazine ELLE’s annual list of Top 100 salon in the United States. Located in the Avondale business district, Lava joins the prestigious list as one of two salons...
