Preservation and Progress
Residents turn out for a panel discussion on how to balance growth in West Ashley while preserving our unique history by Lorne Chambers | Editor Historic preservation is nothing new in Charleston. It’s why millions of people flock here every year: to walk the...
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Checking Out
Local icon Doscher’s IGA Grocery Store closing after 48 years in West Ashley by Bill Davis | News Editor All the cashiers are leaning on their elbows this late April afternoon, outnumbering the customers. The top and bottom dry shelves are empty on every aisle. Only...
A Helping Hand
West Ashley community rises up to assist families impacted by Palms Apartment fire by Jenny Peterson | Contributing Writer It’s been about a month since an early-morning fire tore through The Palms, a West Ashely apartment complex on Feb. 7, destroying five...
Foul Play
Violent crimes in West Ashley saw a sharp uptick in 2021 by Bill Davis | News Editor Twenty twenty-one has been a dubious year for violent crime in West Ashley. Phone trees light up whenever shots are heard in a neighborhood. Social media posts explode after every...
Retail Chain Donates to Local School
Burlington, which recently opened back up in West Ashley, makes $5,000 donation to Stono Park Elementary from Staff Reports For more than 30 years, Burlington Coat Factory was a fixture in the Ashley Landing Shopping Center on Sam Rittenberg Boulevard, until that...
Wildcats Taking Big strides in 2021
WAHS football team aims to build off last year’s success by Lorne Chambers | Editor Expectations are high at West Ashley High School for the 2021 football season. The energy is electric around this team for the first time in school history. Last year marked the first...
Gold Medal Dreams
St. Andrew’s Running Club makes big strides with youth track & field sports by Lorne Chambers | Editor With the 2020 Summer Olympic Games well underway, the eyes of the world are on Tokyo as the best athletes from more than 200 countries compete in a host of...
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...
Man on Fire
Swig & Swine’s Anthony DiBernardo has a whole lot cookin' right now by Lorne Chambers | News Editor It’s somewhere around midnight, and although mid-June, it’s still rather chilly in northern Idaho after the sun goes down. The first full moon of the summer, named...
HIGHWAY 61 REVISITED
Plans for former Ryan’s space and adjoining shopping center could change the face of St. Andrew’s Boulevard by Bill Davis | News Editor A key strip of St. Andrews Boulevard is about to undergo major changes that could deeply impact the livability of neighborhoods that...
Growing Community
Charleston Horticultural Society and local partners debut new educational pollinator garden at St. Andrews School of Math & Science from Staff Reports As COVID-19 was in the midst of making its way across the country last spring, Charleston Horticultural Society...
