A Record-Breaking Run
The 2024 Avondale 5K boasted the largest number of registrants in the event’s history from Staff Reports The 15th annual Avondale 5K was held on Saturday, Oct. 12. This year marked record-breaking numbers with 590 registered participants. The previous highest year was...
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Bringing Home the Bacon
West Ashley gets a proper butcher shop with the relocation of Burbage Meats by Bill Davis | News Editor Wappoo Rood just got a good bit more delicious with the opening late last month of Burbage Meats, a full-service butcher shop that migrated in from Ravenel. The...
The Return of Farm-Fresh Veggies
West Ashley Essentials Market held every Wednesday through Oct. 27 at Ackerman Park from Staff Reports The West Ashley Farmers Market returned to Ackerman Park in its essentials-only format on Wednesday, May 19. The scaled-down version of the market, dubbed the West...
Keep West Ashley Beautiful
Local woman leads charge against litter in West Ashley by Lorne Chambers | Editor Five years ago, a small group of local residents had a vision for a better West Ashley. They created an organization to help achieve that vision, calling it West Ashley United. The...
Fire Station 11 Still Not Finished
More than a year over original deadline, the striking new station is still not able to be used by Bill Davis | News Editor More than a year ago, West Of Free Press ran a story about the already-late Station 11 fire station on Savannah Highway adjacent to the...
West Ashley’s Split Personality
A rapidly-evolving community deals with two different identities and two different approaches to commercial growth By Bill Davis | News Editor It may be harder and harder to recognize West Ashley in the coming years. Last month, the S.C. Chapter of the American...
Maryville-Ashleyville Goes Upscale
Prime location draws a new 40-home upscale development to the Maryville-Ashleyville neighborhood by Bil Davis | News Editor Upscale development has come to the Maryville-Ashleyville neighborhood, with the Avenue of Oaks, an ambitious housing development brought to...
In the Eye of the Storm
Controversial City Councilman Harry Griffin keeps fighting by Bill Davis | New Editor It was an unforgettable year that no one wants to remember. Especially if you’re Charleston City Councilman Harry Griffin. Not all of 2020 was bad for Griffin, as he took his health...
A True Friend to the Community
Byrnes Downs resident Donna Jacobs receives Robert Ballard Award for Excellence in Volunteer Service by Lorne Chambers | Editor In 1998 the City of Charleston’s Excellence in Volunteer Service Award was created to honor a single citizen whose selfless contribution to...
Above and Beyond the Call of Duty
Sgt. Joseph Harvill named West Ashley Optimist Club’s Community Hero of the Year from Staff Reports Sgt. Joseph Harvill was recently honored by the West Ashley Optimist Club as the Charleston Police Department’s Community Hero of the Year. Sgt. Harvill is a 12-year...
CCPL Announces Cynthia Graham Hurd Award Winner
from Staff Reports This year’s winner of the Charleston County Public Library’s Cynthia Graham Hurd Staff Award is Sheila Heyward. This award honors the memory of Hurd, a 31-year veteran of CCPL, who was killed in the Mother Emanuel AME Church shooting in 2015. The...
