A Decade of Good Karma
Local food drive “Cans For Karma” celebrates its 10th year with a huge haul during a time when people need it the most by Lorne Chambers | Editor In 2011, West Ashley resident Shana Swain was pregnant with her first daughter when she and a friend were thinking about...
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Seeking Nominations for St. Andrew’s Hall of Fame
St. Andrew’s Parks & Playground is currently seeking nominations to the 2014 St. Andrew’s Hall of Fame. The Hall of Fame honors individuals and organizations that have made significant contributions to the St. Andrews Parks system. The 2014 nomination process is...
Local Woman Wins “Gifts of Aging” Award
National Aging in Place Week was created as a way to bring attention to the growing population of older adults. Events around the country were held to help raise awareness of the aging in place movement and ability for seniors to remain in their chosen residence for...
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...
Island Of Safety
Work is nearly complete on the much-anticipated pedestrian safety island in the Avondale Point section of Highway 17 in West Ashley. An official with the S.C. Department of Transportation (SCDOT) confirmed this week that outside of some painting and striping, the...
A Night at South Windermere
The oldest shopping center in South Carolina, the South Windermere Shopping Center, opened in 1954 and remains a focal point of the community and a commercial center for West Ashley six decades later. To celebrate this year’s milestone anniversary, the shop owners are...
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...
The Beginning of WCSC
Captain Lewis S. Burk came from a line of harbor pilots, but according to his daughters, electronics really floated his boat. He spent hours in his workshop at the family home on Pitt Street repairing radios, building an intercom system for the house, and using kits...
A Tale of Two Votes
When West Ashleyians step into voting booths on Tuesday, Nov. 4 to cast their ballots in the mid-term General Election, they won’t see much in the way of contested local races. This should pave the way for more attention on two important county referendums — one that...
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...
Turky’s Throws in the Tow(el)
Allison Burky Boone, the owner and general manager of Turky’s Towing, has said she will stop her family company’s attempt to open a car yard along Savannah Highway if funds can be raised to purchase it with public money. “I’m not a dummy; I know when we’re not...
