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Tumult Over Turky’s
Lines are being drawn and heels are digging in over the decision to relocate a towing company to a spot next to a memorial park along Savannah Highway. In 2007, the Charleston 9 perished fighting a blaze in what had been a Sofa Super Store fire just past Wappoo Road....
The Chickenhead Rivalry Continues
Students are heading back to school, football season is gearing up and The Kickin’ Chicken team, for the second year in a row, is helping out the community in a fun way. During the month of August, visit any of the five Charleston locations, donate a dollar and get...
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...
Coming Full Circle
After years of hearings, criticism, and praise, planning and recasting, work on the West Ashley Traffic Circle was scheduled to begin this past Monday. Located at the intersection of Bees Ferry Road and Glenn McConnell Parkway, one-fourth of the circle is already in...
Elle Loves Lava
This week, West Ashley’s Lava Salon was named to fashion, beauty, and lifestyle magazine Elle’s annual list of top 100 salons in the United States. The full service salon, located along Savannah Highway in the Avondale Point Business District, joins the prestigious...
West Trashley No More!
Charleston County Council this past week once again publicly discussed the proposed purchase of an additional 70 acres as a buffer zone at its Bees Ferry Landfill. Some neighbors and community members were worried that the added acres would serve a welcome mat to dump...
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...
West Ashley Sees Influx of Ladies
If the turnout at Magnolia Planation and Gardens’ Ladybug Release this past Saturday is any indication, these tiny speckled red bugs are more popular than SpongeBob, Dora the Explorer, and Sesame Street combined. Hundreds of children lined up at the ladybug booth to...
Dysfunction Junction
It will be at least eight months before the South Caroliana Department of Transportation (SCDOT) begins construction on a new intersection between Main Road and Highway 17 South (aka Savannah Highway). And at least a year before the work is completed. And yet, most...
Avondale Point Project Begins … Finally
“Finally after 10 years of begging and waiting!” began a Facebook post last week by Heather K. Powers, president of the Byrnes Downs Neighborhood Association. Powers was celebrating the announcement by state officials that work had begun to enhance the dangerous strip...
