The 10th Annual Westie Awards
Honoring Those Who Have Made West Ashley Better over the last 10 Years This year’s Westie Awards are brought to you by the letter “P.” Why you ask? We don’t really know other than it seem to fit when we started listing things that have moved West Ashley in a positive...
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Mug Shots
The following were taken from actual incident reports filed last week by the City of Charleston’s 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...
Moving On
Last week, Charleston City Council voted not to allow for a chimney and a fireplace that were once part of a World War II prisoner-of-war camp, located on Colony Road along the Ashley River, to be included in a municipal historical overlay zone that would have...
Their Stories, Their Lives, Their Struggles
Matt Baer grew up participating in the Charleston Jewish Community Center (JCC) and finished his service in the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) paratrooper’s brigade in August 2013. On Tuesday, July 29 at 7 p.m. Baer will discuss his experience as a Lone Soldier (in...
JCC Heading To The Sales Block
By the time you read this, a cornerstone of Lowcountry Jewish life may be up for sale. The board of the Jewish Community Center (JCC) voted earlier this month to sell its large facility on Raoul Wallenberg Boulevard. Mosha Kalinsky, the board’s current president,...
From Community Controversy to Community Pride
A modern occurrence can stimulate a historic memory — like the construction of the new St. Andrew’s Elementary School on the site of the original school nestled between the neighbors of Byrnes Downs, South Windermere, and Olde Windermere. The short little road of...
Hoops From the Heart
Monday morning, West Ashley High school assistant boys’ basketball coach Shaun Haggerty will tip-off a basketball camp that will honor the short life of his daughter and the help and compassion his family has received since her passing. Diagnosed with a rare condition...
Four WAHS Students Selected in Apprentice Program
Eleven juniors and seniors from six Lowcountry high schools officially became apprentices June 25 during a signing ceremony for the inaugural class of the Youth Apprenticeship Program in Manufacturing. Four of those students attend West Ashley High School (WAHS)....
Welcome to Dog Town USA (Southeast)
Dog Fancy, the world’s most widely read dog magazine, has named Charleston the winner of Dog Town USA's Southeast Region in 2014. The publication’s annual award is given in recognition of America’s best cities for dogs and their human champions. Each year Dog Fancy...
WESTOPOLY
Every year, during the first week of July, West Of publishes our Summer Double edition. This issue stays on the racks for an extra week and is our annual “Guide To West Ashley Living.” Each time there’s usually some fun but nonsensical theme that goes throughout the...
Had It Up To Here!
Dawn Balsam has had it up to here. Here being, metaphorically, about as high as her eyebrow: physically, a little above her ankle. For the past nine months, Balsam has fought City Hall … and Charleston County … and the State of South Carolina — all over a few inches...
