Getting to Work
Newly-elected Mayor William Cogswell on his top priorities for West Ashley by Jenny Peterson | Staff Writer New Charleston Mayor William Cogswell has officially taken the helm at City Hall and is getting to work on West Ashley initiatives that he outlined on the...
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West Ashley Flashback — “INTERESTing” Across the Ashley
“INTERESTing” Across the Ashley Facebook, Instagram. Twitter. These are the mechanisms of modern social networking. Jump back a few decades (maybe 8 or more) and the newspaper was the mechanism for learning about the social workings of the community. The News &...
West Ashley Wanderer — Unearthing the Past
Charles Towne Landing is a hotbed of history right in our backyard by Joan Perry | Contributing Writer My weekly walk along the nature paths at Charles Towne Landing takes me by the excavation tent and I’ve often tried to peek in the windows. Staff archaeologist...
Top of the Class
West Ashley educators rack up a stack of end-of-year accolades by Jenny Peterson | Staff Writer Excitement was building at Springfield Elementary, a school situated in the Canterbury Woods neighborhood. On Friday, May 19, just before lunchtime, teachers were...
Honoring a Life of Service
Charleston mourns the loss of Police Chief Luther Reynolds from Staff Reports On Wednesday, May 17, Charleston Police Chief Luther Reynolds announced to the public that he had made the decision to stop his cancer treatments and enter hospice care after two years of...
West Ashley Poet, Acadia Reynolds, Wins Statewide Prize by Hailey M. Williams | Contributing Writer Charleston County School of the Arts (SOA) sophomore Acadia Reynolds recently took the stage to read her poem, “For Jadzia Stern” during the 5th Annual MUSC Septima P....
Michael Pitera knows good pizza. Originally from Brooklyn and raised on Long Island, he began working in his friend’s family’s pizzeria when he was 15 years old. He worked his way up from dishwasher and eventually made his way into the kitchen slinging hand-tossed...
West Ashley Flashback — Reel-to-Reel
Decades later, the “Avondale Movie” provides a historic trip down the memory lane of one of West Ashley’s oldest business districts Sometime during the 1950s, a business entrepreneur was considering opening a liquor store in the Avondale Business District. In order to...
West Ashley Wanderer — West Ashley Lends a Hand
by Joan Perry | Contributing Writer Years ago I visited an elderly neighbor before his move to a retirement home. He mentioned that things had become so difficult, even driving to get his hair cut had become impossible. I felt ashamed. I’d lived next door to him and...
The ‘Heart and Soul’ of Charleston
County breaks ground on scenic Old Towne Creek Park in West Ashley from Staff Reports The Charleston County Park and Recreation Commission (CCPRC) broke ground on Old Towne Creek County Park on Tuesday, April 25 for Phase 1 Development of this West Ashley site. “We...
State of the Arts
A glimpse at the artsier side of West Ashley by Jenny Peterson | Staff Writer As Charleston prepares for the 47th season of the annual Spoleto Festival USA, an internationally-recognized performing arts festival over 17 days from May 26-June 11, we couldn’t help but...
