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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Council Sinks Plans for the Dead Pig
Former Piggly Wiggly site remains a slab of concrete after City Council fails to pass development plan by Jenny Peterson | Staff Writer Getting anything done by consensus in West Ashley has been a struggle.” That line, said by Charleston City council member Peter...
Ready Player One
From vintage arcade games to state-of the art iRacing simulators, Gamehaus is a welcomed addition to the West Ashley nightlife scene by Lorne Chambers | Editor Asked recently if he would be interested in opening a restaurant and bar in Mt. Pleasant, local restaurateur...
Local Laughs
Local comedian Brian T. Shirley performs at the Elks Lodge on July 22 from Staff Reports For more than a quarter of a century, entertainer Brian T Shirley has toured the USA, Canada, the Bahamas and Japan. In that time, he has performed hundreds of times as a stand-up...
Not Your Basic Biscuit
A sacred Southern staple gets the rockstar treatment at Biscuit Bros. by Lorne Chambers | Editor Grits, country ham, sausage gravy, baked apples, buckwheat pancakes, chicken and waffles. These things are all commonplace on breakfast tables across the South. But...
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...
