Taking the Hit
The closing of West Ashley Hardware raises a bigger question about what a community loses when its businesses disappear by Lorne Chambers | Editor When Waylon Cain talks about the role of a hardware...
View ArticleA Lifesaving Upgrade
$11,000 grant helps St. Andrew’s Parks replace aging AEDs at West Ashley facilities from Staff Reports From youth sports and summer camps to fitness classes and senior programs, thousands of West...
View ArticleStill Picking After All These Years
The Green Levels bring nearly two decades of music to Magnolia’s Bluegrass, BBQ & Brews by Lorne Chambers | Editor For nearly two decades, The Green Levels have been picking their way through...
View ArticleHome Field Advantage
20 years since opening in West Ashley, Home Team BBQ owner Aaron Siegel reflects on how it all began by Lorne Chambers | Editor It’s a little late for the weekday lunch rush, but Home Team BBQ in West...
View ArticleWine Down at West Ashley’s Newest Park
Popular series returns to Old Towne Creek County Park for two September dates from Staff Reports West Ashley’s newest public park is giving visitors a couple of reasons to stick around until sunset...
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West Ashley Flashback — A Wave of Nostalgia
Rocks and Razorbacks documentary brings about many happy memories from St. Andrew’s and Middleton High Schools Nostalgia. The definition provided on Dictionary.com is a lovely one: “a wistful desire to...
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West Ashley Wanderer — Bean There, Done That
Exploring West Ashley’s coffee shops, one cup at a time This sweltering summer, my routine has included lifesaving and refreshing iced coffee breaks. I may be a puddle of sweat by the time I arrive,...
View ArticleDiggin’ Deep
Deep Crates Charleston celebrates five years of keeping vinyl spinning by Lorne Chambers | Editor In an age when virtually any song ever recorded is just a few taps away, a group of Charleston music...
View ArticleTurning Dirt and Getting Going
City’s West Ashley municipal hub at Ashley Landing is one step closer to reality by Matt Poust | Contributing Writer The 35.5-acre Ashley Landing redevelopment project, which broke ground in May 2025,...
View ArticleA Taste of Rome
Pizza A Modo Mio bringing new concept to mall food court from Staff Reports One of Charleston’s favorite pizza restaurants is returning to its West Ashley roots with a new concept. It will also become...
View ArticleBluegrass and Storytelling
Grammy-nominated musician brings Appalachian traditions to Magnolia from Staff Reports Bluegrass music, mountain folklore, and generations of Appalachian tradition will take center stage at Magnolia...
View ArticleSignaling a New Direction
Artist, composer, and multi-instrumentalist Dayton Colie finds inspiration everywhere, even in the click of a turn signal by Lorne Chambers | Editor West Ashley resident Dayton Colie started playing...
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West Ashley Wanderer — Painting the Town
Local artists help make West Ashley a little more colorful When artist MASÁRE let me know he had completed the current eye-catching mural project on the side of the Drake Fitness building in Avondale,...
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West Ashley Flashback — Road to the Wappoo Causeway
The origin of one of West Ashley’s most travelled roads Wappoo Road. Almost everyone who lives in West Ashley crosses or drives this road on a daily basis. But does anyone really ponder the origin of...
View ArticleDeep Impact
100 feet below the Greenway, Charleston Water System’s massive $135 million sewage project will change West Ashley forever by Lorne Chambers | Editor When talking about the revitalization of West...
View ArticleAmerica Turns 250!
How West Ashley Helped Shape our Nation https://www.westof.net/west-ashley-is-home-to-one-of-americas-rarest-reproductions/ https://www.westof.net/a-public-park-350-years-in-the-making/...
View ArticleA Public Park 350 Years in the Making
Old Towne Creek County Park opens beside the birthplace of South Carolina’s first permanent European settlement by Matt Poust | Contributing Writer Just days before Americans celebrate the nation’s...
View ArticleWest Ashley is Home to one of America’s Rarest Reproductions
Middleton’s prized 1818 silk copy of the Declaration of Independence is one of only four in the world from Staff Reports As America celebrates the 250th anniversary of its independence this month, one...
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Do You Believe in Fairies?
Hidden worlds await along Magnolia’s garden paths by Hanalei Potempa | Contributing Writer This summer, step into a world of wonder as a magical, whimsical fairy village comes to life at Magnolia...
View ArticleLocal Robotics Teams Go International
Orange Grove students to represent Charleston in the Netherlands this month from Staff Reports A group of West Ashley students is taking their talents overseas this month, representing Charleston on an...
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