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Embracing The Grind
Jay Smith is in his third year playing for the West Ashley Wildcats. The junior defensive lineman was excited when he heard about his nomination as the Athlete of the Week. “I was not expecting it...
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A Trip to the Country Store
Country stores defined centers of activity in rural and early suburban areas in America. Often on the corners of major thoroughfares or positioned along major roads, they were the opportunity to add a...
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A recently completed historical survey of unincorporated Charleston County shows there may still be a lot of work left to do in protecting West Ashley’s past. While most preservationists’ eyes are...
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Charleston Is A Battleground County
Every day, we hear about the latest polls in the “battleground states” in the Presidential race – those which are evenly divided between likely Republican and Democrat voters. While South Carolina is...
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Yes, Love Is Progress And Hate Is Expensive
If you’re relatively new to the state or under age 50, you may not know the story of Esau Jenkins. But you should. And now, the world will know more about this incredible Johns Island civil rights...
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Beer … It’s What’s For Brunch
For some strange reason, in certain circles, brunch has a bad rap. Whether it’s related to the girls from Sex in the City or another connection to hipsters in Brooklyn whiling away hours on the...
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The Art & Science of Hip-Hop
Fabulon, West Ashley’s center for art and education, is hosting a unique interactive hip-hop event this Saturday, Oct. 1 from 4-8 p.m. that includes a collaborative mural project, generational spoken...
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Athlete of the Week — Katie Lowe
Freshman tennis player Katie Lowe is a rising star at West Ashley High School. She started playing tennis when she was just 4 years old and joined the Wildcat Varsity Girls Tennis team when she was in...
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Feeling the Spirit
If you’ve been through the car rider line at several elementary schools in the West Ashley community lately you may have been greeted by some new friendly faces when dropping your child off at the...
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2016 Fall Cookbook — The Breakfast Club
You’ve heard it said that breakfast is the most important meal of the day. But it also can be the most delicious. Yet it is often skipped over entirely or just becomes a part of the boring morning...
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Oh How Sweet It Was
A sweet little spot opened at the intersection of Savannah Highway and Magnolia Road on Friday June 29, 1934. Milton Jones, the proprietor invited his “many friends” to visit the Sugar Bowl for...
View ArticleMug Shots
September 27 SHOPLIFTING Police responded to a West Ashley superstore after management reported seeing a man break into the store during open hours and steal nearly $1,000 in hunting gear. Video showed...
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All for Stono and Stono for All!
It’s been two weeks since the Charleston County School District changed its mind and decided it would rebuild Stono Park Elementary, and still the mood is celebratory when the Ladies of DuWapp get...
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Evacuation Comparison: Haley vs Hodges
Many West Of readers clearly remember what a fiasco the 1999 Hurricane Floyd evacuation was. Gov. Jim Hodges was slow to call for evacuation along the coast and then failed to reverse the eastbound...
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Thanks Everyone For The Help During Matthew
Every one will have a different way of remembering Hurricane Matthew, which got everybody’s attention after it killed hundreds in Haiti on its way north to make a tempestuous landfall in South...
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Raunchy-Tonk Heroes
Russ T. Nutz is not for the faint of heart. The crude country cruner and his band play a unique blend of X-rated “Raunchy-tonk” music. Russ T. Nutz is many things: obviously satirical, intentionally...
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Top Of The Class
West Ashley High School senior James Altman recently learned that he is a National Merit Scholar Semi-Finalist. “I was surprised and did not really know what was happening since I did not apply,” said...
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Mug Shots
September 28 INJURED PARTY For the second time in a week, police responded to the same room at a Savannah Highway hotel where the same man had apparently overdosed on heroin, again. Police entered the...
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It’s Hammer Time
Early last year when Charleston True Value hardware store on Wappoo Road shuttered it’s doors after half a century in business, many in West Ashley mourned. Not only was it closer for a lot of people...
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Storm Troopers
After pummeling Haiti, The Bahamas, and the east cost of Florida, Hurricane Matthew huffed and he puffed but was relatively kind to the Lowcountry other than knocking out power to more than 750,000...
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