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Mug Shots
The following were taken from actual incident reports filed last week by the City of Charleston Police Department. These are not convictions and the names of businesses, complainants, and suspects...
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Letters To The Editor
In response to the Dec. 14 cover story “Protecting Sully,” which was about a West Ashley mother’s efforts to have an offensive meme removed from the Internet that was created using a photograph of her...
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WAHS Celebrates ‘HOSA’ Week
West Ashley High School’s Health Occupation Students of America Chapter (HOSA) recently celebrated HOSA Week. Throughout the week HOSA Club members participated in several different activities...
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Athlete Of The Week: Breauna Robinson
For the third year in a row, junior Breauna Robinson is ready and heavily prepared to combat any challenge West Ashley High’s girls basketball team will face this season. This is her second year in a...
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Snow Day at Mex 1
While the temperatures may have dipped below freezing a couple times last weekend, we didn’t exactly get buried in snow or ice. And now temps are going to shoot back up to the 70s later this week....
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Seeking Westie Nominations
West Of, West Ashley’s weekly community newspaper, is out to honor a handful of people who’ve made the biggest, positive effect in our part of town this past year. But to think that we here at West Of...
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Shakin’ The Money Tree
A whole bunch of money is about to swim across the Ashley River from the peninsula over the next 18 months and into various municipal parks projects. Mayor John Tecklenburg’s administration is set to...
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Frothing At The Month
Caught Yellow Handed. Back From the Dead. Holy Water. These are among the imaginatively-named and distinctive hand-crafted brews from the Frothy Beard Brewing Company, which will soon be opening the...
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Get All Doll-ed Up
Come out to the Tin Roof this Saturday, Jan. 28 and help raise funds to support the victims of the historic wildfire that swept through the Smoky Mountains recently and celebrate the birthday of...
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The West Ashley Optimist Club welcomes New York Times best selling author Andra Watkins to speak at noon on Tuesday, Jan. 31 at the Sunflower Café in West Ashley. A non-practicing CPA, Watkins has a...
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Wildcats Taking It To The Next Level
Next week students, faculty, and family members will pile into the main gymnasium at West Ashley High School to celebrate as three of their own sign nation letters of intent on at the school’s National...
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Turning The Page
Earlier this month C.E. Williams Middle School in West Ashley was presented with its fourth consecutive Summer Reading Trophy for the best-read middle school in Charleston County. Students and staff...
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Spellbound
Ashley River Creative Arts 5th grader Aarti Anugonda is the 2017 Charleston County School District (CCSD) Spelling Bee Champion. She captured the title in the fifth round of the competition at Burke...
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West Ashley Flashback — Plugging In to West Ashley’s Past
There are common threads found in the telling of community stories: family moved to Charleston in the 1920s; a young man having to help support the family; an interest in the newest technology; turning...
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Mug Shots
The following were taken from actual incident reports filed last week by the City of Charleston Police Department. These are not convictions and the names of businesses, complainants, and suspects have...
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Hospital Celebrates Platinum Anniversary
Bon Secours St. Francis, the national award-winning hospital known for its compassionate care and quality service celebrated its 20th anniversary in West Ashley on Sunday, Jan. 22. Hundreds of Bon...
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Now Hear This!
John Dixon is up against some pretty staggering competition. There are more than 50 radio stations, AM and FM, in the Charleston area, and the majority of them are backed by piped-in Internet feeds and...
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Chocolate and Beer
Roses and candy, dinner and wine, these are standard Valentine’s Day fare, and have come to be expected by many, often forced on us by every convenience store, snack shop and greeting card outlet in...
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Mug Shots
The following were taken from actual incident reports filed last week by the City of Charleston Police Department. These are not convictions and the names of businesses, complainants, and suspects have...
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The Glass Onion Breaks Glass Ceiling
After the incredible outpour of women and men who marched to support women’s rights, The Glass Onion wants to do their part by supporting the Center for Women at their next Charity Tasting. On...
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