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West Ashley Bank Robber Charged With More Crimes
A 20-year-old Hollywood man already charged with robbing a West Ashley bank last week, now faces additional armed robbery charges. At about 1 a.m. on May 1, a man was robbed in the parking lot of his...
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Who’s Got the Principal’s Back?
On Monday, a busload of concerned West Ashley High School parents went downtown to join an even larger protest at 75 Calhoun St., to stop their principal, Lee Runyon, from being run-off. WAHS moms and...
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WAHS Turmoil Bad For The Community
The local high school should be the lifeblood of a community. The recent decision by Charleston County School District Superintendent Gerrita Postlewait to re-assign West Ashley High School (WAHS)...
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The Legislature’s Wild 2017 Ride
The General Assembly’s 2017 legislative session is sure to be remembered for a long time as a wild ride. Two things stand out. First, who in the world would have thought the Republican-led legislature...
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The Lovely Days Of May
As we continue on through May, the hint of summer is juxtaposed with the last grasp of winter. As pollen clogs the drains and coats the cars, I awoke recently to my heat kicking on late at night; it...
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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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Disgrace Your Stereotype
Based in New York City and originally hailing from Columbia, Md., Militia Vox is a multi-talented artist who has recorded, toured and shared the stage with some of the best in the business, including:...
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Athlete of the Week — Joshua Heyward
This season has been a pretty successful trip for track star Joshua Heyward. Despite this being his first year participating in track & field, Heyward has already accomplished so much. Heyward says...
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Legally Blonde
The Drama Studio at West Ashley High School has put on a Broadway caliber spring musical every year since the school opened in 2000. Some of their previous productions include Les Miserables, Ragtime,...
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City Council Race Already Heating Up
With strong encouragement from business and community leaders, West Ashley businessman Kevin Shealy announced today that he will seek Charleston City Council’s District 2 seat in November to offer...
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May is Bessinger’s Barbecue Month
Last week, during the monthly meeting of the St. Andrew’s Rotary Club at Bessinger’s Barbecue on Savannah Highway, Mayor John Tecklenburg came to the podium to talk a bit about the Plan West Ashley...
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Unsettled
There’s a new development fight roiling in West Ashley, with the battleground beginning at the doorstep to the oldest plantation on the Ashley River. Roll down Ashley River Road like you’re headed to...
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Do You Want A West Ashley Without Cars?
The West Ashley Master Plan took another step with the Work in Progress presentation by consulting firm Dover Kohl recently at Citadel Mall, with about 250 people in attendance. The presentation...
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Navigating News In A Time Of Scandal And Hyperbole
With scandal swirling throughout Washington and more indictments stemming from a corruption probe in Columbia, it is becoming harder to keep up with what’s really happening in government and politics....
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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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2017 Spring Cookbook Issue — A Trip To The Farmers Market
Every spring and every Fall West Of puts out our semi-annual Cookbook Issue. Essentially it’s a food-centric issue that is a kind of cookbook, with recipes, cooking tips, and ideas from local chefs and...
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From a Tenant South to the Tech South
Last year at Elvis Presley’s boyhood home in Tupelo, Miss., I was thrilled to see a white metal bowl with a red rim. It was the same kind of bowl my grandmother used to make biscuits. A lot of things...
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America’s Jazzy Pilsners
I’ve recently been watching Ken Burns’ 10-part documentary Jazz from PBS. Now, to many of you, I suspect that sounds like 10 hours of pure torture. While I think the filmmaker spent much too long on...
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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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A Taste of Philly
The lunch rush is still winding down at 2 p.m. on a Wednesday, but Danny Bailey manages to slide off the line, still in his apron, to chat about his new restaurant, DB’s Cheesesteaks, which opened...
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