Be Their Guest
The Drama Studio at West Ashley High School stages Beauty and the Beast for spring musical by Donnie Newton | Contributing Writer For many as the leaves begin to change colors and flowers begin to...
View ArticleLocal Soccer Club Honored
2019 Competitive Coach of the Year Awards and Parents of the Year Award from Staff Reports The West Ashley-based Charleston United Soccer Club (CUSC) recently had two of its coaches named Coach of the...
View ArticleThe Right Way
The ‘Right’ Way Parks conservancy unveils West Ashley Green/Bikeway’s ‘future’ by Bill Davis | News Editor While its dreams might not happen overnight, the Charleston Parks Conservancy recently...
View ArticleWelcome to North Charleston (in West Ashley)
North Charleston leap-frogs across river to grab West Ashley land, City vows to continue the fight by Bill Davis | News Editor City of Charleston Mayor John Tecklenburg and his administration remain...
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West Ashley Flashback — Pieces of the Parish, Part 5
At the end of every West Ashley Flashback there’s a question that takes many forms but in essence says: “Can you add to the story?” The question is followed by a simple request: “Contact Donna at...
View ArticleA Family Affair
Sisters lean on each other while earning degrees, managing families, volunteering, and writing books by Mikie Hayes | Special to West Of Free Press Best friends. Classmates. Authors. Sisters — in more...
View ArticleHaving Her Cake and Eating it Too
Cake Bar owner Alexis Fussell is living the dream with her own custom bakery in West Ashley by Lorne Chambers | Editor Just a couple of months ago Alexis Fussell was running a successful custom cake...
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Art Matters — Kurtis Lamkin
Kurtis Lamkin Musician, singer, songwriter, poet, storyteller, activist, teacher Kurtis plays the 21 stringed harp-like lute from Africa called the kora. His poems have been broadcast, animated,...
View ArticleShear Madness Provides Sheer Fun
Charleston Stage’s interactive whodunit Shear Madness takes the stage at The Pearl this month by Lorne Chambers | Editor Charleston Stage officially debuts “The Pearl” theatre this month with its first...
View ArticleGore in 60 Seconds
A group of local filmmakers present the 60-Second Horror Challenge at Craft Conundrum by Lorne Chambers | Editor Six local filmmakers have teamed up to create a film competition that is as unique as it...
View ArticleAttainable Living
Mayor Tecklenburg cuts ribbon on new affordable homes in Ashleyville-Maryville neighborhood from Staff Reports Mayor John Tecklenburg, along with members of Charleston City Council and community...
View ArticleUse Your Head, Not the Earth
After a month of dumping all the county’s recycling in a West Ashley landfill, Charleston County’s recyling program is back on track by Bill Davis | News Editor Mind what you put in your recycling bins...
View ArticleThe Flipside of Avondale
Major changes pending for the former Food Lion site by Bill Davis | News Editor For years, the Sycamore Center shopping center on St. Andrews Boulevard has been, let’s be polite, a bit of an eyesore....
View ArticleA Helping Hand in the Fight Against Flooding
West Ashley to receive $120 million of Charleston’s $2 billionfunds for flooding by Bill Davis | News Editor Two and half years ago, soon after Mayor John Tecklenburg came into office, a member of his...
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A Fighting Chance
Innovative program teaches skills that go far beyond the ring by Lorne Chambers | Editor Growing up in West Ashley, Beth Matenaer was a defiant kid. By her own admission she frequently butted heads...
View ArticleArt Matters
Why Does Art Matter? Eight local artists were asked this question, this is what they said Henry Wolfe | Expressionist Painter There has to be a medium on the earth to show creativeness, what I do with...
View ArticleAnother Chapter for Cynthia Graham Hurd
CCPL & USC Launch Teen Book Club in honor of beloved librarian from Staff Reports Last month, the Charleston County Public Library (CCPL) honored the memory of Cynthia Graham Hurd, a 31-year...
View ArticleMagnolia in Miniature
A glimpse of Magnolia Gardens finds a home in nation’s capital from Staff Reports A landscape designer in Arlington, Vir., and a carpenter from Charleston, have built a miniature version of Magnolia...
View ArticleStandup Being Counted
West Ashley’s comedy scene continues to grow by Bill Davis | News Editor The only thing that’s migrated over from the peninsula to West Ashley that’s been welcomed has been comedy. Thank God (or...
View ArticleFixing the Fix
Solutions to Hwy. 17/Main Road intersection revealing more problems by Bill Davis | News Editor For years, locals trying to get to work in the morning and home in the evening have complained about the...
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