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West Ashley Dream Team Being Formed
Everyone has the same dream: a revitalized, thriving West Ashley, replete with verdant public spaces, connected by bustling commercial corridors, dotted with inspiring gathering spaces, and inhabited...
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Why You Should Take A Vacation In November
This may be the only political prediction that will become true by the time we head to the polls in November: The weirdest presidential election in American history will get weirder. In a rational...
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A Perfect Match
I have fond memories of family meals. Not just Thanksgiving, Christmas, and other holidays; but the average Wednesday night, Saturday breakfasts and Sunday lunches. Although my family did eat out from...
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A Little Sketchy
Dr. Sketchy’s Anti-Art school is an alt-drawing movement where artists draw glamorous underground performers in an atmosphere of boozy conviviality. Known for its Anti-Art sentiment, Dr. Sketchy’s...
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It Runs In Her Blood
Senior West Ashley Soccer extraordinaire and Varsity Co-Captain Oluwaremilekun “Remi” Olalere is following in her father’s footsteps. Although she’s been a key asset on the Varsity girls’ team for the...
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WAHS Introduces New Dance Team
A couple weeks ago West Ashley High’s first-ever dance team, The Pawettes, made their debut at the Spring Sports Pep Rally the day before spring break. The team consists of 12 girls: three sophomores...
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Sandhurst Backyard Garden Tour
Five homes in the Sandhurst neighborhood in West Ashley are opening their backyards up for the Sandhurst Backyard Garden Tour between 2-5 p.m. on Sunday, May 15. The tour includes gardens with serene...
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Race The Landing
“The Friends of Charles Towne Landing hope you’ll will be able to join us for the 2016 Race the Landing Series,” says Gary Nichols President of the Friends of Charles Towne Landing, who will be putting...
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A Bounty of Culinary Creativity
Typically the West Of Cookbook issues features recipes from local chefs and restaurateurs. But for this issue, we tried something different. Teaming up with local farm share program The Bounty Box, we...
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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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Fix Squishy Candidate Residency Laws
You, like most people, probably figure that candidates who run for state House and Senate are required to live in the district in which they run. You’d be pretty much right. But there’s a big loophole:...
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The New World Beer
Last weekend, the guys at Hi-Wire Brewing Company in Asheville, NC put on the event How Do You LagerFest, an affair in honor of the cold fermenting beer. To be fair, I’m buddies with one of the...
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Third Time’s the Charm
West Ashley High School sophomore Ashley Jones has been playing softball for the Wildcats since she was in 7th grade, and she’s been playing Varsity since she was in eighth. Although WAHS lost in the...
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Hey Mama, Welcome to the 60s
This week West Ashley High School presents its yearly musical when they perform the Broadway hit Hairspray in the school’s auditorium on May 18, 19, 20. With more than 70 Honors Drama IV and Drama IV...
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Rise and Shine for Wildflour Pastry
West Ashley recently acquired a full-service pastry shop, the kind you can and will find downtown. Wildflour Pastry opened a few months ago near the corner of Savannah Highway and Wappoo Road. This is...
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A Picnic On Wheels
This article previously ran over two years ago. The modern proposed pedestrian/bike access over the Legare Bridge is now in a test phase that has caused quite the controversy. The idea had great...
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Swap ’Til You Drop
Spring has sprung in the Lowcountry and with each sunny day we inch a little closer toward that innevitable, annual closet clean-out — a tradition shared equally by both rich and poor, young and old,...
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The Never Ending Mile
If progress is a double-edged sword, then West Ashley’s Motor Mile is definitely a two-lane street. Actually, it’s less than three miles long, starting at Baker Motor’s Maserati showroom, and running...
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Legislative Turtles Are Enough To Make Some Run For Office
There’s so much frustration with politics as usual that maybe this is the year for grassroots candidates who are trying to win without big piles of money. Anybody with a lick of common sense has got to...
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