Wildcats Taking Big strides in 2021
WAHS football team aims to build off last year’s success by Lorne Chambers | Editor Expectations are high at West Ashley High School for the 2021 football season. The energy is electric around this...
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West Of UnBound — OCTOBER 2021
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West Ashley Flashback — Charleston’s Garden of Eden
St. Andrew’s Parish was well-known for it’s beautiful farms and gardens Farms and gardens have been an important aspect of St Andrew’s Parish history going back to the first experimental farm in the...
View ArticleBrunch with a Twist
Caroline’s kicks off brunch service with a creative menu featuring unique spins on classic dishes by Lorne Chambers | editor It had to happen sooner or later. We knew it was only a matter of time...
View ArticleRetail Chain Donates to Local School
Burlington, which recently opened back up in West Ashley, makes $5,000 donation to Stono Park Elementary from Staff Reports For more than 30 years, Burlington Coat Factory was a fixture in the Ashley...
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Foul Play
Violent crimes in West Ashley saw a sharp uptick in 2021 by Bill Davis | News Editor Twenty twenty-one has been a dubious year for violent crime in West Ashley. Phone trees light up whenever shots...
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The Beer Snob — The Old Foghorn
A classic American Ale Of all the ‘recognized’ beer styles, one of the oddest may be barleywine. Originally created in England in the 18th century as an alternative to wine when supplies of the grape...
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West Ashley Flashback — 10 Years of Flashing Back
Looking back on a decade of collecting stories and photographs You are this community’s reservoir of information. You have been sharing your stories, beautiful memories, photographs, scrapbooks, and...
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West Ashley Supper Club
Brand new column celebrates the joys of cooking and the importance of supporting local businesses Let’s take a quick survey. By a show of hands, how many of you have spent the last couple of months...
View ArticlePoke Your Tastebuds
Creative twists on traditional Asian favorites are the trademarks of Poke Burri, which just opened in the new Victory building in Avondale by Lorne Chambers | editor The first tenant of the new Victory...
View ArticleOff the Rails
Mex 1 Coastal Cantina will transform their front parking lot into an epic snowboarding jump on Jan. 15 from Staff Reports Forty-thousand pounds of snow will be falling in West Ashley on Saturday, Jan....
View ArticleCollaborating For Connectivity
County, City, citizens, and local advocacy groups are working together to improve West Ashley’s bike and pedestrian ways by Bill Davis | News Editor There is a fistful of transportation projects slated...
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A Helping Hand
West Ashley community rises up to assist families impacted by Palms Apartment fire by Jenny Peterson | Contributing Writer It’s been about a month since an early-morning fire tore through The Palms,...
View ArticleChecking Out
Local icon Doscher’s IGA Grocery Store closing after 48 years in West Ashley by Bill Davis | News Editor All the cashiers are leaning on their elbows this late April afternoon, outnumbering the...
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What’s in a Name?
Looking at how some West Ashley streets got their name Ever wondered how the streets and neighborhoods of St. Andrew’s Parish got their names? The stories behind some of the names are well known, for...
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The Signs of Our Time
West Ashley landmarks bring us comfort because they are a reminder of home story & photos by Joan Perry | Contributing Writer Returning from travel, it’s a comfort to come home to a place just as,...
View ArticleJust Like a Trip to the Chippy
For a native of the UK, fish and chips is the ultimate comfort food by Aaron O’Brion | Contributing Writer Charleston is by no means a podunk little backwater. We have an international airport, after...
View ArticleIt’s a Garden Party Y’all
West Ashley’s first brewery opens brand new beer garden and taproom by Lorne Chambers | Editor Near the end of 2016, Charles Towne Fermentory (CTF) rolled up the garage doors and viola!, West Ashley...
View ArticleSomewhere Over the Rainbow
Rainbow Kitten Surprise has surpassed one billion streams on digital platforms, set to play The Woodlands July 1st from Staff Reports As if channeling another dimension where genres simply don’t...
View ArticleWAHS has a New Head of Hoop
West Ashley announces George Jenkins as new head men’s basketball coach from Staff Reports Last month, West Ashley High School named George Jenkins as its next head men’s varsity basketball coach....
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