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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 State of West Ashley
When Charleston City Counciliman Keith Waring speaks Wednesday, Aug. 24 to the West Ashley-James Island Business Association (WAJIBA), he’ll present four bullet points. First of all, Waring expects to...
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A West Ashley ‘TIF’ District Closer to Reality
After years of unfulfilled promises during the Riley administration, Mayor John Tecklenburg is close to providing West Ashley with its own self-improvement tax vehicle. City staffers have been at work...
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Greenway or ‘Grey’way?
Local landscape architect Bill Eubanks proudly says he has a “vested interest in Byrnes Downs.” For more than a decade, Eubanks has called the up-and-coming neighborhood home. Imagine his excitement...
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D’Souza Exposes Progressive Agenda
I appreciate all the Democrats who read this column and provide feedback. I respect our differences and always look to finding common ground. This week, I am reviewing the three films produced and...
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Hot Nights & Holy City
Middleton Place Restaurant is partnering with the South Carolina Aquarium and Charleston’s own LO-Fi Brewing and Holy City Brewing to host a savory end-of-summer with the 4th Annual Hot Nights &...
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Nation Faces Scary Times With November Election
The seeds of a new revolution are in the ground. If they get enough water in the November election, there’s no telling what will happen. Pundits, who often only seem to talk to each other and read...
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Premium Bavaricum
After writing last week about the great German breweries and their late summer to early fall beers, I got a craving for one of those traditional dunkelweizen. I hit up my local craft beer shop to see...
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It’s All Greek To Me
Greek and Roman histories are intertwined as much as their mythologies. And while Greece and Italy are only separated by the relatively narrow Ionian Sea, the two countries have taken different...
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Get Up, Stand Up
Celebrate Jamaica this Sunday, Aug. 28 with wine and food during the 3rd Annual S.C. Reggae Jerk & Wine Festival from noon to 7:30 p.m. at Magnolia Plantation and Gardens. Sample the succulent...
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A Summer of Souvenirs
Last year, Fabulon Art Center & Gallery’s opening on Wappoo Road marked a change for West Ashley’s art scene, one that had been sluggish over the last several years. But Susan Irish’s gallery and...
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The Magic of Nostalgia
“History of Building Development at Wappoo Heights” is a unique document prepared in 1994 by a group of residents described as the “History Committee”. Mrs. Barbara (Alward) Polk, Miss Lorena Nash,...
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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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Rollin’ It All Together
Charleston Parks Conservancy executive director Harry Lesesne has envisioned a new future for West Ashley’s Greenway and Bikeway as a conjoined linear park, replete with event areas, basketball courts,...
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Waring Wants Council To Invest In West Ashley
Charleston City Councilman Keith Waring recently addressed the West Ashley – James Island Business Association (WAJIBA) to discuss the West Ashley revitalization plan. He emphasized that true West...
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Recalling Fritz Hollings’ Colorful Language
More than a decade after South Carolina’s Fritz Hollings left the United States Senate, people still talk about how he would talk about things. Whenever Hollings took the floor of the Senate to make a...
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Brilliant Beer
While it’s not yet the first day of fall, no doubt you have seen signs of the next season in the store. Pumpkin beer, Oktoberfest, and a few other fall brews are already lining the shelves; some...
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WAHS Volleyball Team Gives Back
On Aug. 12, West Ashley High School’s Varsity and Junior Varsity Volleyball players traveled to the Shaw Community Center in downtown Charleston to teach Beyond BASIC members the fundamentals of...
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Mug Shots
August 22 | DRUG VIOLATION Police ticketed a driver who had parked his car in a handicap spot in front of an Old Towne Road store for possession of marijuana. An officer had just exited the store and...
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State of the School Address
West Ashley High School enters the 2016-2017 Academic Year prepared to build upon last year’s accomplishments to generate this year’s success stories. The Class of 2016 graduated in June posting nearly...
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