Charleston City Council held its January 24 meeting at Founder’s Hall in Charles Towne Landing. It was sparsely attended. Mayor John Tecklenburg mentioned the recent groundbreaking of the Louis Waring
An unoccupied home on Norview Drive in the West Ashley Northbridge Terrace subdivision caught fire early Monday morning. The Charleston Consolidated Dispatch call went out shortly after 6 am. Units
Summerville Mayor Wiley Johnson challenged incumbent Bill Collins in 2015 because he wanted more transparency in town government and more citizen involvement. The Town of Summerville staff now reports directly
The West Ashley Revitalization Commission met for the first time since November on Thursday evening. Commission Chairman Peter Shahid, a Charleston City Councilman who represents West Ashley, expressed a goal
The 19-member West Ashley Revitalization Commission has a meeting scheduled for Thursday, January 19 at 5 pm at the Town and Country Inn, 2008 Savannah Highway. It is the third
South Carolina Treasurer Curtis Loftis was critical of recommendations made by the legislative Joint Committee on Pension Systems Review. The 12-member House and Senate panel was tasked with shoring up
The City of Charleston Design Review Board denied a request after the fact to allow artificial turf which had already been installed at The Ashley, a 174-unit apartment complex on
The Charleston City Council Ways and Means Committee, tasked with managing the city’s budget, voted 9-4 against a contract to pay consulting firm Dover, Kohl and Partners $500,000 to facilitate
State Representative Jim Merrill was indicted December 14 on 30 counts of ethics and misconduct violations. He was immediately suspended from his House seat, which includes Daniel Island and parts
Charleston County voters approved a $108 Million referendum in 2014 to build five new libraries and renovate 13 existing libraries by a 3-to-1 margin. Two years later, the projects have
