Two blokes. One ocean.
That’s the slogan of Ben Towill and Charlie Layton, the English-born duo who competed in the 2022 Talisker Whisky Atlantic Challenge. The 3,000-mile race across the Atlantic is also known as the world’s toughest row, pushing competitors past their limit through...
A Berkeley County School District parent is seeking to censor 93 books from the district’s classrooms and libraries.
The proposed censorship garnered heated public discussion at the Sept. 18 BCSD school board meeting after it was brought up during the public comment portion of that session...
The following incidents were taken from the City of Charleston Police Department reports within Team 5, which covers Daniel Island, Clements Ferry Road, and parts of Cainhoy, Sept. 1-15.
Burglary
On Sept. 6, officers responded to Dollar General at 3:40 a.m. after the store’s burglary...
Did you know that the majority of students at Daniel Island School pedal their way to and from school? With over 130,000 bikers injured each year from cycling accidents, DIS made it a priority to educate the island’s young cyclists on safe bike practices.
Students from kindergarten to...
“Out of Many, One People.” The national motto of Jamaica embodies Patrick Gilling’s philosophy on life. He embraces diversity and forms friendships with his neighbors off Clements Ferry Road, his employees from El Salvador, children at the Daniel Island Club, and strangers asking for charity...
A downtown Charleston produce market and farm is taking root around the Lowcountry, increasing access to local produce while teaching students the value of growing their own food.
The Green Heart Project, which received a $100,000 donation from funds raised by Ben Towill and Charlie Layton...
K.J. Asbury became the first Philip Simmons High School football player to top 1,000 yards rushing in a season with another big effort Sept. 22 in a 58-10 victory over Bishop England.
Asbury had his typical effort with 15 carries for 208 yards and three touchdowns against the Bishops,...
Forget about the Joneses.
Members of the Philip Simmons High School boys’ cross-country team are just trying to keep up with the Iron Horse girls’ squad, and that makes for some great competition -- and not too much drama.
That was the case on Sept. 23 when the Iron Horse girls were...
It should have been one of the highlights of Shelby Rogers’ summer on the WTA Tour. Charleston’s favorite tennis player faced defending champ Elena Rybakina in a first-round Wimbledon match on a star-spangled July 4 before a capacity crowd at the All England Lawn Tennis Club, a crowd that...
Charlene Magnuson is this week’s winner of the Pigskin Pick ’Em. She pulled off the big win with an 11-1 record, beating Edie Coupe of Daniel Island Real Estate’s 10-2 record.
Charlene and her husband Ron have been Daniel Island property owners since 2010 and residents since 2019. They have...