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Duck season officially opens!

The Rotary Club of Daniel Island kicked off the 2024 Charleston Duck Race recently at the Charleston Harbour Club where it was the featured charity at Cocktails for a Cause, a monthly event hosted by the club. The 2024 Charleston Duck Race, which will be held May 4, is an annual Rotary Club...

Mahjong resurgence: MAHJ WITH MARLO gets in on the craze

Mahjong is an ancient game for four players that uses 144 tiles based on Chinese characters and symbols. Recently the game is seeing a resurgence of popularity. After only one lesson, many players may find it’s not only a fun social game, but it also gets the brain buzzing. With a new...

Industrial building planned for Jack Primus Road

This week there are several developments coming before the various City of Charleston boards and committees. Below are those items as well as results, if any, from the prior week’s items specific to Daniel Island and the Cainhoy area. More detailed agendas and results can be found at charleston-...

From Fortnite to Fortune: How kids are turning gaming skills into income

In today's digital age, children are finding new avenues to earn money by turning to consoles and computers. With platforms like Twitch and YouTube offering monetization and gaming tournaments becoming increasingly popular, kids as young as 13 are carving out lucrative careers in the gaming...

Berkeley County’s Project SEARCH class was presented the 2023 “Volunteer of the Year” by the Salvation Army of Charleston. Pictured left to right, Daniel Davidson, teacher with Berkeley County School District; students Jaxx Noel, Madison Wilder, Nilay Washington, Adam McQueary; and Nikita Byrd, SC vocational rehabilitation job coach with Project SEARCH Berkeley.

Berkeley County’s Project SEARCH class named ‘Volunteer of the Year’

Berkeley County’s Project SEARCH class was presented the 2023 “Volunteer of the Year” by the Salvation Army of Charleston on Feb. 9. The award recognizes a group or business that has gone above and beyond to support the community and help others in need. “Our Project SEARCH students...

Behind the Bookshelf

Argentine writer Jorge Luis Borges said it best when he wrote, “I have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library.” That vision is what led to the creation of The Friends of the Daniel Island Library, an organization dedicated to meeting the needs of the community and...

EMS pitches in to help ‘Mrs. Jo Jo’

Mrs. Jo Jo just didn’t feel right. Her body ached. Her body hurt. “I was just not feeling very well,” she said. Mrs. Jo Jo is the cafeteria manager at Daniel Island School. On this day – the last day before winter break she faced a decision. Work through the pain or...

New Girl Scout troop forms at Philip Simmons Elementary

Girl Scout season has officially commenced, but it isn’t all about the cookies. Students at Philip Simmons Elementary (PSE) are making new friends, saying no to bullies, and protecting the environment as part of their duties in the school’s new Girl Scout troop. Spearheaded by...

Documenting Sacred Spaces

To unknowing eyes, it would appear to be just a small patch of woods on the edge of a residential community along the bustling Clements Ferry Road corridor on the Cainhoy peninsula. But a closer look reveals hidden clues. A portion of a stone poking out from layers of brush. Tiny orange...

Pom Pom and Franny

Nelliefield Plantation resident Chris Langlois aspired to be a super dad. When the COVID-19 pandemic struck in 2020, he was fully prepared to juggle it all as a work-from-home entrepreneur. While simultaneously caring for his two-year-old daughter, teaching his four-year-old daughter who...