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Mystery Photo Contest-March 14, 2019

In honor of the 15th anniversary of The Daniel Island News, we are bringing back a former favorite feature – the Mystery Photo Contest! Each week, we will print a photo of a scene or object found on Daniel Island. Guess what is depicted in the picture and send your response, along with your phone...

Growth factors: The Clements Ferry Road corridor continues to draw new business and residential developments

Another day gone and another day closer to the completion of the Clements Ferry Road widening project. While many residents lament what feels like a crawling pace on the expansion, business owners are excited about the prospects provided by the area. Optometrist Joanna Corbit decided to open All...

Berkeley County Sheriff's Office involved in gunfight in Huger

HEATH ELLISON heath@thedanielislandnews.com Berkeley County Sheriff’s Deputy Kimber Gist’s story has been told again and again. In 2016, Gist was shot multiple times by a man after a standoff while on patrol. She was found and declared to be in serious, but stable condition. On the anniversary of...

Girl Power!

What’s cooking at the Girl Scouts of Eastern South Carolina (GSESC) headquarters? In a word – excitement! In late January, The Daniel Island News visited the North Charleston facility, where staff members were busily preparing for what is arguably their biggest “harvest” of the year. And there was...

'Save the Meeting Tree' event raises awareness about campaign to preserve historic live oak

Sammy Sanders will not rest until the future of the Meeting Tree is certain. In another attempt to bring awareness to the possibly 300-year-old tree at the intersection of Clements Ferry Road and Cainhoy Road, Sanders hosted a night of live music under the expansive evergreen on Saturday, March 2...

Cainhoy peninsula schools are STEAMing ahead with learning!

CAINHOY ELEMENTARY Students in Ms. Stephanie Dinda’s second grade classroom at Cainhoy Elementary School experienced an out of this world lesson recently while studying Mae Jemison, an American engineer, physician and astronaut! After learning a bit about Jemison from reading, “Mae Among the Stars...

Deputy Cephus Rogers new SRO at Philip Simmons High School

Berkeley County Sheriff’s Deputy Cephus Rogers is a popular face in the Daniel Island and Cainhoy communities, but he recently left his position as a member of the Community Action Team. While he won’t be patrolling those areas from here on out, Rogers will still be serving in the Berkeley County...

Land use and zoning activities on Daniel Island

These are the issues being brought before the various City of Charleston boards and committees that are specific to land use and zoning on Daniel Island. All meetings are open for public comment except the TRC meetings. For more information on any of these proposed actions, including location and...

BE to present 'Annie' March 15-17

Drama students at Bishop England High School will perform the uplifting, classic musical “Annie” at 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday, March 15 and 16, and again at its first-ever Sunday matinee at 3 p.m. on March 17. Tickets can be purchased at the door an hour before the show begins. This comically...

DI News History - March 7, 2019

FIFTEEN YEARS AGO The March 4, 2004 issue of The Daniel Island News featured an article about the construction of the new Daniel Island School. Former Berkeley County Superintendent Chester Floyd confirmed that there was a 12 month delay in constructing the new facility. The timing and development...