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DI News History - February 28, 2019

FIFTEEN YEARS AGO The February 26, 2004 edition featured stories about rescued and displaced animals. Island veterinarian Lynne Flood wrote an article about displaced animals, including information about fox squirrels. Another article spotlighted the Keeper of the Wild. In other news, Shoshanna...

Mystery Photo Contest - February 28, 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 to mysterypic@...

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...

Sacred Spaces

Kevin Shaw remembers his father, Earl, bringing him out to Daniel Island as a young boy decades ago to show him the final resting places of his ancestors. His grandfather, April Shaw, and his great-grandparents, Hannah and Cupid Shaw, are buried in Grove Cemetery, located off the walking trail...

Huger residents continue to stand against DonMar Sand Mines

At a Feb. 11 Berkeley County Council Land Use Committee meeting, a proposed DonMar Sand Mines zoning change was referred to County Council for its second of three readings. Currently, the DonMar Sand Mines area is designated as an R-2 Zone. The proposal, if successful, will change the zone to Flex-...

Police Blotter - February 21, 2019

The following cases were filed with Charleston Police Department Team 5 between January 9 and February 12. CREDIT CARD FRAUD An officer met with a victim in the Team 5 office on Jan. 9, in response to a debit card fraud. The victim observed on the day before that almost $3,500 was charged to her...

Recreational path connecting Thomas Island and Daniel Island still in the works

It’s stalled, but it’s not at a dead end. The saga of the recreational biker/pedestrian path connecting Thomas Island with Daniel Island is still slowly charging along. The undertaking has hit several snags since planning began about nine years ago, but according to City of Charleston Director of...

DI library program spotlights the slave experience in the Lowcountry

Rich Dorval sits in front of a small group at the Daniel Island Library. The Middleton Place volunteer and history fanatic begins his presentation, titled “The Slave Experience in the South Carolina Lowcountry,” with a picture of a large body of people. He explains that this was a 2006 reunion of...

DI teen earns coveted spot in Disney Dreamers Academy Class of 2019!

It’s the stuff Disney stories are made of. A young girl full of hope and promise lays it all on the line – and learns, like so many Disney heroines, that dreams really do come true. When Daniel Island teen and longtime Disney fan Anna Kelley Zielke decided to join thousands of other kids her age...

Non-fiction lovers will enjoy February recommendations

If you want a hilarious book about weird Floridians that mirrors the daily headlines, read anything by Carl Hiaasen. His are great, entertaining books that do not require deep philosophical musings. But if you are in the mood for more in depth, slightly darker writing I suggest “Swamplandia” by...