DI News History - November 19, 2015

FIVE YEARS AGO

In the November 18, 2010 edition of the paper, our centerfold featured a story on cell phone etiquette. Here are a few still relevant tidbits form that article: don’t talk in public, stay ten feet away from other people when on the cell phone, don’t talk on the phone in movie theaters, don’t talk and drive.
In top news, Hank and Deetz Hanna were happy to report they were safe and well on Daniel Island, contrary to an urgent message sent out by a hacker who tapped into Hank’s email and Facebook accounts. The hacker, posing as Hank, sent out messages claiming the couple was stranded in London and in dire need of financial help. In fact, the couple was doing just fine at home on Daniel Island.

TEN YEARS AGO

In the November 17, 2005 edition of the paper our cover and centerfold featured the theme “Smoking: the filthy truth.”
In top news, at the island’s annual meeting, Matt Sloan noted that the spring of 2006 would mark the 10th year since the first home was sold on DI. He noted that BenefitFocus would break ground the following week, that his company was trying to attract national retailers to the island, that they hoped to move forward with plans to build a marina, and that he predicted that the SPA property may become high-end residential development, which would only benefit the island. Sloan also apologized for poor communication from his company on the planning of affordable housing on the island and promised better communication in the future.
In top business news, we reported that Linda and Wanda Hitchcock were the new owner of the Island Town Café, which is now closed but was located in the corner section of what is now the expanded area of Daniel Island Animal Hospital.