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DI egg hunt slated for March 29

The Daniel Island Easter Egg Hunt is set for Sunday, March 29 in Smythe Park. The event will be a fun afternoon filled with an egg hunt, games, face painting, balloon art, DJ, a chance to snap a picture with the Easter Bunny, community vendors and more. The event starts at 3 p.m. with the egg hunt...

Applications for DICF grants open April 1

The Daniel Island Community Fund was established as a means for supporting community enhancement projects and philanthropic initiatives on Daniel Island and in the surrounding Cainhoy peninsula communities. Grant applications are accepted annually for review starting April 1 through Aug. 1 for...

‘She Leads” $5k grant for women

In honor of Women’s History Month, Loan Mantra, a commercial loan portal for business, is launching a grant program that celebrates the huge strides women are making in business ownership. The $5,000 Loan Mantra She Leads SC Grant is designed to provide high-impact seed capital to female...

Wild card slots filled, Pro-Am benefit set

The Credit One Charleston Open, eleased its wild cards for the 2026 event, taking place March 28-April 5 on Daniel Island. Bianca Andreescu, Sloane Stephens, Paula Badosa and Jennifer Brady have accepted main draw wild cards and join a player field now featuring 11 top-25 players, 13 Americans,...

FORGED: A tribute to Philip Simmons

For decades, the rhythmic sound of hammer striking iron echoed from a small workshop on Charleston’s Eastside, where Philip Simmons forged the gates and ironwork that would come to define the city’s historic landscape. On March 6, just blocks away, that legacy was honored through FORGED, a...

Environmental groups fear 30-year-old plan could harmfully reshape Cainhoy

“There’s a lot that’s changed in this area in the last 30 years, and this doesn’t work with the current landscape.” That’s the warning from environmental advocates who say a decades-old development agreement could reshape the Cainhoy Peninsula unless Charleston leaders step in. Approved in...

Dunking for change

Wade Altum is poised to make another slam dunk during his annual charity challenge, Hoops Against Homelessness. Since 2020, the Daniel Island School student has turned each event into a thrilling spectacle to rally the community and raise funds to support those experiencing homelessness. Fueled...

Colon cancer is rising in younger adults. I’m one of them.

March is National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month, a designation that has sparked a wave of support, inspiring communities, survivors, and advocates to rally together for early detection, research, and care. Colorectal cancer remains the third most common cancer. The passing of actor James...

Leaders in the making

Four seventh-grade students at Daniel Island School have been recognized as new Maxwell Leadership Student Ambassadors through the Growing Leaders program. Kyle DeStefano, Benton Taylor, Sara Cannon Whitley, and Evelyn Wright were recently named to the program, which recognizes students...

City e-bike discussion set for March 24

Here are the developments before the various City of Charleston boards and committees this week, as well as results, if any, from the prior week’s items specific to Daniel Island and the Cainhoyarea. More detailed agendas and results can be found at charleston-sc.gov/agendacenter. UPCOMING:...